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Which 670 to go under water?

Princey

Princey

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I have had a 7950 for around a week now but the coil whine is really intrusive so I'll be returning it next week and going for a a GTX 670.

I watercool my cards so I'll need a 670 that is compatible with an EK waterblock. Shall I get a 670 on a 680 PCB or will the normal one suffice? Can anyone recommend me one on both types of PCB that are reference? I would like to overclock I might add.
 
Tbh if you go for something like the 670 Windforce you probably have little need to watercool besides total silence, its not like they have voltage control or anything :(

I would go for a 'real' PCB and go for the Windforce or FTW, both have a standard 680 PCB.
 
If you're doing it for aesthetics I'd have thought an EK block was a little.. meh.

There's some much sexier blocks out. The nickel version of the aquacomputer 680 block is the dogs. and the sexiest backplate/block combo is the watercool heatkiller imo.
 
I would have linked the AquaGFX but none in stock. I do agree they look a little meh though.

Princey said:
Only £50 more hmm. Is it £50 better than a 670? :p
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It is a little faster than a 670 and only you can decide if it is worth £50 more. I was just putting that in the mix :)
 
I'm leaning towards it due to the better components on the MSI board, I'm terrified of getting coil whine again.
 
I tried to upload pics but photobucket is down for me. damn photobucket.

imageshack time!

aquacomputer 680 nickel
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heatkiller <3
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Those last two are renders but I cba to go looking for real images lol.. tired

edit, ok i caved, the 79x0 version (different block style though)
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Princey said:
I'm leaning towards it due to the better components on the MSI board, I'm terrified of getting coil whine again.
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I have two lightnings which thankfully do not have that God awful sound coming out of them...That would annoy the heck outta me.
 
It's horrible, it's just the right pitch to be heard over just about anything, the only way I can get rid of it is to undervolt my card to 899mV which leaves NO overclocking headroom and is then bearly any faster than the GTX 470 OC it replaced. Reading around it's pretty common on the 7xxx cards.
 
Defy Belief said:
My word, heat killer blocks are stunning!
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I agree.

If I could use them I would. I'll factor in compatibility with watercool's heatkillers into all my future GPU purchases LOL.

They also do 690 and 670 versons (small) with the backplate and everything.

Would be great if ocuk sold them so I could get free shipping. TBF I usually look to a specific different supplier for watercooling's big bits because ocuks collection is a little narrow.
 
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OptimaLnrg said:
I can't tell if I have a very mild coil whine from my lightnings or whether it's the fans. Time will tell.

Nothing obnoxious though.
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I did have a little whine on my 7970 Lightning, but I only noticed it once I fitted the waterblock, a heavy overclock and 70 hours of Borderlands 2 has sorted that though ;)
 
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