7970...theoretical cooling question

rageofthepeon

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Living in AZ sucks so I am trying to figure out the best cooling setup, barring water, for my HAF-X case. I'll probably end up doing crossfire with 2 7970s. One next month and another in a little less than a year.

Since custom cooled GPUs typically blow the air back into the case it seems like the GPU on top would get extremely hot. Would it be best to get a reference card now, Sapphire, and maybe a Twin Frozr III version sometime down the road? Reference on bottom blowing out of the case and Twin Frozr III on top?