>>17267953Not the person you're talking to but I recently just made my first rig. The case came with a couple fans and theres the option to add more. I just ran it for a while first to see how the temps were, i'm pretty happy with them for now but I will be adding some more fans in soon.
As for the 6950 thing I'm not 100% sure, I just got a sapphire 6950 for my rig about a week ago. I'm on the fence about unlocking it to be honest. Its not a huge difference but yes it is a bit faster when you unlock as people are saying, I might just unlock the shaders but not actually clock it up to 6970 speed.
I just feel a little hesitant playing around with something that cost like $300, and its not really designed to be run as a 6970, I think it even has less power sockets than the 6970 as well... like 2 6pin vs a 6pin and 8 pin. not sure on that one though.
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