Advice, Tips W/c 970

Rab · 24 Dec 2014 at 20:10

Got The G1 970 last week, not had chance to install yet.
noticed today that OC have got new Ek water block for this model.
have had 2 previous cooled cards, but where oc techlab cards, pre fitted.
some of you will say card don't need wc, but want to do it

so my questions are.
is fitting water block to cards Hard?
any special tools
any tips?

cheers

Uncle Petey · 24 Dec 2014 at 21:23

Nope.
Nope. Allen keys are provided.
Take your time and make sure you fit the correct thickness pads to VRAM and VRMs

Randall8686 · 24 Dec 2014 at 22:16

I have the g1 and a waterblock 15 mins and its fitted really easy job too

Rab · 24 Dec 2014 at 23:08

having just watched youtube for 970 blocks & from u 2. hoping can do ok

cheers, ordering now

Randall8686 · 24 Dec 2014 at 23:27

Just remember the standard backplate does not fit with the waterblock. So tou will either have to go without a backplate or buy the EK one. Personally i went without.

Mynight · 24 Dec 2014 at 23:34

It looks a lot scarier than it is

. I was sweating it but it was quite easy in retrospect and makes a huge difference.

Cotton buds and IPA are highly reccomended.

Rab · 25 Dec 2014 at 11:44

Randall8686 said:
Just remember the standard backplate does not fit with the waterblock. So tou will either have to go without a backplate or buy the EK one. Personally i went without.

ah, was hoping could use that as well, more money

thanks guys

ubersonic · 25 Dec 2014 at 13:17

Fitting water blocks sounds scary, but in reality it is no harder than removing the GPU cooler to clean it, just your putting a different looking one back on.

Raggs · 25 Dec 2014 at 23:28

Yup not hard i wc my ocuk 970 1st time doing it , take your time beware of fan headers & led headers if your card has that when removing the cooler.

I watched a few you tube vids for tips dos and dont's ect..

Rab · 29 Dec 2014 at 17:02

got it today, was easier than thought, idle, 27c, running some benchmarks the now, yet to see it go over 45C, very happy

Randall8686 · 31 Dec 2014 at 06:40

Yea i cant get mine above 45c either even running furmark and a 4790k in the same loop @ 4.8 running prime at the same time.

Cerelia · 31 Dec 2014 at 12:08

Winter time... when booting up on my 980 its not even 20c, The direction cards seem to be going makes me rather happy. Side note because no one said it, just don't press too hard on the block when flipping it to install the screws in the back.

JamesM · 31 Dec 2014 at 12:39

Need to order my 970 MSI block.

Kipz · 3 Jan 2015 at 17:15

Really easy to do. Mine is a Strix 970 and like everyone else's it seems to never creep over 45C.

almighty15 · 3 Jan 2015 at 17:37

Not worth water cooling a GTX970

You'll gain no extra clocks and if you have a quiet running card it won't really be any quieter when under water.

varkanoid · 3 Jan 2015 at 21:00

almighty15 said:
Not worth water cooling a GTX970

unless you are running SLI...

almighty15 · 3 Jan 2015 at 21:18

varkanoid said:
unless you are running SLI...

Still no point...

varkanoid · 3 Jan 2015 at 23:43

you haven't heard my cards in action!

almighty15 · 3 Jan 2015 at 23:48

I have 2 of the blower style Palit GTX970's under water so I know all about the noise and temps.

deFiniLoGy · 4 Jan 2015 at 00:05

Owned 2 970 G1 Gaming before I traded them for a 980 SC.

Yes, they never creep above 70 on air, but it's not exactly quiet either.

But to be fair, only if you are a quiet gamer, w/c 970 will be worth it.

If your PC is at the other side of the room and you only use a closed headphone when you game, then leave it on air.

Unfortunately, I use open headphone and my PC is right next to where I sit........

And I love the look of watercooled systems