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Which 670 to go under water?

get the msi power edition, iirc it is voltage unlocked so you wouldn't have problems overclocking it. It's based on the ref (longer board) design too and is the cheapest out of the bunch.

Failing that if you're going to water cool just get the cheapest or one which will allow you to remove the heatsink and not invalidate warranty. I think only EVGA allow that and for £310 for the FTW version it may be the best option.

You also get EVGA's excellent warranty and register to their step-up program
http://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/46697-evga-step-up-upgrade-program-extended-6-months/
 
majnu said:
get the msi power edition, iirc it is voltage unlocked so you wouldn't have problems overclocking it. It's based on the ref (longer board) design too and is the cheapest out of the bunch.
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Its a custom PCB (non 680 based), so no waterblocks unfortunately.
 
I went for reference KFA2 cards as I didn't see the point in spending extra for better cooling when I was going to be putting them under water.

Considering they are the cheapest 670s at the time I wasn't expecting huge performance increases putting them under water but more to reduce noise.

I've only got one card under water at the moment and it hits 1300 core and just about manages 7000 memory which for a budget brand isn't bad IMO.

I will mention the back plate on mine which is stuck to the memory chips on the rear does get rather hot to the touch so i'd recommend going for a full cover block which cools both core, memory and PWM rather than just a core block.
 
JamesM said:
I went for reference KFA2 cards as I didn't see the point in spending extra for better cooling when I was going to be putting them under water.

Considering they are the cheapest 670s at the time I wasn't expecting huge performance increases putting them under water but more to reduce noise.

I've only got one card under water at the moment and it hits 1300 core and just about manages 7000 memory which for a budget brand isn't bad IMO.

I will mention the back plate on mine which is stuck to the memory chips on the rear does get rather hot to the touch so i'd recommend going for a full cover block which cools both core, memory and PWM rather than just a core block.
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how did u water cool the kfa2 gtx 670 it uses a custom pcb?
 
I've got pretty much the same question as the OP.
Probably going to watercool the cards in a TJ11, but may run them on air for a bit. I believe reference cards work best in the rotated cases so I'm considering the EVGA cards. Not sure if I'm best to go with the short PCB type and save money (on cards and blocks) or go with the FTW variety on a 680 PCB.

Did consider keeping my WindForce cards, but from what I hear they're not ideal for the TJ11/FT02/RV02 type cases on air.
 
GoogalyMoogaly said:
I've got pretty much the same question as the OP.
Probably going to watercool the cards in a TJ11, but may run them on air for a bit. I believe reference cards work best in the rotated cases so I'm considering the EVGA cards. Not sure if I'm best to go with the short PCB type and save money (on cards and blocks) or go with the FTW variety on a 680 PCB.

Did consider keeping my WindForce cards, but from what I hear they're not ideal for the TJ11/FT02/RV02 type cases on air.
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I have a 6970 windforce triple fan in a silverstone rv03 and it seems fine to me and slightly better temps than it had in the ft01 sitting horizontal
 
Buy a a non reference 670, gigabyte wf for example. Overclocks pretty good, runs very quiet. Buying a 670 and then buying a waterblock is insane, especially when you can buy a non reference 670, clock it and get good cooling on stock fans, and will run every bit as quiet.
 
setter said:
Buy a a non reference 670, gigabyte wf for example. Overclocks pretty good, runs very quiet. Buying a 670 and then buying a waterblock is insane, especially when you can buy a non reference 670, clock it and get good cooling on stock fans, and will run every bit as quiet.
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Still not as quiet as water silence.

I can turn my fans down and my system is completely silent, not a sound and yet my card stays at 42 degrees full load. That's also while running 1.21v instead of the default 1.75

The extra bonus of water is that you never have to worry about hitting the 70 degree thermal throttle even when the card is heavily overclocked too.
 
Got a windforce 670 here, clocked at 1320mhz core, 7586mhz on memory. In game with v-sync enabled it hits 60c max on stock auto fan, with v-sync off the max temp ive seen, (benching with heaven) is 67c. Its a very quiet card. Tbh, im pretty impressed with how quiet/cool the card is, considering that my case is probably the worst you can get for airflow/cooling. A friend has one of the small pcb reference 670's, they would definitely benefit from watercooling as they run pretty hot and loud on stock cooling, where the throttle limit of 70c can be hit very quickly.
 
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