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Alexis92

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Before you answer please read all the questions thanks.

1.Do i need a custom liquid cooler for all of this stuff? and what would my temperature be if i go with all of this and with the liquid cooler? ( Its Listed Down Below )

2.do i need a VGA Cooler,HDD Cooler,Memory Fans

3.did the Liquid cooler i picked is Water or Other Liquid?

4.Do i need a Custom Water cooler?

Motherboard
ASRock x79 Extreme 9 Motherboard Intel X79 Chipset 2011 Socket
Graphics Card
Palit Geforce GTX 780Ti Jetstream 3GB DDR5
Processor
Intel Core I7-3970X Extreme
Chassis
Corsair Obsidian Series 900D
Sound Card
Asus Xonar Essence STX PCI E Audio Card
SSD
Crucial M500 960GB Sata (CT960M500SSD1) SSD
HDD 2x
Western Digital Caviar Black 4tb
RAM x4
Corsair Dominator Platinum 16gb Dual DDR3 2400MHZ Ram
Optical Drive
Internal Liteon Blue-Ray drive Ihas 104 24x DVD ROM
Keyboard
Razer DeathStalker Ultimate & Razer Orbweaver
Mouse Pad
Razer Ironclad
Mouse
Razer Mamba 4G & Razer Naga 2014
Headphones
Razer Kraken 7.1 & Razer Blackshark
Printer
Epson L800 Inkjet Photo
Printer Ink
Brother MFC-J220
Power Supply
Corsair AX1200i Digital ATX 80PLUS Platinum Modular PSU
Monitor x3
BenQ XL2420T 24" 3D Ready 120hz Monitor
CPU Cooler
Swiftech H320 Compact Drive Hydro Series
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Controllers
Razer Sabertooth Elite xBox 360 Controller & Logitech Extreme 3D Pro Gaming Joystick
Webcam
Logitech HD Pro C920
Speakers
Logitech Z906 5.1 Speaker System
AVR
Secure UPS 1500Va
Anti-Virus
Kaspersky Anti-virus 2014
Fan Controller
NZXT Sentry LXE Touch Screen Fan Controller
UPS
Huntkey PZA503-4 Surge Protector Master-Slave Control 5 socket 2 meter
Case Fan
Corsair SP120 PWM High Performance Edition 120mm Fan Dual Pack
Wall Mount
Wall Mount For PC
Thermal Paste
Cooler Master Extreme Fusion X1
 
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#1 You generally don't really "need" a liquid cooler for a computer, but it can allow you to get better overclocks, and if your budget is really high enough for all the parts you've listed, it seems to me you might as well go all the way, and maybe even get 2 or more graphics cards while you're at it and water-cool them as well (in fact, a single 780Ti might not be enough to get 120fps in newer games at 5760x1080 effective resolution). I don't remember if the 780Ti supports 4-way sli, but I think an AX1200i psu would support 4 of them.

#2 HDD coolers and memory fans would probably be redundant if you fill all the fan slots of the 900D.

#3 The Swiftech H320 comes pre-filled with "Hydrx PM-2 non-toxic coolant".

#4 See my answer to #1.
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#1 You generally don't really "need" a liquid cooler for a computer, but it can allow you to get better overclocks, and if your budget is really high enough for all the parts you've listed, it seems to me you might as well go all the way, and maybe even get 2 or more graphics cards while you're at it and water-cool them as well (in fact, a single 780Ti might not be enough to get 120fps in newer games at 5760x1080 effective resolution). I don't remember if the 780Ti supports 4-way sli, but I think an AX1200i psu would support 4 of them.

#2 HDD coolers and memory fans would probably be redundant if you fill all the fan slots of the 900D.

#3 The Swiftech H320 comes pre-filled with "Hydrx PM-2 non-toxic coolant".

#4 See my answer to #1.
 
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no? im getting 4 780 ti's and im asking if the Palit Geforce GTX 780Ti Jetstream 3GB DDR5 does support 4-way sli so i can get 4 in my motherboard

 
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You didn't specify you were getting 4 of them in your original post, but the 780 Ti officially supports 4-way SLI per nVidia specs:
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/introducing-the-geforce-gtx-780-ti
However, sli scales poorly once you get past 2 gpus, and you wouldn't have enough room between them for air cooling to be effective. They'd all throttle themselves to avoid overheating. Thus here is a situation where it'd be worthwhile to set up a custom watercooling loop (or even multiple loops).
 
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so the Palit Geforce GTX 780 TI Jetstream 3GB DDR5 does support 4 way and its a palit are u sure tho cuz u sent me a nvidia one,so if i do liquid cooling on my pc that im going to get in the future what would be my temperature be or is it enough to cool it all up?
 
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It's impossible for us to predict your temps, especially since we don't know where you are and what the ambient temperatures are for the room you'll be putting the computer in. Even if we knew that and how far you were hoping to overclock, different cpus and gpus of the same model overclock differently, and presumably also have slightly different thermal output. Even with watercooling, 4 780 Ti's will be putting out a lot of heat into the room, so I hope your air conditioner can keep up.

I don't know how much of SLI is handled by the driver and how much is limited by the actual card. There might be a chance you'd be able to make 4-way sli work with the nvidia reference driver instead of Palit's driver, and I found images that show that the Palit card has two sli connectors on each, so it isn't physically limited. (although even if they only had one each, I wouldn't be surprised if there are special 4-way sli bridges to handle such a situation)
 
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what does this mean i saw it on the palit website? NVIDIA SLI-ready 2-way

 
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That means Palit is only assuring compatibility with 2-way sli. That doesn't necessarily mean they can't be forced to work in 4-way mode. If you already have the cards, you can go ahead and try to get them to work in 4-way. Otherwise, I suggest getting a different brand, and you can try to find the manufacturer specs page to determine whether it's cleared for 4-way sli. Also, getting cards with triple-fan coolers is a waste if you'll be replacing them with waterblocks anyway.
 
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so they will work on 4 way right im pretty worried tho because it might be a waste of money if it doesnt work 4 way

 
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You're buying 4 780 Ti's, a 3970X, a Corsair 900D, and a lot of other expensive hardware that might be more than you really need, and you're worried about wasting money? :??:

Anyway, I'm saying it's not clear whether the Palit cards will actually work in 4-way mode, and since the manufacturer doesn't claim they can, you might not be able to return them if you find out they don't.
 
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Kinda what I was thinking. Why pay $1k+ for an extreme edition when you can get a 4930k that will perform just the same for like half the cost?
 
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