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    Re: 7970 brand/comstum design experience?

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Hankey View Post
    I have two of these... very nice and quiet:

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102982
    Even quieter in the crawlspace under the house, no?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mumps View Post
    Even quieter in the crawlspace under the house, no?
    haha, no the 7970s are actually on my desk right next to me. The noisy shit goes under the house. I have actually had to do quite a bit of maintenance lately too, so been spending way too much time crawling around down there.

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    Re: 7970 brand/comstum design experience?

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Hankey View Post
    haha, no the 7970s are actually on my desk right next to me. The noisy shit goes under the house. I have actually had to do quite a bit of maintenance lately too, so been spending way too much time crawling around down there.
    Hmmm... "Noisy shit goes under the house" If you refer back to your Avatar, that may explain why you've had to spend so much time down there lately.

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    Re: 7970 brand/custom design experience?

    Cheers for the ideas, guys. Over here XFX warranty is two years, but np with fair refunding, btw. Diamand AFAIK does not appear on the German market at all.

    Quote Originally Posted by John P. Myers View Post
    but with 2 or more you'll want ones designed like the one in the link that will blow the hot air out the back of the case instead of just swirling it around inside.
    Interesting thought as my cases extremely support out-taking reference designs (np in handling 5970 + 295 due to outtake flow). However, 2x 570 custom design also worked well, though the middle one takes significantly more heat, the CPU too. It also depends how much air the design gets out, I think there are strong differences. Gigabyte seems to take at least some or enough out.

    Quote Originally Posted by Mumps View Post
    Even quieter in the crawlspace under the house, no?
    Wish there was one in my flat. But I can sleep next to a rig running POEM.

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    Re: 7970 brand/custom design experience?

    Quote Originally Posted by Mad Matt View Post
    Cheers for the ideas, guys. Over here XFX warranty is two years, but np with fair refunding, btw. Diamand AFAIK does not appear on the German market at all.



    Interesting thought as my cases extremely support out-taking reference designs (np in handling 5970 + 295 due to outtake flow). However, 2x 570 custom design also worked well, though the middle one takes significantly more heat, the CPU too. It also depends how much air the design gets out, I think there are strong differences. Gigabyte seems to take at least some out.



    Wish there was one in my flat. But I can sleep next to a rig running POEM.

    lol, very true. Not on Donate or DiRT, tho



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    Re: 7970 brand/custom design experience?

    Of course, the 3 shipped just before I cancelled. I'll return them when they arrive. Maybe even return them all.....

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    Re: 7970 brand/custom design experience?

    Quote Originally Posted by zombie67 View Post
    Of course, the 3 shipped just before I cancelled. I'll return them when they arrive. Maybe even return them all.....

    NO Wait!!! Can't you run them for a week then return them? Would that be unethical? I say no.



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    Re: 7970 brand/custom design experience?

    Quote Originally Posted by Mike029 View Post
    NO Wait!!! Can't you run them for a week then return them? Would that be unethical? I say no.
    I vote 29 days


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    Re: 7970 brand/custom design experience?

    Quote Originally Posted by zombie67 View Post
    Of course, the 3 shipped just before I cancelled. I'll return them when they arrive. Maybe even return them all.....

    For the price you paid I would think you shouldn't have any problem reselling them to get your investment back.



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    Re: 7970 brand/custom design experience?

    Quote Originally Posted by zombie67 View Post
    Of course, the 3 shipped just before I cancelled. I'll return them when they arrive. Maybe even return them all.....
    They were just too damn pretty to send back. Like puppies, once they're in your house, it's already too late.

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