AlexJamesNewbie :
Yea: what do you mean referance one's?
And if i bought cards i would be replacing the cooling with waterblocks as this is being boxed away in an exarmy ammo crate i am custom modding fromm scratch using a replacment lian li mobo base and a tech station work bench i will butcher for fittings etc. The whole things is getting a huge side window, black braided cables and dark green waterclloing
the hdd and ssd are being Painted and the gpu and cpu fully watercooled.
For this reason i am tempted towards two:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1280mb-point-of-view-gtx-570-beast-watercooled-40nm-3960mhz-gddr5-gpu-841mhz-shader-1682mhz-480-core
as they are much cheaper as they have blocks on them already AND i get to keep my warrenbty that way. But whatd u rekon to two of those in terms of grpahic ability against the others?
total budget it £1200 for build btw. incase u have any other ideas
Sorry for poor english
If your going to watercool your video cards, then you want to make sure that whatever GPU block you select will fit on said card.
The reference design is the circuitry layout chosen by nvidia at the products launch. Afterwards, other companys, msi, asus, etc will make non-reference designs that have the memory located in a different spot, or a tall capacitor or other components where they are not normally.
When you try to put the Full Cover GPU block on these types of cards, they will not fit most of the time, as normally Full Cover GPU blocks are designed for reference only cards, but some non-reference cards may work if they are not too different, but its luck of the draw. In some rare cases a company will make a GPU block for a non reference card, not but only if that cards really really popular.
There are universal GPU blocks, but they don't look as impressive, and do not cool the power circuitry or ram, meaning you need to spend extra to cool those. Most modern cards need at least passively cooled Power circuitry.
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The build sounds nice, I have a green and black styled build myself. I have yet to add watercooled video cards but thats next.
Those cards are made by Point of View. a company i have never heard of, none-the-less the price is right, and you don't have to worry about what card fits what block. The performance will be pretty darn good for a good while. so it will definitely suit its purpose in your build. Should outperform the 560's.
I really like Noctua's fan's , i really really like them, ultra quiet, very high quality, however I only have 3 because i don't want them seen in the case, they are above the radiator in pull mode, where you can only see them with the side panel off. during normal use those are the only rad fans on, i have manual military toggle switch which turns on 3 ultra kaze 3000rpm fans. the toggle switch unit might also suit your build, heres a link to the product sold in my country :
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=39050&vpn=FAN-ATIC-BLACK&manufacture=Lamptron
I think they may have a place in your build, and even though they are a tad expensive, a very nice fan. Take a look at their various models as some are for different pruposed, free air, light static pressure applications and heavy static presure applications, all while being appropriately silent.
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