Phil, what is your advice? I have to choose between this GB models:
AORUS GeForce® GTX 1080 Ti 11G
GeForce® GTX 1080 Ti Gaming OC 11G
http://www.gigabyte.com/Comparison/Result/3?pids=6275,6262The difference in the prices is about $43. Do you think the higher core clock and the better(is it really better) cooler cost $43?
I have around 6 Aorus and from my experience I would say, when you build your rig please leave ample space between the cards(add a high cfm fan pushing air from the front), and I recently go the extreme edition of it and the huge copper place dispenses a lot of heat, keeping the card cool but if you place the next gpu nearby that heat is sucked into it creating a chain effect.
Hope this helps
Regards,
BLife
yeah I had the issue of it passing heat to the next gpu. So if you go riser route here are links for very good long usb 3.0 cables
you will get enough space with the longer cables. This was another reason for me to pass on more aorus my space is small for the rigs.