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Post Date: 2017-08-11
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    Posted: 11 Aug 2017 at 9:25am
Hi guys,

I have an Aventum with liquid cooling and two 980ti cards. I'd like to upgrade to 2 1080ti, but was wondering what hardware I'd need to do that? I assume I'll need new water blocks, but want to make sure I get the correct ones that'll be compatible with the Aventum's liquid cooling.

I have a friend who knows what he's doing in terms of actually doing the upgrade, but I need to make sure I have the right parts ready to go for him.

Can anyone help out with exactly which parts to get. Does DigitalStorm sell them or will I need to go to a 3rd party site?

Thanks for any advice/help!
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here is a list of EK water blocks for the various vendor 1080ti's:

https://www.ekwb.com/news/official-list-ek-water-blocks-geforce-gtx-1080-ti-series/

you'll need to match up your particular card(s) with their online configurator.  if you don't have the quick disconnect tubing you'll need to drain the whole loop first. 

edit: as for going thru DS, i'm sure they have something they use, but they might have to special order something particular.  you'd have to check with them on how it impacts your warranty and whether it's better to go thru them or just go third party.


Edited by db188 - 11 Aug 2017 at 12:16pm
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Posts: 494 		  Quote FR3SHM3AT Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 14 Aug 2017 at 3:09pm
Originally posted by karmamule

Hi guys,

I have an Aventum with liquid cooling and two 980ti cards. I'd like to upgrade to 2 1080ti, but was wondering what hardware I'd need to do that? I assume I'll need new water blocks, but want to make sure I get the correct ones that'll be compatible with the Aventum's liquid cooling.

I have a friend who knows what he's doing in terms of actually doing the upgrade, but I need to make sure I have the right parts ready to go for him.

Can anyone help out with exactly which parts to get. Does DigitalStorm sell them or will I need to go to a 3rd party site?

Thanks for any advice/help!



Splurge and rid yourself of any stress.

Send it back to DS let them clean it out and upgrade.

They built that beast after all.
and I know that machine was not cheap.


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Posts: 7960 		  Quote hoserator Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 15 Aug 2017 at 2:53am
Have an Aventum myself with 980s under liquid and plan to have DS prepare the new cards with all ready to just insert in the mobo, connect the QDs and voila. For sure more expensive than doing it myself but not confident enough to convert the cards for liquid cooling. All else good to go.
Good luck any way you go. Keep us posted with your adventure. Big%20Smile
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Posts: 2115 		  Quote db188 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 15 Aug 2017 at 11:46am
just rem to ask them to ship you back the air cooler that came with the new cards, so that way (if you ever want to) can sell the cards or return to vendor for rma (if needed).  i know most of the vendors won't honor their warranty w/o the cards being in their original config.  i forgot to have them do that when i had my Aventum 3 builtFrustrated
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@db188: thanks. Awesome didn't think of that. Also good to have if you pass them on. Big%20Smile
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