Soldato
Very loud fans, even with just one. At idle they're really annoying due to the grinding motor noise.
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NVIDIA GTX 970 OWNERS THREAD
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Very loud fans, even with just one. At idle they're really annoying due to the grinding motor noise.
Soldato
Shame, that's ruined the cheaper options for me!
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Depends on the PSU and your rig. A decent 650W unit can run SLi 970s without a problem. There was a post on Anandtech forums where a guy measured total system power draw at the wall of 2 970s to be ~560W.
Can't seem to find the post though.
Was Gibbo okay with you returning them just because they sound like hair dryers? I am currently browsing the web with a 7800GTO because I simply couldn't stand the Galax radial fan noise any more lol.
I was going to grab the Inno3D dual fan ones that were the same price but opted for the Galax because Gibbo had given their 980 blower such a rave review
I had been planning to water cool them eventually which would have solved the issue but I have just found tonight out from a mate who has one that despite EK saying their blocks will fit they actually don't because the idiots in China Galax used to assemble the cards have managed to get the components so far out of position their own VRM heat sink barely fits never mind a water block lol.
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Caporegime
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See my sig, rig running very sweetly 
(it's a very good psu though)
(it's a very good psu though)
Soldato
The guy I spoke to through Web notes wasn't having any of it, he said I'd only get a partial refund for the cards.
I've posted in the customer service forum to get it sorted. They've said if the cards are in 'like new' condition then I should get a full refund. Still not really sure what they will do though.
Have you tried the blocks? I would have thought the Galax ones would be the same as the rest.
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I was going to grab the Inno3D dual fan ones that were the same price but opted for the Galax because Gibbo had given their 980 blower such a rave review
I think Gibbo is partially def from his pill-popping raving days
Eeeeeeeeeeeeezzzer Good!!!
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I was under the impression that as long as it's within the 14 day period, you could send anything back to Overclockers, if you are not happy with it ?
I haven't no, but one of my friends got a pair of Galax too and went to fit his blocks tonight and ran into the issues, he emailed me some pics I'll upload em.
I guess I am lucky I am lazy and was planning to wait until the weekend before messing with my loop or I would probably have run a foul of it and chucked them out the window lol.
Soldato
They got rid of DSR a few months ago.
Now you may get charged if you use the component.
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oh, ok......didn't realise that.
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Soldato
Oh lol, I have the 2 x Galax and I was hoping to WC them but er that doesn't look good...
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Caporegime
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Bargains coming to you in B-Grade........SOON!
I would advise you look away
Here's the image EK have on their cooling configurator when it tells you they're compatible:
This is how the VRM section on the Galax looks, note the different and badly aligned chokes have invaded the space of the VRM's and forced the factory heatsink to be installed away from some of the VRMs (oh, and apparently the die had more TIM squished out around it than most people put on their entire CPU in case you were wondering what's going on to the right lol):
And here is a shot from above without the heat sink showing the full scope of the problem, the different and badly aligned chokes are so far out of position they are basically in the VRM zone:
From what I can see the sad point is even though they use different chokes, if the factory in China had installed them in an organised way in the right place they would still have fitted in the gap for them in the water block
This is how the VRM section on the Galax looks, note the different and badly aligned chokes have invaded the space of the VRM's and forced the factory heatsink to be installed away from some of the VRMs (oh, and apparently the die had more TIM squished out around it than most people put on their entire CPU in case you were wondering what's going on to the right lol):
And here is a shot from above without the heat sink showing the full scope of the problem, the different and badly aligned chokes are so far out of position they are basically in the VRM zone:
From what I can see the sad point is even though they use different chokes, if the factory in China had installed them in an organised way in the right place they would still have fitted in the gap for them in the water block
So what happened in the end?
Soldato
That's rather silly
I've currently got a 2500K (sitting at 4ghz with Stock Cooler) and a AMD Radeon 6970 2GB. I only have one monitor @ 1080 and most of my gaming is D3 and WoW.
Nothing really struggles on this setup, but I do think the 6970 is starting to hold me back from running high gfx settings.
I'm assuming the 2500K will last me a fair while longer making the GPU the obvious upgrade.
Would a 970 be a worthwhile upgrade?
I was thinking of getting one now and then maybe another later in the year for SLI (at which point I "might" have upgraded the monitor.
Nothing really struggles on this setup, but I do think the 6970 is starting to hold me back from running high gfx settings.
I'm assuming the 2500K will last me a fair while longer making the GPU the obvious upgrade.
Would a 970 be a worthwhile upgrade?
I was thinking of getting one now and then maybe another later in the year for SLI (at which point I "might" have upgraded the monitor.
Soldato
Just got to wait for them to get my cards now. Not sure if I'll get a refund.
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I would advise you look away
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wow!
I was very tempted by them but I'm so glad I went with the Msi 970's!Lets hope it was just an anomaly Uber... bad luck for your mate though