Water cooled sapphire 7970 3gb oc with boost

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Hey guys I currently have a sapphire 7970 3gb oc with boost and it gets hot and I want to oc it but I want chilling temperatures. I have a zalman z11 plus case so I cant fit a bigger fan cooling for the card so I want water cooling. I havent watered cooled so I need help because I do not want to mess it up.

I was wondering if you guys can help me out with good parts to properly watercool this card. I dont want to spend more than 250 if thats possible. Please help me out. Thanks!!
 
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Not possible on these since these are not reference and no full water blocks are available unless you run a universal for this card but you need to use those tiny heatsinks for the memory, vrms etc and a fan to keep them all cool. Besides that what temps are you seeing. My card doesnt go over 60 c oc to 1200mhz. Seems like you needs more fans in your case or a better fan layout
 
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Wait, do you want a watercooling set up only for the GPU? what about the processor?

There are watercooler loops out there on amazon for 270, which are a good brand and they work pretty good. The problem is that they dont include a GPU waterblock which will cost about 100 to 150 bucks.


Maybe this will do the job, http://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Accelero-Hybrid-Extreme-Hi-Performance/dp/B008BHFVGM/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380674876&sr=8-1&keywords=gpu+water+cooler

I dont like the idea, but if this is what you really want... well go for it lol!
 
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At bios 2 with around 30% utilization it jumps to 69 c this worries me because if i go to less cpu intensive games that will allow more utilization with my gpu that it will skyrocket. As with my fans I have 6 system fans. There is a 120 mm fan on the bottom of the case the shoots air straight to the gpu and the case is raised.
 
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I have my processor watercooled and well I saw that hybrid and I didnt hear to many good things about it. If not watercooled that what will you recommend including air cooling. Keep in mind my case only allows a gpu up to 290mm or 11.4 inches
 
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Could always cut the hoses and turn it into a custom loop ive seen it done before and those punps are pretty decent if you dont add a ton of tubing. Youll just need a an aditional radiator and a reservior and tubing

But still have you tried using furmark or any benchmark programs? 69c seems high for only 30% but its still not near the limit at all
 
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I have not and I heard that the 7970 is a very hot card. Also, sorry if this is off topic but do you know if my 8350 will run fine on the msi 970a g46 i just got one and im seeing bad things about the pair, but i was wondering if it has been fixed

 
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