EKWB GTX1080Ti FTW3 - right placement of thermal pads?

TangoEchoAlpha · 20 Sep 2020 at 15:53

Jay85 said:
Give over! Get those tubes bent properly

Jay85 · 20 Sep 2020 at 17:05

TangoEchoAlpha said:

Awesome job man, gonna look pretty with all the rgb going on as well. What coolant are you using?

TangoEchoAlpha · 20 Sep 2020 at 17:10

Jay85 said:
Awesome job man, gonna look pretty with all the rgb going on as well. What coolant are you using?

XSPC EC6 UV blue. Would link to it but noticed OCUK only have other colours now.

Jay85 · 20 Sep 2020 at 17:16

TangoEchoAlpha said:
XSPC EC6 UV blue. Would link to it but noticed OCUK only have other colours now.

Nice! Traditionally i've always used deionised water and mayhems dyes to create the colours i want. Thats a good fluid though especially with UV as well. Whats next for you then?

TangoEchoAlpha · 20 Sep 2020 at 18:02

Had it running for a while with the power cable jumpered to just run the pump, no leaks so it now LIVES! After being worried about taking apart the GPU, with the help of this forum and plenty of time, it wasn't so bad. For someone who has never watercooled before, not even an AIO, I am happy with how it worked out and my tubing.

Jay85 said:
Nice! Traditionally i've always used deionised water and mayhems dyes to create the colours i want. Thats a good fluid though especially with UV as well. Whats next for you then?

I'll tidy up the RGB cabling which I just cabled up to test the block RGB. Next will be to put the RGB LEDs into the CPU waterblock and then add some fans at the bottom of the case. Potentially add a second radiator as I'm just running the one 360mm XSPC TX360 in the roof. Some of the tubing has got stained from where I tested the radiator/reservoir/pump outside of a case months ago, so at some point I will replace that tubing with new tubing.

That'll be it until the GTX1080Ti gets upgraded and my work colleague buys it off me. I don't know if he'll be interested in watercooling it or if he'' return it to stock.

Looking forward to seeing what the temperatures of the 1080Ti are like when gaming :cool:

Slinky69 · 20 Sep 2020 at 20:56

Looking good!

TangoEchoAlpha · 20 Sep 2020 at 21:14

Slinky69 said:
Looking good!

Thanks

CaptainRAVE · 20 Sep 2020 at 21:17

Sexy.

BriT · 20 Sep 2020 at 22:27

Nice, enjoy silence and great temps

TangoEchoAlpha · 21 Sep 2020 at 13:19

Thanks both, is indeed silent but haven't played any games on it yet :eek:

Jay85 · 21 Sep 2020 at 13:29

Looks great this mate, the more i look at it the more i wish i had my 2080 back lol. Tempted to buy it back and hold onto it for now until i get my 3080...

TangoEchoAlpha · 21 Sep 2020 at 15:52

Jay85 said:
Looks great this mate, the more i look at it the more i wish i had my 2080 back lol. Tempted to buy it back and hold onto it for now until i get my 3080...

I can understand that mate. If I didn't have a GPU at the moment, I'd be going a bit crazy. I nearly sold the 1080Ti to my work mate before the 3080 launch as well - so glad I didn't. He's keen to have it as he's still using a GTX970!

Liking the temps and silence now the rig is water cooled:

andy_mk3 · 21 Sep 2020 at 20:17

Great success!

My 1080 is normally around the 42C mark too, which allows it to run at 2140mhz so keeps up nicely with 1440p.

TangoEchoAlpha said:
Soft tubing mate, too newbie for hardline!

Nahh! My first ever WC build is hardline, it's not all that difficult