MSI 6950 TF3 waterblock ?

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non reference 6950 water cooling ?

Hi,
A quick one...
Are there any waterblocks that would fit on to this card ?
I am not able to find any :(

only ones I can see are for reference 6970...
 
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anyone out there with non reference 6950 using only GPU water block and some other cooling for vram and mosfets ??

is it efficient ? what kind of cooling I would need for vram and mosfets ?

am trying to get my head around it and once I do find a way, they I will go for all bits and piecec and finally get my system under water ( maybe BD will be out by that time as well ;) )

if there is too much hassle with this card, I will try to get it swapped for a reference board, or just sell it and buy one that is ...
 
bastic said:
anyone out there with non reference 6950 using only GPU water block and some other cooling for vram and mosfets ??

is it efficient ? what kind of cooling I would need for vram and mosfets ?

am trying to get my head around it and once I do find a way, they I will go for all bits and piecec and finally get my system under water ( maybe BD will be out by that time as well ;) )

if there is too much hassle with this card, I will try to get it swapped for a reference board, or just sell it and buy one that is ...
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I use a reference 6950 with a EK VGA Supreme HF (core only block)and some Heatsinks for RAM and VRM
 
bastic said:
Would be if we could do swaps/trades on MM :)

Which 6950/70 are reference boards?
Would go NVIDIA but 580 are out of my price range ;)
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Pretty much all of them with the fan at the back of the card. Obviously this isn't a generic rule, but it often works out that way, and they'll normally be the cheaper ones
 
trying to find out what I would need if I would decide to use heatsinks and not get a reference board ...

can some one help me with marking what would need a heatsink ? (apart of GPU block ;) )
here is a quick edit with marked parts that would need heatsinks....Im struggling to find one more mosfet ?!?!? - there are 7 on reference PCB...I can see only 6 on TF3 under SFC 'covers' ...would I need to remove those as well ?
i highlighted parts I know I need to cover...


once again thanks all for advice
 
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Ok...just found that this mosfet SFC is MSI thing so cover would need to go on them...would it mean that there are only 6 I need to worry about ?
 
Some body correct me if I am wrong but I don't think the parts marked as "SFC" are VRMs!
I think the VRMs are the actual chips sitting right next to the "SFC" chocks?(To the right)
 
Avathar77 said:
Some body correct me if I am wrong but I don't think the parts marked as "SFC" are VRMs!
I think the VRMs are the actual chips sitting right next to the "SFC" chocks?(To the right)
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mickiecau said:
Pretty much all of them with the fan at the back of the card. Obviously this isn't a generic rule, but it often works out that way, and they'll normally be the cheaper ones

Agree very right:)
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LOL I missed those!!!

will be fun to put heatsinks on them and SFC's ... :)

any other parts ?
Thanks
 
it seems there is nothing to worry about at the back though :)


looking on that photo, I should be able to tell whitch parts to cover with heatsinks after I take the MSI one off...


will just need to guess a number of them and see what the cost would be ...
 
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seems like am talking to myself...
maybe I could leave this on and just add few heatsinks on it to help spread the heat (?)
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WOW it seems like your card already has a massive heatsink for all the components!
Is it aluminium?
What case do you have?
Asking this because it may seem like you need some air flow through that card!
 
Avathar77 said:
WOW it seems like your card already has a massive heatsink for all the components!
Is it aluminium?
What case do you have?
Asking this because it may seem like you need some air flow through that card!
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700D so there are some fans in the case already ;)
If Im not wrong, if I would add few heatsinks on this plate, it should be fine :)
the whole fan unit on this card, does not touch this plate....the airflow from the fans is 'enough' to cool it...
need to check in afterburner temps on memory ...
EDIT:
afterburner doesnt show temps on memory...
 
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