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I want to watercool my evga gtx 980 ftw edition with an AIO but I'm having trouble finding the parts I know you can buy the brackets that fit the reference blower and the watercooler but I can't find a bracket that fits the FTW Edition. Can I get some help?
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98SupraFanatic wrote I want to watercool my evga gtx 980 ftw edition with an AIO but I'm having trouble finding the parts I know you can buy the brackets that fit the reference blower and the watercooler but I can't find a bracket that fits the FTW Edition. Can I get some help?


Fitting a aio would be a waste as you won't be cooling the vrms and it'll look silly go with a full block or nothing.
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As far as I know there currently isn't a full cover waterblock for the EVGA 980 FTW cards as they do not use a reference PCB. I believe a few people online have had some success with using a GPU core only block like the EKWB Supremacy and the stock EVGA PCB baseplate to keep the VRM and memory cool.

You could also use a NZXT Kraken G10 and use some cheap AIO. The baseplate should provide a big heatsink like area which the fan can then dissipate the heat from.
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4Head wrote
98SupraFanatic wrote I want to watercool my evga gtx 980 ftw edition with an AIO but I'm having trouble finding the parts I know you can buy the brackets that fit the reference blower and the watercooler but I can't find a bracket that fits the FTW Edition. Can I get some help?


Fitting a aio would be a waste as you won't be cooling the vrms and it'll look silly go with a full block or nothing.
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98SupraFanatic wrote
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98SupraFanatic wrote I want to watercool my evga gtx 980 ftw edition with an AIO but I'm having trouble finding the parts I know you can buy the brackets that fit the reference blower and the watercooler but I can't find a bracket that fits the FTW Edition. Can I get some help?


Fitting a aio would be a waste as you won't be cooling the vrms and it'll look silly go with a full block or nothing.
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Yep you can do that it'll look pretty bad as well, sadly.
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4Head wrote
98SupraFanatic wrote
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98SupraFanatic wrote I want to watercool my evga gtx 980 ftw edition with an AIO but I'm having trouble finding the parts I know you can buy the brackets that fit the reference blower and the watercooler but I can't find a bracket that fits the FTW Edition. Can I get some help?


Fitting a aio would be a waste as you won't be cooling the vrms and it'll look silly go with a full block or nothing.
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Yep you can do that it'll look pretty bad as well, sadly.
Its not THAT bad. Besides, Performance over looks
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