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pgi947 said:
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.
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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 :)
 
Abz Hussain said:
All this sounds like a headache lol, maybe sticking to HIS is sensible.
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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?
 
pgi947 said:
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 :)
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will see if i can find one

Space Monkey said:
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?
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good idea, asking never hurt.
 
You could even ask in customer support and ask if they will prefit it for you? Then your well and truly covered, i doubt they will charge extra but you can ask? Seems a sensible idea.
 
from another forum:


HD7950 cards that have used reference HD7970 PCB.


1. VTX3D HD 7950 X-Edition V2 w/ 7970 PC
2. HIS ICEQ X2 Boost
3. MSI TF3
4. Sapphire 950mhz Edition
5. A795 Fire Hurricane
 
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.

Any 7950 should reach 1100 MHz on air let alone water. 1200 as a 24/7 is easily achievable which will give you close to 680 OC speeds at 1920*1080 and a decent bit faster at higher resolutions.... for a fraction of the cost.
 
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Rusty0611 said:
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.
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Well im just waiting for customer services to get back to me regards the water block on the V2 frozr. im having this today hopefully.
 
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.
 
pgi947 said:
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.
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AFAIK, none of the powercolors are compatible with EK full blocks anyway. According to their Configurator anyway.
 
My bad - you are indeed correct, but if the pcb is the same on the frozr then the alphacool 7970 v2 block will fit.
 
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