MSI GTX 980Ti Lightning vs MSI GTX 980Ti Sea Hawk

Ghost594 · Nov 19, 2015

Hello guys! Which one of these cards would you recommend? Note that i only care about performance. The extra water cooling didn't exactly impress me and I didn't find any reviews or benchmark comparison between those specific cards, which is why i'm asking here. I don't intend on overclocking as i won't need that. The thing is that the sea hawk has a higher price and i wanted to know if it s just due to the hybrid cooling or if it;s also justified by its performance! Thank you for your time and support guys!

Darkseiders · Nov 19, 2015

The sea hawk is a better overclocker because of the hybrid cooling, which also adds cost over air.

Derza10 · Nov 19, 2015

The MSI lightning has slightly higher clock rates.. So it should be about .5% faster out of the box, not enough to even notice.... If you arn't overclocking i guess stock speeds is all that matters.

Here is a review showing both of them:

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2015/11/16/msi_geforce_gtx_980_ti_sea_hawk_video_card_review/11#.Vk4HXHarTRZ

The Sea Hawk seems to be the one to go with, it stays very cool and is quite, just make sure you have the fan spot open on your case for it.

Ghost594 · Nov 19, 2015

Derza10 :

Your link made my day dear sir. I was actually hesitant on overclocking cause i didnt wanna reduce its life (considering its high price), but all those sea hawk reviews are making me think that wont happen with this particular card. Could you share your opinion regarding that? I'm getting a HAF X so i dont think ill have a problem regarding the space for the fan. My final build is gonna look like this.

CPU: Intel Core i7 6700K
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14
MOBO: MSI Z170 M9 ACK or ASUS Z170-Deluxe or ASUS VIII MAXIMUS EXTREME
PSU: No idea yet.
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Sea Hawk 6GB OR
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (4 x 4GB)
Case: Coolermaster HAF X Case
HDD: WD Black 1TB WD2003FZEX
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO Series 250GB 2.5in SSD

Thanks again mate!

Derza10 · Nov 20, 2015

Overclocking won't reduce its life unless you are constantly running it at high temperatures, and this card won't/shouldn't get hot at all. That is a very nice build, i'd recommend getting a 500+gb ssd though, nothing more annoying then constantly running out of room on the SSD.

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