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3870 X2 + WC

MaXXimus

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Do you guys think WC these is worth the money? I hear Danger Den is going to be selling theirs in couple weeks @ a cost of $150 per block... I dont know if I would overclock them... only because I have never done any kind of OCing. I just want to know if spending another $300 is going to make any big differance.
 
My EK 3870x2 block in on it's way to me right now and will let you know.
 
HOLY CRAP BATMAN!! so buying 2 of them would be like buying a another card... hmmmmmm maybe I need to stick to air lol
 
HOLY CRAP BATMAN!! so buying 2 of them would be like buying a another card... hmmmmmm maybe I need to stick to air lol

I would definitely stick to air, that is a lot of money to spend if your not even going to push the card any further.
Spend the money elsewhere or save it!
 
Hmmm now what about heatsinks and mosfet... should I get them as well? If thats the proper picture then I would assume I would need 16 heatsinks and not sure about mosfet, cant tell by the pic.
 
NewEgg reviews seem to diss the hell out of the heatsinks because of popping off...???
 
I just realized that the pic they show for the 3870 is not the X2, so after buying 2 MCW60's I may as well wait for the full blocks and spend the $150
 
I just realized that the pic they show for the 3870 is not the X2, so after buying 2 MCW60's I may as well wait for the full blocks and spend the $150

The good thing about MCW60 are they can fit on any card. So lets say in future you plan to buy non X2 cards 2 of them and run in Crossfire or SLI config. Then you don;t have to buy any thing MCW60 will work. If you buy X2 block it will only work with X2 type of cards.
 
The good thing about MCW60 are they can fit on any card. So lets say in future you plan to buy non X2 cards 2 of them and run in Crossfire or SLI config. Then you don;t have to buy any thing MCW60 will work. If you buy X2 block it will only work with X2 type of cards.

Exactly, I bought the MCW60 WAY back when they first came out and put it on my 7800GT. Now I just upgraded to the 8800GT and the only thing I needed were some additional heatsinks for the mosfets. And I only paid like 50 for it where the full cover 7800GT blocks were like 90+. Now I don't have to buy a new block for the 8800GT, more monies for a 45nm quad!
 
I've got a couple of MCW60's on 7900gt SLI (or at least it was SLI until one of the cards failed). My plan was to get a 3870 with the reference cooler, replace the GPU heatsink with the MCW60, then Dremel/chop up the reference shroud to allow the tubing out of there. My hope is that everything will fit nicely and I can run the stock fan at low RPM to keep airflow over the memory and Vreg heatsinks.

Has anyone tried this yet? Or shall I keep people posted on how it goes...

Hopefully Microcenter will have the 3870 in stock this week locally...
 
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