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- neema_t
Hi guys,
If any of you are regulars at the Sim Racing Hardware forum, you might've seen that I'm itching to get a 680 ASAP. Problem is, I'd quite like an MSI Twin Frozr III, but they don't exist here (the UK) yet, scan.co.uk just says they're waiting for an ETA. So, as that could be a while, I'd like to buy something else so I can have it now rather than wait for an indeterminate period of time. The question is, what?
I've had a look at the EVGA superclocked 680 here. I don't want to spend more than £470, you see. The thing is, at the moment I have an MSI GTX 580 Twin Frozr II/OC and it runs up to 70 degrees while playing BF3, so I'm concerned that the cooler on this particular 680 won't cool it enough to run at a nice temperature in my case. Would it be advisable to wait for the Twin Frozr III after all, or am I being overly cautious?
My case is a Fractal Design Define R3 with one 140mm Yate Loon fan (on the side with a dust filter), two Scythe 120mm Gentle Typhoons (one in the front, one in the back) and two of Fractal's own 120mm fans (front and rear top) with space for one more fan on top which is currently occupied by a dust filter and another fan on the bottom, in front of the PSU, but I don't think I could put a fan there without all the PSU cables getting stuck in it... Are there any fans I could buy that would noticeably drop the temperature inside the case, or maybe the dust filter on the side panel is a waste of time? I had heard the Define R3 was alright for cooling but 70 degrees (and CPU temps of around 44) seem a bit high to me.
What do you guys think?
If any of you are regulars at the Sim Racing Hardware forum, you might've seen that I'm itching to get a 680 ASAP. Problem is, I'd quite like an MSI Twin Frozr III, but they don't exist here (the UK) yet, scan.co.uk just says they're waiting for an ETA. So, as that could be a while, I'd like to buy something else so I can have it now rather than wait for an indeterminate period of time. The question is, what?
I've had a look at the EVGA superclocked 680 here. I don't want to spend more than £470, you see. The thing is, at the moment I have an MSI GTX 580 Twin Frozr II/OC and it runs up to 70 degrees while playing BF3, so I'm concerned that the cooler on this particular 680 won't cool it enough to run at a nice temperature in my case. Would it be advisable to wait for the Twin Frozr III after all, or am I being overly cautious?
My case is a Fractal Design Define R3 with one 140mm Yate Loon fan (on the side with a dust filter), two Scythe 120mm Gentle Typhoons (one in the front, one in the back) and two of Fractal's own 120mm fans (front and rear top) with space for one more fan on top which is currently occupied by a dust filter and another fan on the bottom, in front of the PSU, but I don't think I could put a fan there without all the PSU cables getting stuck in it... Are there any fans I could buy that would noticeably drop the temperature inside the case, or maybe the dust filter on the side panel is a waste of time? I had heard the Define R3 was alright for cooling but 70 degrees (and CPU temps of around 44) seem a bit high to me.
What do you guys think?