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What GTX 970 cooler is this??

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Hey guys,

I was just browsing around craigslist looking for any good deals on computer parts when I stumbled on this post...

 

http://denver.craigslist.org/sop/5755095955.html

 

There's no branding, only has one fan and the seller says it's from a factory of some sorts... has anyone else ever seen a cooler like this?

 

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The 970 default cooler is this one:

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I have not seen that cooler personally.

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I've never seen a 970 with a non-black PCB (other than the Galaxy/Galax HOF cards which have a white PCB).

 

And that cooler looks FAR too cheap to actually be something real.

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9 hours ago, Godlygamer23 said:

The 970 default cooler is this one:

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NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-970-front.png

 

Yes, I'm aware haha :) I wanted to know if anyone could help identify the cooler in the craigslist ad. I've never seen it before and out of pure curiosity wanted to find out who makes it.

 

9 hours ago, tmcclelland455 said:

I've never seen a 970 with a non-black PCB (other than the Galaxy/Galax HOF cards which have a white PCB).

 

And that cooler looks FAR too cheap to actually be something real.

So you think it could be completely fake? The fact that the seller said it came from "the factory" makes me wonder...

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So you think it could be completely fake? The fact that the seller said it came from "the factory" makes me wonder...

An OEM like Dell might have used a cooler like that.

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1 minute ago, Blucyrik said:

So you think it could be completely fake? The fact that the seller said it came from "the factory" makes me wonder...

Can you ask the seller to be more specific?

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12 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

The 970 default cooler is this one:

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I have not seen that cooler personally.

Wasn't the Nvidia reference 970 very rare? 

 

I don't even remember the Nvidia reference blower being readily available. These were the blowers I remember on the 970.

 

 


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9 hours ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Can you ask the seller to be more specific?

Just sent an email asking what he means by "the factory" and what the cooler is. Being past 10pm at night I probably won't get a response til tomorrow.

 

9 hours ago, djdwosk97 said:

Wasn't the Nvidia reference 970 very rare? 

 

I don't even remember the Nvidia reference blower being available. These were the blowers I remember on the 970.

 

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It was "rare" in the sense that you could only buy it at Best Buy. I bought my reference 970 there a couple years ago.

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I would maybe as what factory they took the PC from. It could be a workstation version of some kind. Let us know as I'm intrigued 

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took ALOT of digging but found out its from HP's prebuilt envy gaming PCs.  Its an EVGA card with HP's shroud on it.  Apparently the card is REALLY bad from the posts and threads i found complaining about it,  Locked fan speeds and really high temps.

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" This card came in a recently purchased computer from the factory however " its an oem card most of the the time pre build pcs like hp dell etc has gpu with no markings on it. but still i wont buy it just incase

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9 hours ago, Blucyrik said:

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i habe no clue what it is , BUT I WANT IT :D

(it looks like an old asus DC1 cooler to me haha ) 

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