GIGABYTE Waterforce 3X 980 SLI - Complete Review
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"I massively underestimated the length of this tube."
- Jay, 2014
Nice
Paul, I know your a busy man, an I understand if you can't reply,I know it might sound like a stupid question but..
What is your opinion on AIO watercooling solutions for graphics cards?, do you think Graphics card companies like Gigabite are copying the 295 X2's idea.
I know this is probably going to sound self opinionated an I'm sorry if it does but..
I think if Graphics card companies like Sapphire did something simular to what the 295 X2 graphics card done, by water cooling on their upper range 3GB GDDR5 an up "DUAL - X" graphics cards.
I don't know about anyone else, but it would be a good idea an I know it would cost them more money,but.. for casual gamers who want to watercool their graphics card to get more performance, without the risk of voiding their worrenty by tearing apart their graphics card, it would save a lot of time and effort.
I know theirs companies already offering solutions like this.
When I see this comment and it has 69 likes on it ;-)
Jay , change the channel name to "VGAJay"
Simeon Boshoff Damn... X)
For the record guys, I HATE those stupid Selfie Gift ads as much as you! In fact they approached me about participating in which I ignored and didnt participate... I have no control over that ad and wish it would DIE WITH FIRE!
Me too. Great video jay1
That mini rant
Its like you were thinking of the titan Z when doing the review
Thank you Jay-Senpai
I HATE THEM SO MUCH!
What are "selfie" ads???
Watching this in 2020 I feel like I just saw a dinosaur feeding in my backyard
He looks so young
I would like to congratulate you. When I exited full screen, I had to do a double take on how long this video is. You made a 20 minute video feel less then 8 minute. I always enjoy your videos, but this one, IMO, just bumped you to the next level of greatness.
Thanks DG! I spent a lot of time on this one. Glad you enjoyed it!
1:16 "Enough sof foam to make +LinusTechTips blush" xD
+Philip Vinterberg I LOLed
nixe
Can you explain this. Why does Linus have a thing for foam ? Does he have sex with it ?
dave jones He drops pretty much everything he touches.
GET YOU'RE SHIT TOGETHER EVGA!!!!!!!!!! WE NEED A BACKPLATE!!!!!!!!!!!
***** It would cost them less than a dollar.
the 980 comes with a back plate.
my 780ti also came with a backplate.
***** who buys reference cards?
Sanic You obviously did
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Great video Jay! I agree the price in insane. That being said it looks like the target market for this is someone who just wants something over the top but doesn't have to deal with all the pitfalls of liquid cooling.
Yeah i also agree with Barnacules Nerdgasm jerry !!!
It is for poor people ;)
Beastly Hax :) no the poor people are looking for waterforce 4x 980s :)
Still DOESN'T MAKE SENSE! I bought my 295x2, which is factory watercooled and looks beautiful in its full metal chassis, for $615. Add a second and you have four 290xs in two slots with just two 120mm radiators to find room in your case to mount (easily done since most cases have a 240mm top exhaust).
You're still literally at HALF the cost of this for arguably better performance. But in all honestly, just a single 295x2 is plenty, and dual-GPU scales much better than tri-GPU.
And whats really beautiful about the 295x2 instead IMO is the fact that you can mount it on a mITX motherboard, and use a small form factor case that has a 240mm slot. Just use 120mm for the GPU, 120mm for your CPU, put a 750gb SSD on there, and for storage all that should be on a home server/NAS anyway IMO. That way you can really blow away your friends that you can fit in so much performance into such a tiny chassis... heck, that way it can even reside in the living room console style.
DumbDuck44 My Thermaltake Spedo full ATX tower resides in my living room console style.
It's even connected to my 110x7 surround sound system and 73" TV.
"Enough soft foam to make even Linus blush" that was the best line ever, nice!
SELFIE GIFT ADS ARE ANNOYING!!!
I agree! I even wrote Fullscreen telling them NOT to play them on my channel... but of course, they dont GAF.
Agreed
Agreed
***** I think when your uploading a video, you can tweak the monitization settings to disallow non-skippable ads. (what a mouthful)
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It would be interesting to see them revisit this idea, given what's on the market these days.
I still love that enclosure, even if the rest of the system is so poorly designed. Imagine it with a good 360 rad and pump/res combo (think EisWand), and quick disconnect fittings on the back. Then they could sell a range of cards with standard waterblocks, pre-filled, with the same QDC (think EisWolf or EKWB Phoenix).
I'd get this... if I shat out 100 dollars every time I went to the toilet.
You wouls have to poop 30 times to get 3000 dollars
TheGlowey Thingy That's a regular Monday morning for me
TheGlowey Thingy
Considering I poop about 3-4 times on a regular day... yeah that's no issue. Also, thanks for the math on how much I would have to poop.
If that was the case, there would be no more laxatives in the world.... They'd all be within my property.
***** you can donate it, there are obese people out there that need the shits bacteria to get a better metabolism
Very informative Jay. Thanks for taking the time to really explain the pros and cons. You make buying products easy and for that I think i can speak for all the listeners and say Thank you. Happy Holidays!
Thanks James!
SERIOUSLY! WE ALWAYS WANT BACKPLATES!
Pushing 124fps in battlefied 4@4k will look fantastic!
The Arctic 129 average!
Watching this now. Jeebs. Youve grown so much. Good job jay on the growth and quality improvements over the years
Your reviews are really Helpful and informative!
The lights do flicker in person, you just can't see the flicker due to the rate at which they're pulsing on and off. The cameras refresh rate makes the Pulse Width Modulation visible.
KrayzieDude Let me rephrase... you WONT SEE THE FLICKER IN PERSON.... better?
*****
Great (:
This might look like a tactical nuke to some people... I wouldn't get near an airport with that.
I just discovered your channel. I really like your presentation skills and thoroughly enjoyed your review.
2022 and this showed up on my recommended. And I realize I have been around this channel for more than 7 years. Cause I remember that I bought this after watching this video.
Wild.
When the GPU costs more than your whole build...
thats a common problem
and a 1st world problem
2080 Ti is literally more than half my pc
Cpu radiator fans exhaust hot air to the gpus radiator!!!
Burak KURT It doesnt matter, the bottom of the gpu radiator box is solid
I think the tubing would be great for putting the controller box somewhere else, which is what I would likely do.
Found your channel few months ago and this is the first time I see an old video of you and as OT as this is I have to say that some people look better the older they get. Big advantage :D
what a giant waste of money. Just get a regular 980 or 2
I got a EVGA 980 Superclocked and it completes 3dmark firestrike at 1570mhz max boost , all stock air cooled and doesn't go above 70C with +81mv voltage. Best video card i ever bought ( owned many ASUS, Zotac, PNY cards ) and this EVGA just blew my mind. Also running the memory at 8.2ghz (7ghz stock )
It strikes me that if you have the $3K available to buy this monstrosity, along with the fear or unwillingness to DIY the setup, you would also have the $$ to just pay someone to build the custom-looped system for you. I gotta agree, this unit doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
Hey Jay, just wanted to say the lighting in this video was beautiful, especially when you're talking into the camera.
I spent a lot of money to update the lighting and camera for the channel. Thank you for noticing :)
;)
Yet again another spectacular review thank you jay
you've lost weight since this video. nice
Hey Jay!
Can you reply back with a hey :D ?
HEY! :D
Lucky
it took me almost the whole video to think of what this reminded me of, and it came to me, it reminds me of almost every consol addon that was sold in the 90s, the sega for example and its cd addons, controller port splicers, or power plugin converters, just wait 4 years, this will be the size of a disk drive
Hi jay, i have a bit of a problem. My computer randomly blue screens and puts me into the bios and tells me to check my csm boot peramiters i dont know if it is the hard drive or the operating system, do you know anything about this? *****
That hairline...time for a haircut, Jay!
soon
it looks like a pc, but with a alienware infection going into its gutts
it'll feel just at home in a alienware case also as it has that alien feel about it
Maybe I'm missing something, but if you're supposed to drain water loops once a year...how do you accomplish that with this kit?
I'm still trying to figure out why the pipes go all the way across the case & come out through the drive bay instead of out the back of the case straight up to the cooler ...?
and im sitting here with my gtx 660 playing mafia 2 ac 3 xD
Yea, eBay are thirsty for your purchase.
Atari master race
xDDDD
get money and buy a gtx 970 or an r9 290
don't buy an r9 290 unless you can get it for 250 dollars or less, nosiy, hot and drivers suck. Of course, it beats the shit out of similar priced cards (second hand)
lol this is absurd...For 3000 DOLLARS! LOL....even for a gamer or enthusiast with that kinda cash for just your cards and water loop, why in the heck would they need it predone? seems to me the exact target for a product like this are the last people who would actually buy this lol. like he said just a pre done single 980 with loop and cooler would of been a much bigger hit.
bearly
***** Now that the Titan Z is $1500 its not as bad as it used to be.
with that kind of money you could do it yourself/and or get help/pay someone to do it.
maybe even buy anther computer.
TitanZ is useless compared to others, shit get 2x 295X2's they still not only blitz TitanZ in power but also in price, granted they suck a bajillion gigawatts of energy per split second
(im an amd fan, i am allowed to make baseless negative accusations about the product i love!)
but hell, even terminator was powered by hydrogen fuel cells but look how much of an unstoppable bad ass he was, to have power you need to use power!!!!!
I might just customize it to a single loop if i have the three like this ...
so hypotheticly with all that extra length, could you put the Rig under your desk but the coolant kit on top with the cables and tubes running down?
Can you even mount the fans on all cases I have a aerocool xpredator big tower and you can't mount the fan on the top is there another way?
What happened to your hair lol
Trichotillomania, it basically causes an uncontrollable urge to pull your hair, and gets worse with stress.
He doesn't have that does he? I think he someone just gave him a bad haircut, and his hair is growing back... He should just trim it all to the same size.
Omar M Khalil No, he's said he does.
thumbs up for the video. THUMBS DOWN for the product.
Just as a question: Do Z97 have enough lanes for 3-way SLI? As far as I know only X99 boards offer 28/40 lanes and for SLI-certification you need 8 lanes per card, with Z97s only having 16 lanes as far as I know (without bonus controllers that is, which increases latency to the CPU and decreases the actual performance). Sooo... Does the Z97 Classified even offer 24 lanes total? I know it says "4-Way SLI support" on the website, but remember, 2 dual chip cards still counts as 4-way SLI and only takes 16 lanes.
hey jay how do you keep the tubing (hardline) from collapsing when using the dual 90 rotary fitting when doing your loop mines seem to be too heavy.
chubby jay lol
gigabyte software sucks
is it ok to use a single Y power cable when it comes to the 980ti's? i have a CM v1200 and it comes with 6 buel 8pin cables making the end 8pins bump up to 12. im just worryed it will put stress on the psu if i use a single cable instead of 2 dedicated ones with extenshions to make it look cleaner. instead of having 2 unused 8pins dangling off the sides.
Love the honesty though. Good job Jay.
Can I buy such a graphics card bracket separately?
I have a 980 Strix and depends rather obliquely in the housing
I'm really enjoying your reviews and builds. I'm also running a 3 monitor NVSurround desktop and I'm curious where you're finding some of the background you're using in these videos. Do you have a good source for 5760x1080 backgrounds that you could share? Thanks for doing these!
Damn you slimmed down quite a bit! Keep it up!
Can you buy those cards seperately? Would make sense to use them as an addition to an all in one cpu cooler
I'm interested in the single card 120mm cooler you mentioned. Anyone know specifics?
YES I WAS HOPING SOMEONE WOULD REVIEW THIS! PERFECT GUY FOR THE REVIEW!
is it possible some how to buy only 1 waterforce card instead 3? :/
hey jay what company makes water blocks for a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming graphics card?
If I was to mount the rad box to the top of my case which already has an existing H110 mounted up there, would there be much interference or would CPU temps stay roughly the same?
Stays the same.
pause at 16 seconds and you can feel him absorbing your soul haha!
Loving the videos as usual Jay keep up the top notch work :)
I was wondering what you do with all the products that company's send you when you are done doing the review? Do you send it back?
do you get to keep the review units? or do you have to return them?
why did jay put the bar upsidedown and not adjust it correctly
Jay please can u maybe answer me something ,,,, i shearch everywhere about cuda and sli ... and anywhere i get to know if i have slis gpu they doble the cuda cores ?
What i mean is .. if i have two sli gtx980 then they will be 2048 cudas x2 ? makiing 4056 and like so if i have 3 slis then will but mutiple per 3 ?
Thanks brother
ok i get how to install it and all. But how do you put the actual coolant in, or do you not need to put any in?
its sealed.
Can someone explain how dual CPUs work. Does it double the performance or is it like Video Cards where it varies. If you have dual 8 cores does that mean you have 16. And if data a split between them or they are offset would that effectively double the speed 2x4GHz=8GHz. I know this is all useless overkill for almost everything you would do. l'm just curious.
Also, this is why I love Jayz videos. He's not afraid to actually criticize a product, especially an expensive one like this.
HOLY SHIT!!!!! Those benchmarks are absolutely incredible!
Right on with your suggestion. I would love to see single card pre filled watercooling solution. I
is really worth it buy a new gtx 980 ? I have a 770 less than a year ago, and sometimes I feel I want to upgrade but then think .. even I have no problem with my 770 ultra any title , maybe it's better to buy another 770 and go for the sli ? you recommend me! btw play in 1080 and plan to do so in 2k or something a little lower as 1440 .
I find this very interesting and would look into buying one to replace the external graphics card on my computer provided it had HDMI output ports.
"Enough soft foam, enough to make LinusTechTips blush!" LOL! xD
I agree, 2 SLI is the sweetspot. Merry Christmas! :)
I wonder if those tubes could be run out the back through an expansion bay slot if you remove a cover. The downside, of course, would be the controller display facing away from the front of the machine, but that seems like it'd be workable in most cases- just set the controller to target temp and leave it alone.
How does one get parts like this for free? I was thinking of starting to review some pc components and I was just curious how I could possibly get sponsored. Thanks
100% agree with Waterforce single card. That absolutely makes sense. Even more so if they give you the option of closed loop or just the card with the block pre installed and plop it into your own custom loop.
JayzTwoCents is it allowed to put that GPU cooler on Nvidia Graphic card (Not Gigabyte Nvidia GPU)?
Do you keep or return review samples??
At the end of the video you hit the nail on the head jay. The product should be a closed loop GPU,rad and fan combo like the closed loop CPU coolers are. That is most definitely a product I would buy.
What kind of cpu cooler are you using??
hi jayz.i am from India i really want to build a 4k gaming pc for with a custom water cooling block, bt the problem is that i am not able to get the water cooling kit here in india. my budget is around 6000$.. plz guid me what to do. help me out plzz
and i want to know where to buy this gigabyte waterforce...??
Wow how many builds have you done? all you need to do is cut extra tube right?
one question: are you allowed to keep the stuff ppl send you for reviewing or do you have to send it all back?
yo Jayz what monitor mount are you using?
What is your case? Also you should post your hardware in your youtube channel about section
EDIT: just saw the point of the video where you mentioned that this is an arc XL
what name of the music when u were installing the waterforce
may i know what the benifits of having 3 graphic card?
You explained everything!I totally agree.
I am glad you summed that up the way you did. I was wondering what the cost comparison was vs your Skunkworks. You hit it right on the head the only users I can see buying this is someone who wants insane GPUs and is not comfortable making a custom loop.
Hi Jay, is the kit available as gpus's individual to the giant fan case attachment on top of the case? I doubt that some people will need it if they already have a tall case with enough room in the bottom to mount the fans for the gpus.
Also, no offense but even though you chose a smaller case to represent what the 'average consumer' can expect, I don't think the average consumer will opt for 1 gtx980 let alone 3! That's enthusiast level although, granted, there are some people who require such power. Just my little input but I love the videos you put out!
Will you have this for sale at the upcoming swap meet?
can i run this on turbo dismount ? what fps would i ger ;)
Nice review dude!
i have 4 GTX 980 Ti. how am i going to cool them?
where can I get that gigabyte SLI bridge?
Havent seen anyone say anything about the hydraulic support thingy, but isnt it supposed to push UP? with the smaller post touching the bottom? that way it pushes the cards up? when I saw the gadget I thought it was pretty damn cool, I never had one so dont take this as a fact, but I think you installed/used it wrong, backwards if you will...
is it possible to do a 5X1 eyefinity with 4k monitors?
Pretty cool 3sli bridge for gbyte is it available for everyone?
Hey Jay, awesome video as always :D
I have a question..
When do you think 4k gaming would be possible to play with a single core graphicscard at minimum 60 fps?
2 more generations of GPU
For the record, you can get a 5.25" bay expansion that includes a power button as well as USB 3.0, so that's a workaround for the front panel issue. That doesn't mean that that part's any better designed. I'm just offering that as a solution for those that have run into that issue.
Hi jay!! You are my inspiration
what cpu cooler are you using