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Processor | Core i5-750 @ 3.6GHz 1.136V 24/7 |
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Motherboard | Gigabyte P55A-UD3, SATA 6Gbit/s & USB3.0 baby! |
Cooling | Alpenföhn Brocken HeatpipeDirectTouch |
Memory | Geil Ultra Series 4GB 2133MHz DDR3 @ 1440MHz 7-7-7-24 |
Video Card(s) | Gigabyte GTX 460 1GB OC (mostly stock speeds) |
Storage | OS: Samsung F3 500GB Games: Samsung F1 640GB |
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Thank you very mach for explaining. So this card has lower temperature VRM design compare to referense one. If I understand wright? Is there editional infor about it. May be there is another vay to take VRM temperature?
Another question: what do you think is it advantage that it has one 8 pin power connector, I mean for overclocking? Referense cards has 2x6 pin power but has almost the same overclocking ranges.
As I can see this card looks like ideal non referense card, or not? I just looking for two non referense cards to use as CrossFire, because two referense with Accelero or Trad plus funs is two big for my PC.
Thank you in advance and sorry for my English.
You can always use the finger method, highly doubt it's even hot, meaning under 70C. Or infrared thermo the VRM sink, but I wouldn't worry as there is many phases and a sink.
This card uses more power, volterra is more energy efficient. It's just a safety thing not to run out of juice. Consumes less power than a 4870 for example which is 2x6pin.
And yes it's pretty ideal, as it's easier to cool (well already done) and still has voltage control. Here's couple posts for more info:
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=1868759&postcount=222
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=1868945&postcount=233