7950 and water block

vicky953 · 7 Apr 2013 at 18:55

hello i currently have a 7950 with the following water block......http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-237-EK&groupid=962&catid=1520&subcat=2327

can anyone tell me what cards OCUK stock that are compatible with a 7950/70 waterblock please

spixelspixel · 7 Apr 2013 at 23:54

ocuk do not stock any 7950 waterblocks.

and I don't think they have any 7950's that are compatible with 7970 waterblocks.

There is 2 different versions of 79xx waterblocks. One version fits some 7950/7970's and the second fits other 7950/7970's . It's really confusing

sieze2 · 8 Apr 2013 at 12:40

Some 7950 cards are built using 7970 reference layouts, so are compatible with a 7970 watercooler. It will require lots of googling to figure out though.

sieze2 · 8 Apr 2013 at 12:52

My sapphire 7950 card has a 7970 layout. I am not sure overclockers sell it. It says AMD near the pcb pins if that helps (which is a big clue it uses a 7970 reference layout). Have a look at the link below......hope this helps

http://www.overclock.net/t/1378557/...00-20ghd-7950-the-final-holy-grail-of-hd7950s

ubersonic · 8 Apr 2013 at 13:27

spixelspixel said:
ocuk do not stock any 7950 waterblocks.

True but they do stock EK 7970 blocks that also fit 7950's.

vicky953 said:
hello i currently have a 7950 with the following water block......http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-237-EK&groupid=962&catid=1520&subcat=2327

can anyone tell me what cards OCUK stock that are compatible with a 7950/70 waterblock please

The block you have linked will also work with the following (plus more) 7950's:

MSI MSI R7950 Twin Frozr
MSI MSI R7950 Twin Frozr V2
Sapphire HD 7950 OC
VTX3D Radeon HD 7950 X-Edition V3
HIS HIS Radeon HD 7950 IceQ X²

spixelspixel · 8 Apr 2013 at 14:26

ubersonic said:
True but they do stock EK 7970 blocks that also fit 7950's.

The block you have linked will also work with the following (plus more) 7950's:

MSI MSI R7950 Twin Frozr
MSI MSI R7950 Twin Frozr V2
Sapphire HD 7950 OC
VTX3D Radeon HD 7950 X-Edition V3
HIS HIS Radeon HD 7950 IceQ X²

Only certain 7950's can fit EK's 7970, they are no different than other companies blocks. It can be confusing as I'm doing the same now (looking for a 7950 + waterblock).

For example there is different variations of the MSI Twin Frozr. 1 of them uses 7970 pcb, the other uses 7950 pcb which is the one ocuk are currently selling. There is also many different versions of the sapphire 7950 oc. a lot of them are not compatible with any waterblocks.