cpu cooling

[marky g]

hi just found out i cant get a fullblock for my asus 6950dircu11 2gb so now im ****ed lol is it worth putting a 420mm rad on my cpu. i got a h70 on it at the moment

 

[Staffy50]

yeah, you can also use gpu only blocks, work well, i have two on my non ref 6950's.

 

[Avathar77]

I had a GPU core only block not so long ago on my 6950.
They do work very well, but you will have to use some heatsinks on the RAM and VRM chips.

 

[marky g]

thanks guys will the gpu blocks do the job then

 

[Staffy50]

I had a GPU core only block not so long ago on my 6950.
They do work very well, but you will have to use some heatsinks on the RAM and VRM chips.

Stock heat sinks on mine dont get above 40'c with air from my side window.

 

[Staffy50]

thanks guys will the gpu blocks do the job then

yes

 

[jay2009james]

are they any good

 

[Cleeecooo]

yes, they are good

 

[Staffy50]

are they any good

My 6950's are overclocked to 970mhz core 1350 ram and they max out at 42'c under Skyrim max and BF3 max. They could be pushed further i just cba atm when theres no need