Water cooling kit for 1080ti SLI

[Jeromekke]

Hello,
I recently bought two 1080ti's FE and put them in SLI. I'm wasn't really satisfied with the temperatures on these things though, so I went searching for an affordable cooling option. I found out about the mounting rackets such as the NZXT G12 with an AIO, the hybrid kits such as the EVGA one and the aftermarket air coolers such as the Arctic Accelero's. I knew that a custom loop would be too expensive for me, but I just was too curious about it and went visiting EK's site. Then a whole new thing popped up for me; the fluid gaming section of EK. These kits seem to be pretty good despite the low price, however, I was hoping they would sell a kit for a SLI setup, but that seems not to be the case. Now I do have enough $$$ to buy a second water block, only I don't know if it's compatible with the a240g kit. Are there any water cooling kits on the market with a fair price for a SLI setup, or maybe you suggest something else? And I found an image of, well it seems like, a kit of EK for SLI, but I can't find any info about it.

Thanks in advance.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

it's funny to see people buying 2x1080Ti complaining about the price of custom loop.
the loop for GPUs using best components would be around 500$. with a bit of efort, it would cost about 400. It does not seem to be much more expensive than two G12 + AIOs.

to your question - no, there is no kit for SLI. No there is no block that you can buy now and use it with EK's fluid gaming - it has to be mad of aluminum to be compatible.
EK said they will release separate SKUs to allow customization of fluid gaming - blocks, fittings, rads. Keep in mind that you will need additional radiator as single 240 is not enough for 2x1080Ti.

What you can do, is to get the A240G kit now and cool the CPU and one of the GPUs (the one that closer to CPU). Place the radiator in front of the case as intake. When the separate blocks and rads will be available, you can expand the loop to the second GPU. Though I honestly doubt that the pump included with fluid gaming would be able to push the liquid through that many components at decent rate.

 

[Jeromekke]

Thanks for your response!
I read about aluminum parts of fluid gaming and also tried out the custom loop configurator, which came out at almost €700 (no doubt that it could be cheaper only I don't know where and how)
https://www.ekwb.com/custom-loop-configurator/shared/oW59761b4cd8351
So probably cooling only one gpu with the a240g is the best option for now, but wouldn't it be more efficient to watercool the lower gpu, and remove the backplate of the upper gpu, so the lower gpu can provide some cooling for the upper one (the water temperature still is about 30C° so the air would still rise up)?

Again thanks for the response.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

i can link you a few shops in europe (DE, NL, UK) and help you with parts.
what card to cool, depends on your case. usually the upper (closer to CPU) card is running hotter since it gets hot air and relatively restricted airflow.