ASRock Also Launches the Radeon RX 6650 XT Steel Legend

[btarunr]

ASRock earlier today debuted its Steel Legend brand in the graphics card market with the Radeon RX 7600 Steel Legend OC. The company also updated its previous-generation product stack with the Radeon RX 6650 XT Steel Legend. This card looks visually identical to the RX 7600 Steel Legend, since it uses the exact same cooling solution, but is based on the older RX 6650 XT GPU based on the RDNA2 graphics architecture. ASRock has given this card a factory-overclock among its RX 6650 XT series, with a boost clock of 2669 MHz vs. 2635 MHz reference.

The RX 6650 XT Steel Legend targets white-themed PC builds, where its white cooler-shroud, frosty fan impellers, and white+silver backplate should complement builds with motherboards from ASRock's Steel Legend series. Each of the three fans in the Steel Legend cooler has RGB LED illumination. The card draws power from a single 8-pin PCIe power connector. The company didn't reveal pricing, but given that prices of the RX 6650 XT have slipped to around $235, one can expect this card to retail for at least $40 less than the RX 7600 Steel Legend.



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[ixi]

7600 coming out but lets upgrade 6650xt, wut?

 

[Marcus L]

7600 coming out but lets upgrade 6650xt, wut?

There's plenty of 6650 XT stock left, slap the same cooler on it and kill 2 birds with one stone

 

[AnarchoPrimitiv]

I like the cooler

 

[Deleted member 229121]

180W card with a triple fan cooler slapped on it...because of course

 

[DemonicRyzen666]

180W card with a triple fan cooler slapped on it...because of course

Gamers want a quite card, the simplest solution is bigger chunkier heatsink that can use lower Rps fans that a two fan could not do.

 

[Nordic]

Gamers want a quite card, the simplest solution is bigger chunkier heatsink that can use lower Rps fans that a two fan could not do.

I have a 6750xt that uses more power with a smaller heatsink. Running on the quiet fan profile the GPU doesn't get hotter than 65c. I do enjoy overkill on cooling so who am I to judge.

 

[ymdhis]

Gamers want a quite card, the simplest solution is bigger chunkier heatsink that can use lower Rps fans that a two fan could not do.

No, that's just the cheapest solution.
Quietest solution would be a decent cooler design with 4-5 heatpipes and a 120x25 fan. And then you wouldn't need the card to be so long either.

 

[DemonicRyzen666]

No, that's just the cheapest solution.
Quietest solution would be a decent cooler design with 4-5 heatpipes and a 120x25 fan. And then you wouldn't need the card to be so long either.

No, it wouldn't, a single fan would have to spin at higher rpms to beat 2 or 3 fans. All heat pipes do is move heat to the fins better than just a block of copper would.
The amount of surface area for 2-3 fans is far higher than a single fan. Larger surface area for both Heatsink & fan will make it quitter be by having a large volume of air flow at lower rpms.

 

[ymdhis]

No, it wouldn't, a single fan would have to spin at higher rpms to beat 2 or 3 fans. All heat pipes do is move heat to the fins better than just a block of copper would.
The amount of surface area for 2-3 fans is far higher than a single fan. Larger surface area for both Heatsink & fan will make it quitter be by having a large volume of air flow at lower rpms.

A 120x25 fan would move a ton more air at far less noise than the itty bitty pancake fanse on most modern cards.
I used this on a 200W card (HD6950), with a Noctua NF-P12 zip tied to the heatsink:

Scythe Setsugen 2 shows off (updated)

Review: Latest Scythe VGA-Cooler with superb potential This review is also available in German. Exactly one year ago we reviewed the

www.fudzilla.com

The same setup also worked on my RX580 and kept it at ~70C at most, while being way quieter than the factory cooler (I think it was a Sapphire Pulse).

That was with a single fan, with the card being 2.5 slots high, and the card did not need to be as long as a full sized ISA card. Now imagine if it was big enough to hold two fans.
Only problem is that modern cards put the memory slots so close to the mounting positions, that you can't put big enough heatsinks on the memory to use a cooler like this.

Current cards just have horrible, inefficient designs (they waste both space and thermals), so they need triple coolers and 3 slots to keep the card cool, that's all. But it's the only thing available at the chinese OEMs, so it's what they use on every card.

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

180W card with a triple fan cooler slapped on it...because of course

I think they do that just to help sell them. A big cooler makes the card look more powerful that it is. Plus I'm sure they like recycling certain cooling setups on as many models as they can. The shrouds just get different looks.

 

[eidairaman1]

I think they do that just to help sell them. A big cooler makes the card look more powerful that it is. Plus I'm sure they like recycling certain cooling setups on as many models as they can. The shrouds just get different looks.

Its a clean looking card

I have a 6750xt that uses more power with a smaller heatsink. Running on the quiet fan profile the GPU doesn't get hotter than 65c. I do enjoy overkill on cooling so who am I to judge.

Better than underperforming cooling...

 

[JustBenching]

A 120x25 fan would move a ton more air at far less noise than the itty bitty pancake fanse on most modern cards.
I used this on a 200W card (HD6950), with a Noctua NF-P12 zip tied to the heatsink:

Scythe Setsugen 2 shows off (updated)

Review: Latest Scythe VGA-Cooler with superb potential This review is also available in German. Exactly one year ago we reviewed the

www.fudzilla.com

The same setup also worked on my RX580 and kept it at ~70C at most, while being way quieter than the factory cooler (I think it was a Sapphire Pulse).

That was with a single fan, with the card being 2.5 slots high, and the card did not need to be as long as a full sized ISA card. Now imagine if it was big enough to hold two fans.
Only problem is that modern cards put the memory slots so close to the mounting positions, that you can't put big enough heatsinks on the memory to use a cooler like this.

Current cards just have horrible, inefficient designs (they waste both space and thermals), so they need triple coolers and 3 slots to keep the card cool, that's all. But it's the only thing available at the chinese OEMs, so it's what they use on every card.

Huh, I used 2 nf a12 x25s on my 3090. Splendid, super quiet, if only it didn't ruin my warranty

 

[lukart]

I guess it's almost the same GPU they decided to take advantage of mass production to use it as well on the 6650...