PowerColor LCS HD7970 Pro Reviews

As with past iterations of PowerColor's LCS series, the LCS HD 7970 delivers excellent performance on top of the expected cooling properties you would expect from a video card equipped with a high end full cover waterblock. For a card of this stature to be on your radar, a full-on water cooling system is going to be required or already a part of your performance gaming computer build. From a cost perspective, the PowerColor LCS HD 7970 comes in at about $200 more than the retail pricing of several of the factory overclocked cards on the market. These cards are clocked slightly lower out of the box and are still air-cooled. Add the cost of the EK-FC7970 waterblock ($150), fittings ($10), and not having to perform the waterblock installation (voiding the warranty on your air-cooled card), having a warranty and the $200 premium is really a bargain. The installation process is fairly simple and involves adding the card in and routing the tubing to the card, making the connections, and then leak testing before powering up the system. The EK-FC7970 has ports on both sides of the block so that the tubing can be connected in a myriad of ways to fit the chassis and liquid loop configuration.