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So should I just stick with the ACX 2.0? FTW?

 

Yes, just stick with what you know.

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These cards have 'dual intakes'? Is this a new OEM design from Nvidia? Are these even worth considering?

 

 

They're custom blower style cards, not OEM. Probably for people who want blower style cooling but not the reference card. 

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Yeah, but a twin intake?

 

Again wouldnt make too much of a difference, if anything that would essentially make them longer due to that both sides would need to be accessed, therefore going past the end of the PCB. They would probably be charging more for these compared to the reference design anyway, it seems like a very niche market.

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Again wouldnt make too much of a difference, if anything that would essentially make them longer due to that both sides would need to be accessed, therefore going past the end of the PCB. They would probably be charging more for these compared to the reference design anyway, it seems like a very niche market.

I could see these being good for SLI since all of the cards would share air in a wind tunnel. The PCBs are very short so it doesn't really add any more length. Question now is, in my case, an SG05, would one of these be better since it won't throw heat inside the case or just stick with a good ole GTX 970 FTW ACX 2.0?

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helps with tight spaced SLI. The PCB has an opening in it for the fan.

 

I could see these being good for SLI since all of the cards would share air in a wind tunnel. The PCBs are very short so it doesn't really add any more length. Question now is, in my case, an SG05, would one of these be better since it won't throw heat inside the case or just stick with a good ole GTX 970 FTW ACX 2.0?

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I could see these being good for SLI since all of the cards would share air in a wind tunnel. The PCBs are very short so it doesn't really add any more length. Question now is, in my case, an SG05, would one of these be better since it won't throw heat inside the case or just stick with a good ole GTX 970 FTW ACX 2.0?

 

Yes blower style cards are better for SLI configurations. For a mini-ITX build like yours it wouldnt make too much difference but this blower style card would probably be better for the size of case you are using. Maybe look up some comparisons to see if these cards differ much in performance/temps from the reference blower card too though.

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Silverstone ML06B, CPU: Pentium G3258, Mobo: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WiFi, RAM: G.Skill 4GB, SSD: Kingston SSDNow 120GB PCPP: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/JmZ8TW
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They have this https://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=04G-P4-1970-KR which I think is the reference.

Yeah, that one's just not twin intake.

 

 

Yes blower style cards are better for SLI configurations. For a mini-ITX build like yours it wouldnt make too much difference but this blower style card would probably be better for the size of case you are using. Maybe look up some comparisons to see if these cards differ much in performance/temps from the reference blower card too though.

The ACX 2.0 cooler is great because I still have 1/2"-1" left of space because it's only 9.5" long, I can modify the case to fit a full length Nvidia reference.

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