Which 970's use the reference PCB?

TheMagicalWallaby · Sep 29, 2014

I may be getting an MSI 970 gaming, but I am curious if anyone knows a list of all of the cards with the stock PCB.

zeyuanfu · Oct 10, 2014

Why would you want to get a reference one.

TheMagicalWallaby · Oct 10, 2014

zeyuanfu :

Water cooling compatibility

zeyuanfu · Oct 10, 2014

TheMagicalWallaby :

Ohh...
these would be the only reference 970s I`d recommend:
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp41970kr
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp41972kr

TheMagicalWallaby · Oct 10, 2014

zeyuanfu :

I already ordered the MSI gaming 970. EK is making waterblocks for it so I'm good now.

zeyuanfu · Oct 10, 2014

OK. I hope you know how to uninstall the aftermarket air cooler on the card...

TheMagicalWallaby · Oct 10, 2014

zeyuanfu :

Just unscrew the screws and you are pretty much good to go for the most part.

zeyuanfu · Oct 10, 2014

TheMagicalWallaby :

You'll have to unscrew the right screws and reapply thermal paste, but other than that, make sure you have a GPU liquid cooler bracket.

TheMagicalWallaby · Oct 11, 2014

zeyuanfu :

I'm not talking about using something like the kraken g10, I mean a waterblock and a custom loop.

RobCrezz · Oct 11, 2014

zeyuanfu :

:lol: its really easy, no harder than anything else when you build a pc...