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@Graphite8five : Installation of the EKWB was pretty straight foward, taking apart the card was more of a challenge.  Now I was thinking, what a waste of money it would be to ditch the air cooler.   Well to make myself feel better, I took apart the most appealing part of the FTW3 (appealing to me).  The thermal indicators is what I find cool about the card.  Sure you can look at them in Precision XOC, but having indicators right inside your rig to see the lights that you can set temps to, is very convenient.  Interestingly, few members find that backplate logo doesn't work right with the rest of the LEDs removed.  I presume that connecting the logo bar with the temp indicators seem to close the loop of circuits for the LEDs to work right.  Everything works right on my FTW3.
 

If it's all working normally that's a good sign, does modding with the EKWB water blocks void warranty? I agree the RGB and thermal indicators are nice features of the FTW3. 
 
Can the EKWB block for the 1080 Ti be run on the GPU only rather than in a full loop? 

Graphite8five
 
If it's all working normally that's a good sign, does modding with the EKWB water blocks void warranty? 
 
Can the EKWB block for the 1080 Ti be run on the GPU only rather than in a full loop? 

1. You can install 3rd party coolers without voiding the EVGA warranty as long as the card is shipped back to them during RMA in the original condition that it came in out of the box and there is no damage to the card from human error.
 
2.  You could run a GPU only loop but that would be pointless when you can add the CPU to the loop as well for the money spent on a loop.  Just make sure the loop is sufficient enough to cool said components.

GTXJackBauer

Graphite8five
 
If it's all working normally that's a good sign, does modding with the EKWB water blocks void warranty? 
 
Can the EKWB block for the 1080 Ti be run on the GPU only rather than in a full loop? 

1. You can install 3rd party coolers without voiding the EVGA warranty as long as the card is shipped back to them during RMA in the original condition that it came in out of the box and there is no damage to the card from human error.
 
2.  You could run a GPU only loop but that would be pointless when you can add the CPU to the loop as well for the money spent on a loop.  Just make sure the loop is sufficient enough to cool said components.

Thanks for the info. Are there any guides around on fitting the EKWB 1080 Ti blocks? If the GPU only loop is brought so that it could be expanded you could always start there though right? What parts would I need if I was to start with a GPU only loop? Would a pump need to be attached to the EKWB block separately?

@Graphite8five: You could use a pump and radiator combo for that.  Swiftech has a 140mm radiator and pump on sale for $85, just get the AIO set.  It's priced $5 lower than just buying the radiator/pump alone. Here's a link http://www.swiftech.com/H140-X.aspx 
I upgraded from SLI Hydrocopper 780's to single 1080Ti FTW3 with waterblock.  I will be giving the 780's to my nephews, one of them will be hooked up to the MCR140-X Drive.  
 
Here's a link to the just the radiator/pump http://www.swiftech.com/MCR140-X.aspx remember you get more items with the AIO kit, hoses, clamps CPU block, filled coolant, thermal paste, 140mm fan, and a fan distribution block (PWM splitter).  They have a picture of the setup you describe.  Doing this setup would be a little  convenient in certain situations.  
 
Have you seen the tear down of the FTW3 on Gamers Nexus? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBjTi0uj64E&t=406s 
How to install EKWB GTX 1080 Ti Waterblock, by: HW Recenze  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2vWugwQHm0

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@Graphite8five: You could use a pump and radiator combo for that.  Swiftech has a 140mm radiator and pump on sale for $85, just get the AIO set.  It's priced $5 lower than just buying the radiator/pump alone. Here's a link http://www.swiftech.com/H140-X.aspx 
I upgraded from SLI 780's to single 1080Ti.  I will be giving the 780's to my nephews, one of them will be hooked up to the MCR140-X Drive.  
 
Here's a link to the just the radiator/pump http://www.swiftech.com/MCR140-X.aspx remember you get more items with the AIO kit, hoses, clamps CPU block, filled coolant, thermal paste, 140mm fan, and a fan distribution block (PWM splitter).  They have a picture of the setup you describe.  Doing this setup would be a little  convenient in certain situations.  
 
Have you seen the tear down of the FTW3 on Gamers Nexus? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBjTi0uj64E&t=406s 
How to install EKWB GTX 1080 Ti Waterblock, by: HW Recenze  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2vWugwQHm0

Thanks for the links. I see, so the EKWB block is only designed to be used in a custom loop it seems? 
 
The Swiftech ones you listed, do they require separate GPU brackets? Where do you get the replacement thermal pads from? 
 
Maybe EVGA has plans for an FTW3 Hybrid replacement kit anyway?

Finally grabbed some powerlinks today, it really cleans up the cable routing but these things are actually really chunky, would have liked if they made them more low profile and/or lit up with leds but overall i'm satisfied enough, personally I don't actually think they are worth $40 CAD each but there's not really any other option unless you go with something like a Kingpin which already has power connectors on the ends of the cards, just some food for though for anyone considering buying these.

I got a PowerLink back in March for $9.95 US.  What's with the price hike EVGA?
 

How is the sli experience for you guys with sli 1080 ti's while gaming?

A little late to the game, but this card is fantastic

Just received my FTW3 Hybrid and, to say the least, I am impressed.  I miscalculated the size in regards to the case and AIO I chose (Fractal Meshify and Fractal S36 cooler).  I ended up removing the middle 120mm fan on the rad to at least get the system built but have a Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Tempered on the way to accommodate the gear.
 
Card performance is amazing and have yet to see the temps go above 48c even at full bore gaming, heaven, even a little mining for grins.  GPU never dips below 2025 Mhz, and I've not switched to slave bios yet.  Very mild OC at the moment 50/200.  Once I get everything in the new case I'll dig in deeper on OC and optimizing.  Beyond the case issue, this has been a fun build, my first step back to AMD (Ryzen 1700x) in well over a decade.