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I read someone mentioned that reference pcb's use higher grade components. Is this true? I always thought that custom pcb's were better since Asus and Gigabyte usually put more power phases.
Impossible to answer this question with a single cut dry answer.
I beg to differ. My Toxic will be swimming soon. There are actually a few blocks that will support different non-reference cooler's. TOXIC Cards tend to have a pretty decent selection.
Unless you don't mind universal blocks.
He is right for the most part.Originally Posted by KhaoticKomputing
I beg to differ. My Toxic will be swimming soon. There are actually a few blocks that will support different non-reference cooler's. TOXIC Cards tend to have a pretty decent selection.
Also note that the TOXIC Vapor-X Chamber cooler's they use are amazingly cool but also can sound like a space station ready for blast off.
Its best to do your research on each individual card. MSI's TwinForzer cards are coveted as being cool operating and quiet at the same time.
I always forget about those things since I never see anyone use them. How do they hold up normally? Seems like could be limited sine the memory chips have to use those little heatsinks
The right universal block and the right card can work very well together. Just depends on how you implement your entire cooling solution.
You can always install copper heatinsks on the VRM and memory. Never going to win any beauty contests but it does the job almost as well as a full cover block.
In a nutshell:
Depends on your air flow.Originally Posted by ohhgourami
I'd never go water cooling and I'll probably always buy nvidia.
I was thinking about fitting a Prolimetech MK-26 on an nvidia card like my Gigabyte Gtx670. Would I gave been better off with a reference card? Like if reference cards didnt have such bad cooling, could it have higher OCs than a custom pcb? My 670 already runs at 1350mhz with locked voltage.
Good. If you like the cooler you linked you will need a set up like so:
Non-reference PCBs can go both ways. MSI, Asus & Gigabyte tend to make non-reference PCBs superior to reference, although it is possible they can make non-ref. PCBs cheaper to save money (like XFX has in the past).
Already have one of those cables ready to go!Originally Posted by KhaoticKomputing
Good. If you like the cooler you linked you will need a set up like so:
use This cable It will plug into the Fan header on the GPU and allow you to use a PWM fan. Then with the help of AfterBurn(or similar) you can use a PWM 120mm fan and have it actually scale airflow based on card temps.
In addition, if you need two fans to make a GPU cooler work proper use a PWM splitter cable that draws power from a 4-pin molex. This way you won't have two fans drawing power form you GPU fan header, but they will both funtion off the PWM.
Exactly the answer I was looking for. Thanks. +rep
There can be. VRM placement, cap placement, mounting holes can be different from card to card. You'd have to look at bare pictures of the two cards in question and see if it'll work.Originally Posted by ohhgourami
Already have one of those cables ready to go!I'm still waiting for a particular fan to be in stock to purchase and hesitant to buy that cooler. I want to take off the stock cooler first and strap nice 120mm fans directly to the heatsink to see how it performs first. The MK-26 is also appealing since I can always reuse for whatever GPU I get in the future. Thanks and +rep![]()
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Exactly the answer I was looking for. Thanks. +rep
Anyone know of there are compatibility issues mounting the cooler to different cards?
There isn't much difference cuz the GB doesn't add anything to the mix. The only real custom cards regarding on kepler which are worth a damn are the lightning and dc2 because you can add voltage with them.