Watercooling a 780ti

johnstac · Jun 23, 2014

I am in the process of building a new gaming rig. I will be using the Corsair H110 on the Intel 4790K when I get it. I have ordered two EVGA 780Ti Dual Classified 3gb cards and want to know if there is similarly a closed loop system for this graphics card as well and does anyone have personal experience or can one be recommended? This is all going in this case:

http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/111-switch-810-case.html

it that matters.

johnstac · Jun 23, 2014

That R9 looks like it's built into the GPU...... I love the first photo. I have had a water cooled system years ago but I seriously just don't want to go to the trouble of setting up a pump, reservoir, fittings, etc, etc. Is the R9 the only option at the moment?

nikoli707 · Jun 23, 2014

lol, a reference design 780ti has nothing on the classified. also i wouldn't touch the kraken g10 either. ekwb blocks and you will want at least a 360 rad with a d5 pump if you want to properly cool the classifieds.

nikoli707 · Jun 23, 2014

the reference 780ti will always be limited by its ncp4206 6+2 phase voltage controller and power design. the gk110 will stave for power long before it hits its voltage/frequency bottleneck. the classified has the chil8318 14+3 phase controller with beefed up mosfets. it offers vastly superior overclocking stability and a power design capable of delivering the gk110 with power it may need with an extreme overclock, theoretically well over 500 watts if running the full. 1.5v core with a 200% power target and 1600mhz+ core frequency. the only advantage the kingpin has are highly binned hand picked gk110 chips, capacitors, mosfets, vrm's, and memory, along with a rearranged pcb to better allow a liquid nitrogen pot.

johnstac · Jun 24, 2014

So maybe I am over thinking this. Maybe watercooling isn't even necessary for my application. I do want to OC the cpu but I am not out to set any records and will likely set it and forget it. I am not an OC enthusiast. I just want to get the best performance possible out of whatever I buy. I believe though, that I will have to draw the line at watercooling the CPU only if liquid cooling the GPUs involves more than a closed loop can provide.

johnstac · Jun 28, 2014

I am not going with R9. Not happening. What I may do is wait until the release of this new Fractal Design solution:

http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/water-cooling

There has to be a way to do this.

johnstac · Jun 29, 2014

I'm thinking that with Fractal Design's ability to connect to blocks other than its own, I have every hope that I can connect this semi closed loop to one of the many 780 blocks

TheAterix · Jun 29, 2014

corsair HG10 x2, and closed loop cpu cooler BOOM

johnstac · Jun 30, 2014

TheAterix :

I will start buying the stuff for the new rig and pick up a 100i and then hopefully soon the HG10 parts for the 780 will be available. Thanks for the info.

TheAterix · Jun 30, 2014

no bother buddy any chance of a 'pick the solution'?

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