Hello!
I struggled with the decision to post this in the case and cooling subforum or here in the graphic forum...if the monitor wants to move it, that's fine by me; I'm all in favor of putting it in the most appropriate forum.
In my upcoming system build, I'm thinking of getting an Asus GTX 660, 670, 680, or (if I wait longer), the 690. I very much like the 690, partly because it's two 680s, and partly because it only takes up 2 slots.
The new system will need to support four concurrent monitors.
I will be doing music production, animation, graphic arts, and folding. Only occasional gaming. I do plan to use the GPU for folding. Animation uses a lot of CPU and games use a lot of GPU, but in my case, I think the folding will be the most strenuous thing on all of these parts. I know from my reading that folding can be especially hard on GPU chips and fans.
I also like it quiet, so I'm considering a water loop (or two) that can cool the CPU and graphic card together.
I've only seen one vague manufacturer's reference to water cooling a graphic card, and nothing about warranties, methodologies, and so forth.
What sorts of things should I know about refitting a graphic card with a water block? Here are some of the issues I'm interested in:
1. General warranty issues/expectations
2. Methodologies for including the GPU (Dual loop? Single loop? If single, CPU-then-GPU or GPU-then-CPU?
3. Whatever you can think of that might help me make my decision
Thanks in advance!