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Anybody have the evga Gtx 970 with blower style cooler?

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2014/10/01 12:09:34 (permalink)
I purchased two of the evga 970 SSC ACX 2.0 cards and am not happy with the noise and I am returning them to newegg. I see evga also has the regular closed blower style cooler model( 04G-P4-1972-KR) available and these are actually available at the moment over on newegg. I know its not a reference style cooler as from what I gather nividia didnt make a reference cooler for the GTX 970, but is this card any good or should I stay away? All my other video cards have always been the closed blower design and they have all for sure been quieter than the 2 ACX cards I just tried out. My case is on the smaller side and air flow is not the greatest(it serves as an HTPC as well and is in a HTPC style case) so I'm thinking the blower style cooler might be better as well. Anybody have experience with this card?
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    EVGATech_ChrisB
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    Re: Anybody have the evga Gtx 970 with blower style cooler? 2014/10/01 12:21:53 (permalink)
    Dear maintainin,
     
    I am very sorry to hear that you are unhappy with the noise being caused by the cooler. I can confirm that we have released a statement on this to try and assist further.
     
    I can also confirm that if your case does not have good airflow then it is usually recommended to use the Blower Style cooler.
     
    http://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2226171
     
    "We are going to release a new BIOS upgrade to all 970 ACX owners that will fine tune the fan performance and provide better acoustics. Stay tuned." 



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    Re: Anybody have the evga Gtx 970 with blower style cooler? 2014/10/03 09:23:26 (permalink)
    maintaininfrom what I gather nividia didnt make a reference cooler for the GTX 970

    It's actually the NVTTM cooler, same as the GTX980, but you'll likely not see it due to cost.  Acccording to Tom's Hardware, "there is no sign of a reference GTX 970 being sold. The reason for that is likely that the NVTTM cooler from Nvidia is more expensive to implement than the partner’s custom coolers, and at a $329.99 price point it simply doesn’t make sense to use."
     
    http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/nvidia-gtx-980-970-roundup,news-48875.html
     
    Same effective outcome, though.

    Current PC: Intel Core i7 4790K, Noctua NH-U12S, Asus Z97-Pro, 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 1866Mhz RAM, Samsung 850 Pro 256GB, Crucial MX100 512GB, Western Digital Black 2TB, EVGA GTX 970 SC (blower), Pioneer BDR-209DBK, Fractal Design Define R4 + Noctua NF-A14 FLX fans, Corsair AX760 PSU, Dell U2713HM

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