Need help water cooling two asus posidon 980 ti (sli)'s

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I'm planning on building a pc (case: phantom 820 cpu: intell 6700k; motherboard: asus maximus VIII Hero; gpu: 2 gtx asus Poseidon 980 ti in sli) and im thinking about buying this kit for watercooling (https://shop.ekwb.com/ek-kit-x360) and because i know nothing about water cooling was wondering if i could add my gpu to the loop and if so how i would do that; what additional parts would i need and can i do it on both graphics cards.
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There are no full cover water blocks for your card at the moment so you would have to get two universal water blocks. Search universal gpu water blocks on google, there are loads that will fit. However these are not as effective as full cover ones as they do not cool your vram so make sure you still have a good case airflow. But if you do decide to do this then don't bother with that starter kit because you will need a bigger radiation / another radiator, a better pump to handle the extra waterflow and arguably a bigger reservoir (to allow for greater heat expansion since there will be more liquid). If you want to cool your gpus in you custom loop I recommend watching some YouTube tutorials and doing it from scratch. Good luck.
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There are no full cover water blocks for your card at the moment so you would have to get two universal water blocks. Search universal gpu water blocks on google, there are loads that will fit. However these are not as effective as full cover ones as they do not cool your vram so make sure you still have a good case airflow. But if you do decide to do this then don't bother with that starter kit because you will need a bigger radiation / another radiator, a better pump to handle the extra waterflow and arguably a bigger reservoir (to allow for greater heat expansion since there will be more liquid). If you want to cool your gpus in you custom loop I recommend watching some YouTube tutorials and doing it from scratch. Good luck.
 
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Do I need another water block for it? The video card already has G1/4-inch threaded fittings installed into it, do you know a good company to buy from and what specific parts do i need for everything? is there a good youtube tutorial i'm missing?
Thanks for the reply btw ^^
 
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Yeah you're right, I didn't realise it already had water cooling capability. You won't need any water blocks for them then, but you will need fittings. One of the first things you will need to do is design your water cooling loop. For example are you going to have all your components connected in series or in parallel? I have mine in parallel which means I need larger diameter tubing and a pump with a high flow rate, but this does mean that I am not pumping hot/warm water from another component onto the next one in the loop. So get a pen and paper and choose how everything will be fitted, where each component will go in the loop eg. Where your CPU water block will be, gpus will be, radiator(s), pump and reservoir. Then decide on the flow rate, which will give you an idea of the pump you will need. Work out how much water is in the system and that will give you an idea of the size of reservoir you need. Also make sure you get fittings for all your components that are compatible with the tubing you have chosen. I can only tell you so much on here, I would watch some videos on YouTube to get a better idea, just type in watercooling tutorials, there are hundreds of videos on the subject
 
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If you're new to watercooling, take Grundles advice and do plenty of research before making any purchases, it's easy to make expensive mistakes here.

That big Phantom should be large enough but I'd give the people at EKWB an E-mail to confirm it'll accept the very thick rad that's included in the kit you linked to.
Also, EKWB make SLI connectors, that make watercooling a dual card setup neater, again, drop them an E-mail and see if these parts will be compatible with your planned build.
 
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