HI PSI Member 1,586 Member For: 18y 5m 24d Gender: Male Location: Central Queensland Posted 09/11/18 03:02 AM Share Posted 09/11/18 03:02 AM I considered building a new PC, but decided on a gaming laptop instead (MSI GT80 Titan - SLI Dual 980m). Comparable performance with the benefits of portability.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 7m 18d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 09/11/18 06:23 AM Share Posted 09/11/18 06:23 AM 6 hours ago, skidxr6t said: should I put the card on water? it'll cost like $250 for a block and backplate. most definitely water cooled you've already got custom water happening It would be a crime not to put your GPU in the loop since I went to liquid cooling, I would never go back to air for my personal gaming rig everything runs cooler = everything lasts longer (theoretically) running Project cars 2 with all settings maxed out and running OBS Studio with 2 web cams on another monitor live streaming to Twitch at 1080 and I still only see 50° C max temp for GPU and about 48° on the CPU 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 7m 18d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 09/11/18 07:39 AM Share Posted 09/11/18 07:39 AM On a side noteI tip my hat to DellThese PC's I picked up from Mrs BCB's work are really a nice unitSo much so that I have commissioned one to reside in my PC "fixing" area in my shedBeen running 24/7 for the past week and only seen a max CPU temp of 43°The CPU cooler is direct touch heatpipe unit, which in my book is enthusiast level 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidxr6t skids Donating Members 2,754 Member For: 11y 10m 21d Gender: Not Telling Posted 10/11/18 05:08 AM Share Posted 10/11/18 05:08 AM proper business grade stuff right there! Have been looking for a block for my card and turns out there is nothing for my specific model! it has fans that are 2mm bigger than the version that as waterblocks available for it. Ive checked both EK and Alphacool :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 7m 18d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 10/11/18 08:46 AM Share Posted 10/11/18 08:46 AM 3 hours ago, skidxr6t said: turns out there is nothing for my specific model early days mate they've only just released these monsters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidxr6t skids Donating Members 2,754 Member For: 11y 10m 21d Gender: Not Telling Posted 10/11/18 10:00 AM Share Posted 10/11/18 10:00 AM (edited) im worried as they have a block for most cards that are already out and ek says they have no plans to make one for mine! Edited 10/11/18 10:01 AM by skidxr6t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 7m 18d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 10/11/18 10:09 AM Share Posted 10/11/18 10:09 AM bugger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidxr6t skids Donating Members 2,754 Member For: 11y 10m 21d Gender: Not Telling Posted 10/11/18 10:10 AM Share Posted 10/11/18 10:10 AM to cheer me up ive been looking at cases as im thinking I might as well get a new case when I get 9900k/z390 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 7m 18d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 10/11/18 10:16 AM Share Posted 10/11/18 10:16 AM is this any good?? https://www.ekwb.com/configurator/waterblock/3831109813126 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidxr6t skids Donating Members 2,754 Member For: 11y 10m 21d Gender: Not Telling Posted 10/11/18 10:20 AM Share Posted 10/11/18 10:20 AM I have the gigabyte rtx2080 gaming OC, the nearest card seems to be the windforce OC. I did send an e-mail to ek asking just incase it does fit or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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