Water cooling a 670

no_1_dave · 28 Sep 2012 at 23:54

I hear the 670 has ram chips on the other side of the card, is this true?
If so when water cooling do I really need to put ram sinks on all the ram chips or no? I plan on using just a simple GPU block. Anything else I need to know before I order?

BluSky · 30 Sep 2012 at 16:20

Yeh it does have ram chips on the back but it is not any reason to worry, you will be fine with just a regular waterblock.

pgi947 · 30 Sep 2012 at 16:26

Reference 670's come with absolutely no vram cooling so I wouldn't worry too much, give it a bit of air flow and you'll be fine.

JamesM · 1 Oct 2012 at 16:13

I've used the EK backplate on mine and it's only connected to the memory chips on the rear but it does get rather warm.

andybird123 · 1 Oct 2012 at 17:08

I've got MCW82 GPU only blocks and ramchips on everything else (stock mosfet cooler still in place), works great

for a full cover WB you could use a backplate to keep things pretty

eddyr · 1 Oct 2012 at 17:24

andybird123 said:
I've got MCW82 GPU only blocks and ramchips on everything else (stock mosfet cooler still in place), works great

for a full cover WB you could use a backplate to keep things pretty

What's the clearence like on the mcw82 with ramsinks on? I have been considering getting one to replace my mcw60 which is a bit tight and fidgety when fitting (and I dislike the tacky plastic on this old model). Otherwise I like the angled inlets of the ek supremacy.

andybird123 · 2 Oct 2012 at 10:46

no problems on mine - I'm using phobya extensions to clear the card and they don't come close to fouling on the ramsinks

eddyr · 2 Oct 2012 at 21:32

I could splash out on some longer extensions. Ill have to give a think to whether aesthetically I want a full metal block or not. The plastic moulding doesn't look bad though and i am a bit of a swiftech fan.