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October 2, 2014 3:15:13 AM

Please look at these pictures here: http://www.dba.dk/gtx-670-msi-2048-mb-ram-n/id-10106602...

Its a ref. msi gtx 670 which is cooled with another cooler(arctic twin turbo II) but it looks a little weird beacse only one of the fans are actually on the card?? and I have a psu 500W which is enough for a single gtx 670 but does that cooler use watts? maybe i does but more than normal ref. coolers? and is the PCB from a gtx 680 which many gtx 670's are.

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October 2, 2014 3:22:28 AM

Your power supply is enough. The custom coolers use more power then the reference for this cooler, and many others.

"but it looks a little weird because only one of the fans are actually on the card??"

There is two fans on that card? The reference has one fan on it, but that user has bought a new cooler and removed the old.

The way it looks it doesn't look very professional at all, nor do i think it's worth getting.
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October 2, 2014 3:25:54 AM

That is the short PCB version, not the 680 pcb version.

The cooler is the artic twin turbo, which is actually very good. Youll be fine with a 500w psu, assuming its good quality.
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October 2, 2014 3:26:20 AM

So my 500w should still be enough even if i overclock it?

I know that the ref. cooler only has 1 cooler, but this cooler has 2 but cannot use them both properly. So my question is, will it work perfectly om my pc?
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October 2, 2014 3:27:44 AM

Why cant you use both fans?

500w should be enough, even overclocked IF its a good quality PSU.
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October 2, 2014 3:32:39 AM

^^the card likely has only one fan connector, so the second fan would need to be connected to some other fan header on the mobo or (with adapters) into a molex... not a big issue imo
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October 2, 2014 3:39:56 AM

my psu is Corsair 500W bronze certficated 80+. Anyways will the cooler be better than the normal ref. cooler? http://cdn2.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/MSI...

btw, is it worth upgrading from my 7970 vapor x? my 7970 is really LOUD and my gpu usage is 60-70% in BF4 which is the only game im playing right now, so would it be worth it? iam going to switch the cards, iam not giving money for it-.
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October 2, 2014 4:01:28 AM

A 670 wont perform any better than a 7970, fairly similar performance.

Yeah that cooler should be nice and quiet, better than reference.
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October 2, 2014 4:07:02 AM

If your considering investing in a 7970 you would be far better getting a GTX 970. Though make sure your system can support.
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October 2, 2014 4:07:49 AM

But in bf4 it will, it should.. so the conclusion is that my corsair 500W psu will be able to handle that 670 with artctic cooler and even overclock it(to between 1100-1200 mhz)?
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October 2, 2014 4:09:14 AM

Celil said:
But in bf4 it will, it should.. so the conclusion is that my corsair 500W psu will be able to handle that 670 with artctic cooler and even overclock it(to between 1100-1200 mhz)?


Yes, will be fine.
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October 2, 2014 4:10:50 AM

Though have you investigated why your current gpu usage is so low in BF4? You might be cpu bottlenecked or something...
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October 2, 2014 4:16:40 AM

nope my i5 3570 should not bottleneck a 7970.. i dont know the damn reason! its around 60-70% usage SOMETIMES 80%, i dont know if its DICE or AMD's fault, but for sure not my gpu or cpu.
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