Anyone know of a full coverage water block that fits the gigabyte 1GB 6950 model GV-R695OC-1GD http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3693#ov Have been searching with no luck I may have to settle for a universal block.
That's because, EK, at least, don't do waterblocks for that board. http://www.coolingconfigurator.com/ Run through that, it'll simply repeat what I've said, and show you compatible core-only blocks.
Yea have been searching for about a week pretty confident there are non available :-( . When using the gpu only block is it only the video card ram that needs heat sinks? Or are there other parts that need heat sinks as well?
GPU ram and the VRM area, that bit with a smaller heatsink on. That converts the 12V in from the power supply down into the lower voltage needed to run the GPU. This, however, creates a crapton of heat, so you'll need a bigger heatsink on that than Gigabyte stock.
Im guessing for the gpu ram some of these http://www.swiftech.com/mc14bgamemoryramsinks.aspx and for the vrm area some of these http://www.swiftech.com/mc21mosfetheatsinks.aspx as its a non reference board the full cover block wont fit. I may end up selling these cards and buying fresh hardware for the build.
Sadly so. Generally speaking; The Asus DIRECTCUII cards non-reference boards have waterblocks that will fit, but other manufactures tend to vary a bit, so it's a bit of luck of the draw. The best idea would be to look around in your pricerange, then see which cards you can get full cover blocks for.
Yea just a little peeved I did not think of this being a factory oc card I assumed there would be a full cover block I will wait and see how I feel when it comes time to fit the hardware when I finish building the case. Did not want to have to have fans anywhere except on the rads. I will definately have to keep this in mind with future hardware purchases. Cheers and thanks for the help
