Bitspower waterblock sli bridge spacing confirmation

[Markyrocks]

Ok so I bought 2x bitspower water blocks for my 2x 980ti. I don't have them yet so I can't actually take a physical measurement of the blocks and cards installed.

I have found this wonderful product https://www.dazmode.com/store/product/bitspower-vga-slicrossfire-bridge-for-2-slots-application-acrylic/

I really like it. The description says is 58mm long (this would be the distance between cards). I measured the distance between my pcie slots and they're roughly 58mm from Center to center. You think that would be it problem solved. All things being equal the blocks spacing should be the same ect. However upon further contemplation, yes the inlets and outlets on Center from block to block should be 58mm. The problem I see is that since the center of the holes are further in the sli bridge I'd assume the distance from Center to center of the holes in the bridge itself would have to be tighter than 58mm. I know there is some type of standardization when it comes to pci slot spacing, so my gut tells me I should be able to get this to work. The next size up is like 100mm but it's also for like a 3 card setup.

The only thing I can add is my pci setup goes
_____pcie
___. Pci
___pci
_______pcie

 

[rtware923]

The SLI connector is right on the main PCB which would line up right with the center of the PCIe slot so if you have 58mm from PCIe slot to PCIe slot than you should have 58mm from SLI connector to SLI connector.

 

[Markyrocks]

I appreciate the response but I'm not asking about an actually sli bridge. The part in question is actually a clear acrylic bridge that connects the two water blocks with the purpose of distributing water for cooling.

 

[rtware923]

Sorry!! I guess thats what I get for skimming a post late at night! I dont have any personal experience with watercooling so im sorry I cant help out. But your logic makes sense. I would look at the return policy of the site you are ordering from just to be safe.

 

[Markyrocks]

It's cool. I just bought it. It was 31$ shipped from Florida. I live in the US but there is very very limited availability. I found one person on all of eBay that had 2 for sale. I found a site in Canada that had them. There was one site in Europe and they had them back order. I found this video. https://youtu.be/e8T0lyItwVg That shows the thing installed at the end and it shows 2slot card, pci slot skipped slipped and then 2 slot card. Which is exactly what I have going on.
So I got my fingers crossed.

 

[ThomasKeysIV]

I'm guessing you never found anything that worked? I've bought both the 2 slot and 3 slot bitspower sli bridges and neither fit my Asus maximus formula viii

 

[dr0wzyy]

Aye dude do you think it would work on an EKWB for 2 Titan X Pascals? Right now I have them in the closest config instead of skipping a space like I'm supposed to (as my CPU is an i7 6800k) I'm in the odd position of having card#1 cooled with the EKWB backplate, and plan on adding another backplate to my card#2 as right now its just stock air. So I guess my question is, have you stumbled across any SLI bridge connectors that are compatible with those water cooling bridge connectors? And if so did they also have SLI 3 way versions? Meaning not just 3 pcie spaces worth of bridge that skips the pcie slot in the middle, but also a 3 way SLI bridge/liquid cooling bridge. Btw I am for sure aware of just regular SLI HB bridges n wht not but I love the way those water cooling bridges look and they must also do some albeit if at least a minor benefit to the temps.