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Looking for Cooling Options for 7970

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HelplessCorgis

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So I have inherited an old MSI 7970 that would be an awesome upgrade to my ancient gtx 650. The only problem is, the ghetto rigged H60 water cooling system that came with it has a leak in the tubes and I need a new cooling solution. The PCB looks exactly like the one in this link: http://www.overclock.net/image/id/5394676 . As far as I know, it's a reference design PCB from the research I've done.

I've also found this ebay listing for a heatsink/fan combo meant for a Sapphire DualX 280x OC Edition. I've also done a bit of research and I think it's a slightly modified PCB to allow dual DVI ports. I'm not 100% sure if it fits. Link to eBay here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sapphire-R9-280X-HD7950-HD7970-...

Alternatively, there's this other listing for a cooler that I can't recognize, also made by Sapphire, that claims to be compatible with the 7970. The memory heatsink locations look like they fit, maybe? http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Sapphire-R9-270X-280-280X-2...

So can I slap any of these coolers on the MSI 7970?

Thank in advance for any advice.
 
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I've heard all sorts of suggestions for the liquid to use to refill the h60. What did you end up going with?
 
distilled water and a bit of anti-freeze. thats whats in it from factory.
first i connected the hoses to the rad then i refilled the pump. next i filled the rad while shaking out as much air as possible then poured out one tube and topped it back up with anti-freeze. then carefully attached the hoses to the pump.

edit: if you wanted to get technical you could do the math to get the water/AF mix, their max lowest temp is -20C from factory.

edit2: i went with 6.4/10mm continental fuel line reaaaly flexible and tick walls so no kinks.
 
HelplessCorgis said:
I've checked into Arctic coolers. The 7970 has this ridiculous metal shim that prevents use of aftermarket coolers, unless it's specially designed for that particular card. Arctic did make an Accelero Xtreme for the 7970, but it's discontinued and selling for $100+ on ebay...
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You can still get a premade copper shim that will allow the use of universal coolers. Couple places have them:
https://modmymods.com/watercool-79x0-gpu-copper-shim-1mm-thick-17194.html
https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-vga-supreme-hf-hd7970-cu-adapter
 
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