Just Broke my Old X79 Rig Fire Strike Extreme Record (19682).
 

 
 

Yeah, well, this is still a reference PCB, far from the options of your KPE cards, but these, for stock, are still pretty hefty.
Either way for that VERY minimal voltage, you are getting some good performance.
Once you get blocks these are going on your chiller right?  You will likely get these colder than your KPE's as these will just not output the heat which should be able to get you a little more clocking overhead.

There was a post here a couple days ago of Vince breaking some more records with a Classified card, nothing is released yet, but it is definitely on its way.
 
I would love to see a KPE of the 980, that would be KILLER.

EVGATech_DaveB
There was a post here a couple days ago of Vince breaking some more records with a Classified card, nothing is released yet, but it is definitely on its way.
 
I would love to see a KPE of the 980, that would be KILLER.

I would wonder if they do make any 980 KPE's, Will it have an EVBot Port again.

Darn Double Posts!

Well, Looks like it's already about time to Sell my Four GTX 980 SC's and Wait for the Classifieds to be released supposedly sometime this Month!
 
That is Exactly the reason I didn't Buy any Water Blocks for these reference cards (Not that there were any released to buy Yet!) because I knew the Classified PCB's would be different and I don't feel like taking a 60-70% loss like I did with the EK-FC780 Classy blocks last month.

Yeah, I have two of them that are still working (One Used and One New) that I plan on using with the GTX 980 Classifieds (or possibly the 980 Classified Kingpin Editions) when they are released, which BTW is Why I implied in a few Posts Back, "My Four EVGA GTX 980 SC's are UP FOR SALE NOW on The "Other" Auction Place!"
 
Hint, Hint.......   

awalleyeguy
 They should sell quickly.

They Have All been Sold in Less than 2 Hours and Now I'm going to sit back and get Ready for the GTX 980 Classified "Triple BIOS" with an EVBot Port, or perhaps wait a little longer for the Kingpin Edition.
 
I didn't need much testing to see that with the 980 reference Cards with only a single Vbios, even if they came out with a Modified Vbios, This isn't the Card I want for Extreme Overclocking/Benching.

johnksss
Maybe not, but you sure could have used the practice with them. (Personal opinion only)
 
These MSI 980's I got from the store will go back next week. After I have had a chance to thoroughly air test them. Get a feel of how they bench on all test. Right now I'm running them on a rive/2666/4930k. And they are beating my ti's in most test but not all. I'll will retest once i get my new board/cpu and ram some time next week.

Well, Although I have always appreciated your personal opinion, I assume You have the Advantage of returning your cards within 30 days (Didn't You say you were close to a Microcenter?) whereas I can only return mine for an exact Replacement and No Refund.
 
I would have bought the next upgrade anyway, But I'm not going to wait too long like I did with My KPE's/EK water blocks and lose $375 each when I sold Them!
 
 

I Truly Agree with what you are saying John, and I wish I didn't have all these Health Problems (that I'm sure you and everybody else are tired of hearing about), But As You might or not have noticed that lately, I'm quite content going at my own speed with just buying/testing every new component I can get my hands on using whatever cooling scenario I feel like using at the time, Whether it's Air, Chilled Water, etc... and running my rather limited "standard" testing/benching programs and occasionally some of the tests at HWBOT whenever I Feel the need to do so.
 
Yes, As you say, I could do much better than I have been since back in the "Good 'Ol Days" of using X58's and GTX295's, But believe me It's Not like I don't Try as hard as I can without having to keep explaining what problems I'm having today in my Life (Yeah, I Know I sound like a Broken Record quite often). Believe me, I DO try as hard as I can to run as many tests/benches possible to improve my positions whenever I find time enough and am physically feeling able to do so.
 
You probably Think I don't push Every and All the limits anymore and am not wanting to use LN2, Helium or whatever the Next "Super Cooling Advancement" becomes available, But I definitely would love to if I thought it wouldn't adversely affect my health, which BTW I found out even Dry Ice was too much of a chore for me to accomplish during that brief session I tried recently without having to change the environment of my Closed Air Conditioned Testing/Benching room that, For Me, evidently does not have enough adequate ventilation to prevent problems breathing after a short period of time working in this room due to too high a concentration buildup of CO2 resulting in increasing dizziness where I had to quit and leave that area for awhile.
 
Definitely I will continue to attempt to "Get out of the Basement" as you have put it and put forth as much of an effort as possible to improve with the rest of my fellow enthusiasts in the Future as best I can (Even if, As you have stated, God forbid I had to be in a Wheelchair or can't leave my Bed!).
 
Anyway, I'm Always anxiously looking Forward to the next new component releases (including the Thrill of trying to purchase enough of them I need) which is just one of many enjoyments I have always gotten out of the Life of being an Extreme Overclocker.   
 
 
 
   

I think I suck at giving motivational speeches so im going to leave that alone! 
 

ganzosrevenge
LOL @ JohnKsss
 
Mega OCer in notebooks, Mega OCer in desktops!  All-around awesomeness
 
Jason (ganzonomy on NBR)

Hey, What's up @ganzonomy!
Thanks!
But im just trying to catch some of my peers. haha