Project Crimson Titan 2.5 Custom WC for GTX Titan X SCs SLI

[Cybrnook2002]

Yessir, and good luck with the rebuild. Let me know if you need some extra parts, I got mountains to sell off. Maybe a glass res perhaps (XSPC Photon 270)?

 

[15th Warlock]

Another update, got 16GBs more of DDR4 3000MHz RAM and the waterblocks finally arrived after a delay courtesy of FedEx lousy delivery policies

With the assistance of my little helper I was able to put the system together in record time Will test for any leaks using a backup PSU (thanks for the tip the54thvoid ) for 24hrs and then upload more pics, thank you very much for all of your comments!

 

[d1nky]

That is awesome!

From experience would you pick 2 TitanX over 2 (or 3) 980s for 4k gaming?

 

[15th Warlock]

That is awesome!

From experience would you pick 2 TitanX over 2 (or 3) 980s for 4k gaming?

Thank you!

I only had 2 980s in this particular rig, but they were plenty enough to drive my 4K monitor with all settings maxed out on most games, especially since this monitor in particular has G-Sync, so the experience was always smooth. I haven't had enough time with the Titan Xs to be able to perceive a significant performance difference. The only reason the 980 might be limited in the future for 4K is because of the 4GB frame buffer, but that's only if you plan using high MSAA ratios, which, in my personal experience, doesn't need to be higher than 2X at 4K

 

[DarthJedi]

Thank you!

I only had 2 980X on this particular rig, but they were plenty enough to drive my monitor with all settings maxed out on most games, especially since this monitor in particular has G-Sync, so the experience was always smooth. I haven't had enough time with the Titan Xs to be able to perceive a significant performance difference. The only reason the 980 might be limited in the future for 4K is because of the 4GB frame buffer, but that's only if you plan using high MSAA ratios, which, in my personal experience, doesn't need to be higher than 2X at 4K

From my experience:

1. TitanX overclocked by 25% (on stock cooler and no voltage boost!) surpasses dual 970 in SLI with even higher minimum framerate as all other performance numbers.
2. That tends to be quite enough for minimum 60 FPS at 1080 and 144 FPS lock most of the time for Shadow of Mordor at High, 1440 60+ on 1440 (mostly 80 FPS) and 5K at 35-40 FPS
3. For 4K, use dual TitanX for stable 60 FPS, for 144 you can use one, for 144Hz monitor you can use one for 1080.
4. 12GB framebuffer is overkill since at most I've seen 7GB used by Shadow of Mordor (waiting to test GTAV). 4GB of 980 is absolutely not enough for some games since even at 144 SoM uses over 4GB (4,1-4,4) but it will work fine in SLI if you consider performance
5. I presume a 50% overclock could be achieved with a good sample card and water-cooling, but I'm not sure if and when I will try that; GPUs don't live at my place longer than 6-8 months so not sure if worth the hassle. 50% could be more than enough to be faster than dual 980

 

[15th Warlock]

After a 48hr leak test, I finally decided to cross my fingers and try if everything would turn on, considering I had performed the equivalent of open heart surgery on my brand new cards

Everything worked as intended, I ran a preliminary bench with a little overvolting, the GPUs never even reached 50 degrees! I'm really satisfied with the results

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/4555272

These cards beg to be put under water, reaching almost 1500MHz on the core on my first try, I'll upload more results after I let the cards further stretch their legs, thank you everyone for your support!

 

[Whilhelm]

What an obscene rig, good to see some numbers for Titan X SLI under water. The stock air coolers hold them back for sure.

 

[manofthem]

Looks so amazing that pretty much all of everyone's epeen just shriveled up

That's a great setup with low temps and crazy OCs! Just awesome!

Will test for any leaks using a backup PSU (thanks for the tip the54thvoid )

Good advice! This is what I started doing fairly recently. I use my old psu with a paperclip instead of the current psu. That way if a leak should occur, it doesn't risk my current psu or any of my hardware.

 

[15th Warlock]

Looks so amazing that pretty much all of everyone's epeen just shriveled up

That's a great setup with low temps and crazy OCs! Just awesome!



Good advice! This is what I started doing fairly recently. I use my old psu with a paperclip instead of the current psu. That way if a leak should occur, it doesn't risk my current psu or any of my hardware.

Thank you Matt!

Yes, that was some excellent advice, keeps you from powering up any vital components and frying them while leak proofing

I owe so much to this community, and everyone who's giving me helpful advice while building my PCs, you guys rock!

 

[SirKeldon]

That's a killer rig in all senses, great job man

Next step is rigid tubing

 

[15th Warlock]

That's a killer rig in all senses, great job man

Next step is rigid tubing

Thanks man!


Rigid tubing looks so badass! That would definitely be the next logical step, too bad I don't think I have the skill to pull that one