bripley Posted February 5, 2006 Posted February 5, 2006 I am in the process of putting together a system with the components listed below. What I have yet to order are the video cards (SLI) which will be cooled by Koolance's VID-NV2-L06 blocks. Does anyone have experience with either 7800 GT or 7800 GTX boards in this configuration? What is the best board to use for perfomance and proper cooling? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtraPickles Posted February 5, 2006 Posted February 5, 2006 What is the best board to use for perfomance and proper cooling?Best board or best blocks? Don't understand the question. -pickles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bripley Posted February 5, 2006 Posted February 5, 2006 Are there any particular boards from the 7800 gt and gtx lines that work best? Or, and to stay away from? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtraPickles Posted February 5, 2006 Posted February 5, 2006 Not that I know of. Since you don't care about the stock cooling I'd go with whatever is cheapest from EVGA, XFX, or BFG if it was me. -pickles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NINaudio Posted February 5, 2006 Posted February 5, 2006 I'd go with EVGA, you won't void their warranty by removing the stock heatsinks and watercooling the cards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrento Posted February 5, 2006 Posted February 5, 2006 The big question is: What water pump and radiator are you going to use? Are these 1/4", or 3/8" or 1/2"? The Koolance waterblocks use 1/4" fittings which can restrict water flow on a system with 3/8" and 1/2" tubing and pump, if you are going to cool two in SLI I suggest using two Koolance Y connectors (one 3/8" into two 1/4") to run both waterblocks in parallel, that way the two 1/4" waterblocks with have a a little less restriction than using 3/8" system. You could also look for the Innovatek Cool Matic blocks, the new ones look to be better than the Koolance. I am using their NV45 version to cool down two 6800GT's in the configuration I explained, with the MCP655 waterpump (1/2") in a 3/8" tubing system with a BlackIce Extreme II radiator (3/8")... and the results are very good. Good luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrento Posted February 5, 2006 Posted February 5, 2006 I'd go with EVGA, you won't void their warranty by removing the stock heatsinks and watercooling the cards. Interesting... I always thought removing the stock heatsinks would void the liftetime warranty. Thanks for the info Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bripley Posted February 6, 2006 Posted February 6, 2006 Great advise! 2 EGVA 7800GT-515's on order. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapty Posted February 6, 2006 Posted February 6, 2006 Egva are very good you can even get your card out and use it as a table tennis bat and they will replace it still. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uplink Posted February 7, 2006 Posted February 7, 2006 evgs has a step up program unmatchable and the performance of the cards are very pleasing you can OC and cheange the stock cooling solutions and never void the lifetime warentee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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