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maybe i will just ask those special water cooling experts tomorrow
they are bound to know surely.
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maybe i will just ask those special water cooling experts tomorrow
they are bound to know surely.
Afaik you can only 'officially' void warranty on cooler removal if you:
A) make a mess of it
B) buy an xfx card covered in warranty void if removed stickers.
The fact ocuk now use his cards for their tech lab cards tells you all you need to know about their feelings towards cooler removal.
Buying blocks for v2 7950's can be tricky as you need a 7970 block stated as compatible with v2 7950's, the only two I know of are EK CSQ & Alphacool 7970 v2 (has active vrm cooling unlike the v1). The cap layout in v2 cards is slightly different to a ref 7970.
All this sounds like a headache lol, maybe sticking to HIS is sensible.
Get me a pic of the pcb for the v2 and I'll check it against some confirmed v2 cards that I know take 7970 blocks![]()
I'd still check with OCUK as HIS aren't likely to stop them returning cards as they send a lot of business their way and use trained techs, or OCUK may even swallow up any returns and take the hit, but a lone consumer may have more of a hassle etc?
It seems the MSI TFIII V2 7950 is a reference 7950 so you'll need that, double check the site as I'm tired and just want to make sure it's correct![]()
No it's not. It's the 7970 PCB.
Yeah, realised that as others mentioned, it's EKs site that's wrong![]()
In theory, yes.
There are better memory chips on the 7970 PCB versions as well AFAIK. The overriding determining factor of "overclockability" is still silicon quality though but with water cooling you should be able to overcome a poor clocker with more volts.
Powercolor make a v2 7950 that is on cooling config, part code ends in v2, presume this is the same pcb as the frozr, fairly sure it says ek csq 7970 blocks should fit.