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Cyran on 19 August 2020
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Captain_Yuri said:
Cyran said:

If the price around 1399 I probably buy the cheapest EVGA model that using the reference PCB.  I don't care about the included cooling solution since I be removing it for a water block and it just much easier to find a waterblock for versions that use the reference PCB.  I like EVGA because they always been reliable to me and the way they mount there coolers in the past have always been straight forward and uncomplicated to remove for adding a waterblock.

The decision is will I wait for a waterblock to be available or just go buy it.  There probably enough airflow in my case that running it with the air cooler till I can get a water block will be fine.  I can just disconnect the power to gpu loop pumps till then.

Yea I personally own Evga GTX 1080 FTW and it's been great. The only reason I might go with Asus is due to the RGB software since EVGA needs their own software, I can't get it to sync up with my Motherboard and RAM since my Motherboard is Asus and my Ram supports Aura Sync.

Fair enough.  I don't run RGB in my case, just the fans that can be seen outside of case.  Also I currently running almost the exact same card as you, the Evga GTX 1080 SC (with the cooler replace with a EKWB waterblock).  I think the only difference between our cards is yours came with a slightly higher factory OC.

EDIT:  Curious so I looked it up, yours also came with a extra 8 pin so it also capable of a higher custom OC due to having more power available.

Last edited by Cyran - on 19 August 2020