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    Best water cooling for a FirePro V5700?

    After some great tech support from Stephen at Swiftech, I discovered that the MCW60 will NOT fit on the FirePro V5700. The new pro card uses a back bracket that is smaller than most Radeon cards. It has a square hole pattern with the holes spaced 43.8mm on centers on each side. IIRC, he said...
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    Best water cooling for a FirePro V5700?

    Sorry. I'm not just cooling the GPU. The system is mostly to cool the Core i7 965EE. So, there will be two blocks, pump (with a small reservoir top), t-line and the radiator in the loop. The case is an Antec P182 which has stock holes in the back for coolant lines. Thanks again, Ken
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    Best water cooling for a FirePro V5700?

    Looks great! Thanks for your help! I'm assuming that the included four-screw bracket will fit, right? My plan for the rest of the loop is: * Pump: Laing DDC3.2 or Swiftech MCP355 + XSPC Acrylic Reservoir top * Radiator: Feser X-Changer 480ER + 4x Feser 120mm shrouds + 4x Yate Loon D12SL...
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    Best water cooling for a FirePro V5700?

    It's not that simple. The drivers are very different. The pipelines are used differently. The objectives of the optimizations are different. The level of support is different. This is a topic that has been beaten to death on forums on the web. Just Google it. Taking it on faith for...
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    Best water cooling for a FirePro V5700?

    The parts are starting to arrive for my new build (i7 965EE, Asus Rampage II Extreme, 300GB Raptor, Areca RAID, Antec P182 :D). I decided to go with an ATI FirePro V5700 workstation-class video card because I'll be spending a lot more time in SolidWorks and Matlab than gaming. I am going the...