Titan X Tri-Sli temperature help

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I'm building a tri titan x sli system on the Asus Rampage v x99 mobo. The cpu will use closed loop watercooling but I did not want to jump into watercooling the gpu's because it looks like a complicated mess. I'm using the reference evga cards that exhaust heat out the back but am concerned that tri sli will max out the temps in my case (corsair cosmos 2).

Is there a way I can place the cards in the system to minimize high temperature? I recall reading somewhere that I can put the cards in a 8x slot vs 16x and have more space inbetween them for better airflow. Can someone show me how this would work? Would I lose performance by doing this or is it negligible?

And before the "you dont need 3x titan x 2 is more than enough" I KNOW. I have triple monitor setup and am very well aware of what is necessary vs what is luxury so lets stay on topic. Thanks!
 
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They'll just throttle a little. Still have most of the performance.

Reference cards are the best choice for a tight packing of cards like that. Aside from making sure there is good air flow into the case, not much can be done.

Generally you do see water cooling on builds that have tri-SLI flagship GPUs.
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This isn't exactly my area of expertise, but I did just read a rather lengthy review of that board. If you're doing 3SLI, you're running 16/8/8 anyway, so you don't need to worry about dropping a slot down to 8... it's 8 already. From what I understand, GPU's are a long, long way from running out of bandwidth at x8, so don't worry about that.

Regarding using that black slot to space out your GPU's, that would have to be in your motherboard manual? I'm sure it explains how to use that slot.
 
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They'll just throttle a little. Still have most of the performance.

Reference cards are the best choice for a tight packing of cards like that. Aside from making sure there is good air flow into the case, not much can be done.

Generally you do see water cooling on builds that have tri-SLI flagship GPUs.
 
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Thanks for the reply. Can anyone else confirm this? Also, where to find a 3 way sli bridge that would support a gap
 
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Because I use more than 6gb of vram in some applications. I don't quite need 12gb but I would rather Titan X than go with radeon 8gb cards
 
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cheebamaster, normally I'd suggest that you simply purchase the hybrid version of the 980 Ti or Titan X. The Titan X is currently available on Amazon only. It's an extra $100. You simply need to mount the radiator. I'm confident that most if not all cases can accommodate two radiators, but only some can do three. That would eliminate the heating issue and it would be much quieter. Considering that a Titan X is already $1,000, the hybrid version isn't that much more. The 980 Ti hybrid is a better deal, but they are extremely difficult to buy. I've been trying for two weeks and they sell out in less than 15 minutes according to EVGA.

*** Titan X hybrid ***

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Air-Water-Graphics-12G-P4-1999-KR/dp/B00YDAYMIE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1435350769&sr=8-1&keywords=titan+x+hybrid

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=12G-P4-1999-KR

*** GTX 980 Ti hybrid ***

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487144&cm_re=evga_980_ti_hybrid-_-14-487-144-_-Product

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-1996-KR
 
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