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MSI 8800GTX OC Liquid
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Author: Whoopty
Posted: 23:00, April 22nd 2007
Link: http://www.quietpc.com/
Score: 8 out of 10 [?]
Price: £460
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The 8800GTX OC Liquid

The OC Liquid is huge; even for an 8800. It's the same length as other GTXs but this card comes with an attached waterblock, pump and a couple of massive heatsinks over the PWM and memory areas.

MSI 8800GTX OC Liquid
The pump and block come pre-attached

MSI 8800GTX OC Liquid Pump

MSI 8800GTX OC Liquid Heatsink

Following the tubing from the pump we find ourselves at the radiator. This rad. is designed to fit at the back of your case behind the CPU cooler. It is the right size for a 120mm fan but should also take a 92mm and an 80mm fan so there is a bit of flexibility with this. However, the radiator is still slightly larger than the average 120mm fan so those without an area slightly larger than a 120mm fan will not be able to install this.

Liquid Radiator

The radiator itself is black in colour and has a large surface area of fins in it. These fins are very flimsy and bend with the slightest bit of pressure so it is best to be careful when handling it. Also, the paint job is a little shoddy in places with the solid "tubing" on the edges of it looking not dissimilar to old wrought iron railings in terms of having several small lumps of paintwork on them (unfortunately these don't show up in the pictures but I assume you they are there).

Radiator Edges

Radiator

The fan that comes with the GTX is made by a company called Adda and is completely see through which looks quite cool, perhaps an LED or two would have improved the look even more?

Adda Fan

MSI Fan

This 8800GTX, like others, needs twin 6pin PCI-E power connectors to power it.

6 Pin PCI-E

The back of the card shows that even with this monstrous cooler, only a few mounting screws are needed; shouldn't be any clearance problems with the back of the card.

Mounting Screws

The rear of the card has the standard twin DVI ports.

Twin DVI Ports

Buy now

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