EVGA GTX 970 SC

[Parky]

I can't find anywhere if the EVGA GTX 970 SC is a custom PCB. The reason is I am looking at a https://www.nzxt.com/products/kraken-g10-white and I believe it needs to be a reference PCB to work.

 

Thanks

[unidentical]

The page you linked has a comparability checker on it. Use it to search for your card.

[HKZeroFive]

I believe the EVGA GTX 970 SC uses a custom PCB...

 

But that shouldn't be a worry, since the G10 should fit on the card anyway.

[SteveGrabowski0]

Here is a thread about using the G10 on the 970 SC from the EVGA forums:

 

http://forums.evga.com/EVGA-GTX-970-SC-with-NZXT-Kraken-G10-and-Corsair-H90-Installed-m2284090.aspx

[SteveGrabowski0]

Though I'm not sure how much the Kraken would help. I have a 970 SC myself and even with case fans and the gpu fans turned up so the card runs in the 50s Celsius I get no extra overclock whatsoever. Sometimes I can't even keep the stock boost clock of 1367 MHz at full load even with those temps when I'm running at stock. I think the 970 SC is often very limited by the 4-phase VRM. Mine definitely is and it's a common complaint at the EVGA forums.

[Parky]

Thanks guys.

10 minutes ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

Though I'm not sure how much the Kraken would help. I have a 970 SC myself and even with case fans and the gpu fans turned up so the card runs in the 50s Celsius I get no extra overclock whatsoever. Sometimes I can't even keep the stock boost clock of 1367 MHz at full load even with those temps when I'm running at stock. I think the 970 SC is often very limited by the 4-phase VRM. Mine definitely is and it's a common complaint at the EVGA forums.

I will consider that. I was going to do the Kraken set up so when I upgrade in the future I can run an aio on a 10 series etc

[DildorTheDecent]

10 hours ago, HKZeroFive said:

I believe the EVGA GTX 970 SC uses a custom PCB...

 

But that shouldn't be a worry, since the G10 should fit on the card anyway.

It's not. SC cards use a reference PCB. Maybe elongated slightly but it's a still reference PCB. 

[HKZeroFive]

21 minutes ago, DildorTheDecent said:

It's not. SC cards use a reference PCB. Maybe elongated slightly but it's a still reference PCB. 

'The 970 [SC] PCB is designed by us and is not considered your typical Nvidia reference. When waterblocks come out for this series, I would check to see if the specific part number you want is supported. ' - EVGA Joey

[DildorTheDecent]

6 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

'The 970 [SC] PCB is designed by us and is not considered your typical Nvidia reference. When waterblocks come out for this series, I would check to see if the specific part number you want is supported. ' - EVGA Joey

It's still based off the reference design with poo 4 phase delivery and not much going for it. If anything it's just been elongated. 

[HKZeroFive]

Just now, DildorTheDecent said:

It's still based off the reference design with poo 4 phase delivery and not much going for it. If anything it's just been elongated. 

You have a fair point but I would still say it's technically a custom PCB with all the changes considered if we compared it to the reference PCB. It may be based off the same design but it's not exactly the same in general.