GanX44I have done so on my previous card and it works like a charm, however the one thing that has always bugged me is that once you open up that card your warranty will go void. :/ Sure if the card will be so overpriced that i nearly can buy 2 air cooled for the same price i might reconsider, but its nice to know that you are covered if something goes wrong.
 
Anyways that's just my opinion, if you see another way i am listening :)

GanX44
 
Thanks for the tip! I had no idea :), but do you think this also applies when the card is purchased through a retailer?

EK_Derick
It'll be worth the wait guys! :)

GanX44Yea will do!  However i think i will still give them a little more time, i am rather interested in seeing just how much the card will cost and what speeds they get out of it compared to others. 

PunkNugget

EK_DerickIt'll be worth the wait guys! :)

Personally Derick your existing opaque EK 980 waterblock is just as beautiful.
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s...80-Waterblock.jpg?dl=0

PunkNugget

Cableguy696969The main appeal for these hydro copper cards is that they are cheaper than buying reference card+waterblock+backplate

Although that would be the idea, that's hardly ever true. These "custom" waterblocks ALWAYS cost more than doing it yourself, and I like I just said in my prior post sometimes they're not faster; defeating the whole purpose of buying one of these in the first place. I already gave you how I spent. Again, I paid: $569.95 (980 GPU), $124.99 (EK Waterblock) & $34.99 (EK Backplate; which I didn't get). Total = $729.93. Now I spent a total of $694.94 (again, no backplate - to me not needed). I'd like to see EVGA beat the price point on what I spent… they're not. Why? Like any company they're in this to make money, and all they're really doing is just putting an aluminum cover with their logo cut out of it (which does look cool), and charge you $150 - $200+ for it. Again, (to me) it's not worth it. Heck if I wanted that I could have someone do that at a machine shop (and I know quite a few of them), and put the Hackintosh logo that I use for my Avatar. Now (to me) that would look nice… 

LiMiTeD_DiAvOlO
Couple things, will the specs be fully released prior to the release? What color is the LED, I hope these can be answered and not asking too much =)

EVGA_JacobF
Limited availability starting next week in US. Final pricing will be confirmed but expect to see it soon.

EK_Derick
It'll be worth the wait guys! :)

PunkNugget

GanX44Yea will do!  However i think i will still give them a little more time, i am rather interested in seeing just how much the card will cost and what speeds they get out of it compared to others. 

 
To me the speed differences are moot at best. I mean who cares that you can push 50 or 100 MHz more in your Core Clock & Boost Clock speeds. Now if you can get 250+ more out of it, then I could possibly see "some" benefit from it. I've seen EVGA's past series of cards where their Superclocked models ran their Core & Boost Clock speeds even higher than their waterblocked versions which was weird to me. The whole point of waterblocking your GPU is to crank even more speed from it, THAT should be the selling point of why you'd purchase one in the first place. Oh well...

TheParandar
Someone could please help me? :)

I want to buy 2 GTX 980 HYdro Copper but I don't know which watercooling solution I should buy.
I only want to watercool the CPU and the two cards.

What do you recommend? And do I have enough power supply and enpugh space in my case?
Thanks! :)

My Setup:
Gigabyte Z77 Extreme Edition
Intel i7-3770K @4.5GHz
16GB Ram
BeQuiet 700W
NZXT Phantom Big Tower


Edit: I want may be colored 'water' or something with lights/UV/...