Will pascal need a new motherboard+cpu+ram?

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Well I am so tempted to buy 2 evga hybrid 980 ti's"when they are in stock ofc "

The thing that has me holding that credit card in the wallet atm is pascal. If it lands in march to may 2016 will it need a new mb +cpu+ram?

At the min I have a 4770k oc'd to 4.6 with 8 gig of ddr3 ram. I love my ROG 1440p monitor and I have no intention of swapping it untill there is a 4k 144 version or higher hz.

If pascal needs a new mb+cpu +cpu cooler .The question for me that is driving me nuts atm is do I keep all I have and swap the sli 980 kaf 2 s for the evga hybrid 980 gtx ti in sli and then wait 18 months to upgrade most of my system or do I hold for pascal ??!

For those that might be wondering why I am thinking of switching its beacuse my 2 980's on air are running 85+63 degrees and I am just not happy with that heat also thats in a room with 15-16 degrees temp, when summer appears I am sure it will rise. Also thats in games with a few options turned down a few bars.

Any thought would be greatly appreciated

 

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Alternatively, watercool your GPUs .

If I could get an AIO cooler for my kaf2s I would. Custom watercooling scares the crap out of me to be honest I would more then likely sping a leak !

 

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Have you considered this then?
YOUR BASKET
1 x NZXT KRAKEN G10 GPU Cooling Adapter - White £19.99
Total : £25.97 (includes shipping : £4.98 Ex.VAT).



It allows you to use a CPU AIO cooler on the GPU, so no need to do a custom watercooling loop.

Yhea I looked at the G10 but when I asked OC and KAF support I was told that they wont fit my 980's cause the pcb is not the reference design

 

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Have you considered this then?
YOUR BASKET
1 x NZXT KRAKEN G10 GPU Cooling Adapter - White £19.99
Total : £25.97 (includes shipping : £4.98 Ex.VAT).



It allows you to use a CPU AIO cooler on the GPU, so no need to do a custom watercooling loop.

Well it turns out I got some false information! I got the g10 and stuck it on the top gpu and omg the difference. Before gpu 1 hit 82 degrees and gpu 64 in the witcher 3 at 1455 clock speed.

With the g10 on gpu 1 at 5016 I am getting 47 degrees and gpu at 71 ! The fps is amazing its gone up from 15 Fps on the mins!

So no 980 ti for me . I am going to tinker and see what I can push these macs untill pascal appears