bg8780
 

Mayh3M-UK
 



As long as it's applied correctly (without any friction/flaws) you definitely don't need to. Just make sure your GPU is cleaned properly with isopropyl alcohol or thermal paste remover. I always use a thermal paste remover and then a surface purifier to make it look and feel completely untouched.

I'm used to using alcohol and a coffee filter but not familiar with a surface purifier. Link plz?

Vlada011

bg8780
 

Mayh3M-UK
 



As long as it's applied correctly (without any friction/flaws) you definitely don't need to. Just make sure your GPU is cleaned properly with isopropyl alcohol or thermal paste remover. I always use a thermal paste remover and then a surface purifier to make it look and feel completely untouched.

I'm used to using alcohol and a coffee filter but not familiar with a surface purifier. Link plz?

Alcohol is not good at all for cleaning paste. I don't know how people success to clean with that.
It's not much easier than with normal water... Isopropyl is perfect or Arctic Cleaner. 
People could think that Arctic Cleaner not worth before they use once, than they will never change paste without that.
First time when I bought everybody ask me and fast I stayed with empty bottle of Cleaner. Later I bought and now I keep for self.
It's not problem price, but I need every time to import from other countries and worth only if I order something more.
Or shipping is more than product.
 

Compufreak345
I am tempted for that 980Ti Hybrid... But (hopefully) this close before the 1080 comes out I will keep my feet still. The 300€ higher price might not be justified by the performance, but well.. 70W lower TDP will hopefully keep my room a bit less hot and the 8GB keep it a bit more future-proof :> 

MentalBlank
I don't understand why EVGA has to be the last when it comes to Watercooling cards. I've been waiting for 1080 Hybrid since the day Nvidia announce the 1080 and still we got no update from EVGA, all they telling us so far is ''soon'' but 2 months is no where to be ''soon'' I'll wait one more week, then i will completely give up on hope for EVGA.

Would be nice if a mod can confirm that it wont be this month so you save my time, thank you!

MentalBlank
I don't understand why EVGA has to be the last when it comes to Watercooling cards. I've been waiting for 1080 Hybrid since the day Nvidia announce the 1080 and still we got no update from EVGA, all they telling us so far is ''soon'' but 2 months is no where to be ''soon'' I'll wait one more week, then i will completely give up on hope for EVGA.

Would be nice if a mod can confirm that it wont be this month so you save my time, thank you!

PasTecHi

Compufreak345
I am tempted for that 980Ti Hybrid... But (hopefully) this close before the 1080 comes out I will keep my feet still. The 300€ higher price might not be justified by the performance, but well.. 70W lower TDP will hopefully keep my room a bit less hot and the 8GB keep it a bit more future-proof :> 

if u can get it for 429.99 get it man thats a good deal

Mayh3M-UK

MentalBlank
I don't understand why EVGA has to be the last when it comes to Watercooling cards. I've been waiting for 1080 Hybrid since the day Nvidia announce the 1080 and still we got no update from EVGA, all they telling us so far is ''soon'' but 2 months is no where to be ''soon'' I'll wait one more week, then i will completely give up on hope for EVGA.

Would be nice if a mod can confirm that it wont be this month so you save my time, thank you!

They've always said mid July. I pre-ordered the card at Overclockers UK on the 28th May, so I feel your pain. EVGA's launch has been particularly woeful compared to the other brands. 
 
I'm worried they'll end up releasing the Classified before the Hybrid because the FTW cards that used the same PCB as the Hybrids are in huge demand so they might try to delay the Hybrid for as long as possible.

Compufreak345

PasTecHi
Darn. i can feel your pain as i am also not in the u.s.
I use a forwarded to ship my packages from u.s. to my country(island) Curacao. Meaning if i pay 429.99 on evga site i'll have to pay another 85dollars to get it in my hand. If i buy an evga hybrid 1080 and its for 750 dollars for example, thats probably gonna be an extra 100 dollars to get it in my hands. So it sucks for me lol.
Here they are selling 980ti's for 700dollars...

Hm so your situation is even a bit worse than mine :0 
 
It just got harder right now as I saw a 1080 sea hawk x getting in stock at a german reseller... But for 889€, that is 200€ above the cheapest 1080... I'm tempted, but there are too many factors speaking for EVGA... Releasing soon (tm), way better warranty and hopefully price :> Arrrg I hate waiting & refreshing pages so often xD

MentalBlank
I actually bought GTX 1070 SeaHawk X and send it back immediately, it had a ridiculous coil whine in my silent build. The second problem was the fan no where to be controlled base on the GPU temp. Other wise the card peformed well, i didn't OC it manually i only used the MSI app. My low temp was 30C and max 49-54C (depend on the fan RPM) it was running 1200RPM most of the time giving me a result of 54C. And yes it was so quite i could've hear a small coil whine even when not gaming.
If my first EVGA card dream wont happen then i will still go for the MSI instead of Gigabyte Waterforce, simply because you have to cut the fan cable in order to install a custom one which make no sense in my opinion.