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Hello LTT forum, I am in a slight dilemma. I am working on a build for my wife and I am stuck on the topic of which cooler design to choose for her GTX 970. The case is going to be an aerocool like this one http://www.aerocool.us/ds/ds_bl.html (windowed version). As it will be configured, the CPU is going to be water cooled with an all in one that is going to take up the top case fan slots, leaving only the rear exhaust and the massive front intake. Would it be more efficient for airflow and general temperatures to opt for a reference blower design on the GPU to expel the hot air directly out of the case, or to go for an aftermarket design? Any input will be greatly appreciated.

 

 

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to blow...

aka reference

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That was what I had pretty much concluded myself. I figured here would probably be the best place to find assurance, though.

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id blow bro, id blow it real good

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Hello LTT forum, I am in a slight dilemma. I am working on a build for my wife and I am stuck on the topic of which cooler design to choose for her GTX 970. The case is going to be an aerocool like this one http://www.aerocool.us/ds/ds_bl.html (windowed version). As it will be configured, the CPU is going to be water cooled with an all in one that is going to take up the top case fan slots, leaving only the rear exhaust and the massive front intake. Would it be more efficient for airflow and general temperatures to opt for a reference blower design on the GPU to expel the hot air directly out of the case, or to go for an aftermarket design? Any input will be greatly appreciated.

So you are building a quiet machine, huh? Open air cooler. For sure. Don't even think about blowers, unless you'll be going for WC the GPU as well. They are very noisy, and the slightly better airflow on the case comes at the expense of a much hotter GPU.

 

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I had read a bit that supports opting for a non reference design due to those reasons. I just wonder if there will be adequate cool air for the remainder of the components.

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I had read a bit that supports opting for a non reference design due to those reasons. I just wonder if there will be adequate cool air for the remainder of the components.

Those components were designed to handle such cenarios. Also, remember that a 970 only has 145W TDP, much lower that other high-end cards previously had. This means less heat dumped into the case.

 

You'll be fine.

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Very good point that I hadn't considered. Definitely food for thought.

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The gigabyte Windforce coolers are great. I have a custom fan profile on mine to run the fans at 10% until 50 degrees. honestly my 140mm case fans running @ 5v are louder than the Windforce @ 10%

 

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I had previously opted for the MSI twin frozr design on my rig, but I'll have to check that out.

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Seems like all we talk about on this forum are Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970's, I'm surprised to see such support for blower coolers. :P

 

I'd go with an aftermarket cooled one, myself. It will blow a bit of hot air around, but the GPU is likely to be the hottest thing in your case. I don't think it makes sense to run the GPU to run a little hotter to avoid warming other components that are going to be just fine either way. Pay attention to your case fans and it will be perfectly fine.

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