XSPC Razor SLi Bridge

Dirtyganker · 21 Nov 2012 at 14:07

Hi All,

I just bought a pair of Nvidia GTX670's along with a pair of these :-

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-150-XS

However, I can't find the XSPC Razor SLi Bridge anywhere on the OCUK site. Anyone know if they have these or can order them in?

Pabl0 · 21 Nov 2012 at 14:47

I know there on the xspc sites, maybe get a thread in customer service and see what they say.

Btw I have the new 7970 version and it's a nice bit of kit, looks and feels great and keeps the temps low.

rjk · 21 Nov 2012 at 15:06

i will set them up
will be a few weeks for the stock though

rjk · 21 Nov 2012 at 15:11

XSPC Razor SLI Flow Bridge @ £8.99 inc VAT

Easily connect two or more blocks in SLI.

Compatible with Razor GTX680 GTX690 and Razor 7970 (New Style) blocks

Only £8.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

Dirtyganker · 21 Nov 2012 at 15:28

Awesome. Would be cool if these coincided coming in at the same time as the NZXT Phantom 820, because then I'd have absolutely no excuse to not order an additional 240mm rad, pump and res at the same time.

Thanks a lot.

Pabl0 · 21 Nov 2012 at 15:39

Mmm makes me want to but another 7970 just for that nice ass bridge!

Pgreenwo · 21 Nov 2012 at 23:41

Top product. I have 2 of these for parallel on GTX680's. They make the SLI set up solid as a rock and feels like one big duel slot card. Easy to get in and out of the system. Plus they look the muts nuts too.

GoogalyMoogaly · 21 Nov 2012 at 23:52

Are there ones for larger gaps between the cards?

Dirtyganker · 22 Nov 2012 at 10:27

GoogalyMoogaly said:
Are there ones for larger gaps between the cards?

You shouldn't need a larger gap.

The biggest problem with SLi/Xfire with air cooling is indeed the limited gap to allow sufficient air to flow into the upper card due to motherboard limitations. I'm using an Asus R4E and currently I'm separating the two air cooled GTX670 cards by leaving a free slot between them which isn't something you can do on a lot of motherboards. Also, doing this I'm wasting a slot in between the two cards

Since you're watercooling two cards you don't need to worry about the airflow so much and therefore the two cards can go straight into adjacent slots without worry.

GoogalyMoogaly · 22 Nov 2012 at 11:24

Dirtyganker said:
You shouldn't need a larger gap.

The biggest problem with SLi/Xfire with air cooling is indeed the limited gap to allow sufficient air to flow into the upper card due to motherboard limitations. I'm using an Asus R4E and currently I'm separating the two air cooled GTX670 cards by leaving a free slot between them which isn't something you can do on a lot of motherboards. Also, doing this I'm wasting a slot in between the two cards

Since you're watercooling two cards you don't need to worry about the airflow so much and therefore the two cards can go straight into adjacent slots without worry.

True, but I think if you don't use the slots specified in the manual then one slot will only run at 8x.
Since I'm running PCI-e 2.0 I'd like to keep running at 16x.

Dirtyganker · 22 Nov 2012 at 12:01

GoogalyMoogaly said:
True, but I think if you don't use the slots specified in the manual then one slot will only run at 8x.
Since I'm running PCI-e 2.0 I'd like to keep running at 16x.

If you're not running on an Sandybridge-E X79 based board then your SLi/Xfire config is going to be running x8/x8 anyway. You can't run SLI with x16/x16 on any other platform unless the motherboard uses a PLX controller or some other similar device.

Dirtyganker · 22 Nov 2012 at 12:03

Dirtyganker said:
If you're not running on an Sandybridge-E X79 based board then your SLi/Xfire config is going to be running x8/x8 anyway. You can't run SLI with x16/x16 on any other platform unless the motherboard uses a PLX controller or some other similar device.

I just checked your sig and it seems that you're using the same CPU as me. In which case you've got x40 lanes available and therefore pretty much all your slots should be x16. I know all the red slots on the Asus R4E are all x16 and it will only drop to x8 once you're using more than 2 slots.

Since you're using the same board I can confirm that you can have a gap when aircooled and they both work as PCI-E 3.0 X16, and they also work the same way when they are adjacent. Stay in the red slots and you're fine.

Monkeyspaz5000 · 22 Nov 2012 at 19:24

Are these compatible with 670 blocks?

Pabl0 · 22 Nov 2012 at 20:23

If there the new style think it's called ray storm then yes.. Check the xspc website though.

Dirtyganker · 23 Nov 2012 at 00:07

They are called "Razor", and yes they are compatible with the 670 version of the Razor block. I have two of them sitting here waiting to go into my PC and the manual for them details the use of the SLi bridge - hence why I started this thread.

I won't be installing them until I've got my new case which will give me room for another rad internally. I could hang it off the back or mod the case some but I want to keep everything internal and unmodded and so I'm waiting on the NZXT Phantom 820 to start shipping and then move my rig into that. Once it's in I'll have a better idea of what additional water cooling gear I will need.