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As stated, the card remains passive thanks to its cooling solution, up-to a GPU temperature of 60 Degrees C the fans do not even spin. Once they do they'll try to vent some warm air out of the back-side through that rear plate. However as you can see already, heat travels upwards and the radiator surface area is not contained, so most warm air will be dumped inside the chassis. As we always state, chassis ventilation is a must.

 
The cooler is impressive in both performance but also size, that's 28cm / 11 inches of graphics card right there. Please always do make sure the card physically fits inside your chassis.

Above, the TwinFrozr VI cooler stripped away, you'll notice that MSI placed extra shielding heatsinks over the GDDR5 memory as well as a heatsink directly on top of the VRM area. Good stuff alright. The PCB board design is custom from MSI, built upon their Military Class IV standard. It is a bit of marketing, yes, but the component selection does follow MIL-STD-810G certification, these components have proven to be able to withstand the torturous circumstances in both gaming and overclocking. The GPU empowering the product is called the A1 revision of the GP104-300 GPU.
 
 

For those that wonder, the board is equipped with Micron GDDR5 memory ICs. A 10 phase power supply is responsible for supplying the GP104-300 GPU with power. The card (with cooler) weighs 1100g.

 
We know, we know... they are a bit of a trend and, like, everybody is following. The LED system can be controlled and is capable of displaying several colors and effects. Currently I have it monitoring temperature, once the GPU gets hot the LED at the top lights up red and vice versa.
  

And yes, once installed I do think that it is a nice looking product with the chrome / metal accents and matte black. A card like that will suit any style PC really.