Space between gpu's

[mukitbinazad]

hi,
is space an important thing in terms of watercooling?
i am building my rig with 4x 7970's on the asus rampage 4 extreme...with ek blocks attached to them,there is very little place over my middle grey pcoe slot..its a x16 slot working as x8...i was planning on putting a physx card there..would it be a good idea as there is so little space?the 7970's and blocks attached to them probably will take upto two slots....
i was planning on using this on the middle slot
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130757
would i be able to install it?

 

[toolmaker_03]

well try to find a block with ports that match up they make 0 space SLI bridges

 

[mukitbinazad]

Not sure what would be an easy solution...not many people use Physx cards anymore and they're typically worthless when running newer GPU hardware that has physics-based calculation built into the architecture.

well,amd has no physx based calculation built in except opencl...because of nvidia's physx,when you are running a physx heavy game and stressing the cpu to run the physx,it boggles down.....thats why i need physx..many people are using physx for that.....if there was enough spacing between the slots ..installing the card wouldnt be a headache at all..🙁

 

[rubix_1011]

You might check into PCI-e extension cables to remote mount it, if that's an option for you.

 

[mukitbinazad]

You might check into PCI-e extension cables to remote mount it, if that's an option for you.

no way..lol....i have done a bit of research and i cant find any way to watercool the gtx 580 in the middle of the 7970's..so am thinking about aircooling....as i have mentioned earlier,i am not gonna be using any intake fans except the back panel and maybe a top panel fan...so if i add a high end air cooled card in the middle of the extrmely oc'd watercooled cards and add no fans for airflow..would there be any problem?i am obviously not gonna oc the air cooled physx card...but it will be high end..so would it cause any probs?

 

[mukitbinazad]

can i use 1x dual parallel bridge(2 slot) and 1x dual parallel bridge(3 slot) in my build?the outlet of the 1st bridge will go to the 2nd bridge inlet...

 

[rubix_1011]

So the Physx card is actually a 580? That's a horse of a different color. I'd ditch one of the 7970s and add the 580 into the loop. This is likely going to be the most beneficial if you are wanting to utilize as much of the cards you have on hand.

 

[mukitbinazad]

looks like i found a way...

green=radeon 7970 with wb
blue=gtx 580 with waterblock
red=ek fc bridge dual parallel 3 slot
yellow=ek fc bridge dual parallel 2 slot
pink=asus xonar phoebus

this idea just came to my mind...am gonna install my
1st radeon 7970 into the 1st red slot
2nd radeon 7970 into the grey slot(middle slot)
3rd radeon 7970 into the 3rd red slot
4th radeon 7970 into the 4th red slot
gtx 580 into the 2nd red slot

am gonna use the ek fc bridge dual parallel 3 slot bridge to bridge the 1st and 2nd 7970's as by installing the 2nd 7970 in the grey slot,it gives me 2 slot spacing...
the 3rd and 4th 7970's will be bridged by the ek fc bridge dual parallel 2 slot as there is single slot spacing between them
in this way i will be able to install the fittings in the gtx 580 inlet and outlet as there is a single slot spacing between them./////
on the x1 slot between the 3rd and 4th slots(3rd and 4th 7970's),i will install a xonar phoebus...
would this setup work?
would the ek bridge cause any problem with gtx 580's height?dont the gpu's have almost the gpu's with the blokcs installed have same height?and doesnt the ek bridge go right on top of the blocks?are the ek bridges more extended than there spacing between the slots?
like the ek 2 slot bridge is used forsingle slot spacing
in this case wouldn't the ek bridges just amount of the spacing that the gpu's have+the bit that goes over the links?
if the bridges are more lengthy than they should be,i might not be able to install the 2x bridges...
plz help

 

[mukitbinazad]

nope.wont be able to do it with the ek as with the ek link installed,the wb+gpu take 2 slots.....so thinking of buying the swiftech 7970 komodo blocks....i could use the triple xfire bridge for my 1st and 2nd radeon but i need a ek link blank like thing for the triple crossfire bridge..does swiftech have anything like the link blanks?

 

[mukitbinazad]

ek blocks without link installed have 2 ports on the right and two ports on the left that can be used as inlet and outlet..could i use 1st on the right as inlet and the 2nd port as outlet and not use the left side ports at all?

 

[mukitbinazad]

nope..thought about it alot..taking every waterblock,bridge and accessories that are available in the market in mind,there is no possible way i will be able to use the gtx 580 watercooled....
there are no top of the line single slot cards available in the market..
there are the nvidia gt series cards that suck...
so am gonna wait for the galaxy gtx 680 single slot air cooled card....

 

[mukitbinazad]

So the Physx card is actually a 580? That's a horse of a different color. I'd ditch one of the 7970s and add the 580 into the loop. This is likely going to be the most beneficial if you are wanting to utilize as much of the cards you have on hand.

if i only use 3x 7970's...i wont get 132 fps in skyrim..lol

 

[rubix_1011]

This thread doesn't really seem to be going anywhere other than a blog of you having a discussion with yourself. I'm not sure where this is going...? Are you still having issues that need to be addressed? If so, why did you choose a best answer already?

 

[mukitbinazad]

This thread doesn't really seem to be going anywhere other than a blog of you having a discussion with yourself. I'm not sure where this is going...? Are you still having issues that need to be addressed? If so, why did you choose a best answer already?

i thought my problem was solved..but after doing a bit more research i was like :?

 

[rubix_1011]

Understood. You might post more info in a Q/A format to solicit responses from the community. I think folks are under the impression you are just thinking out loud, here.