6950 Twin Frozr II or Flash Bios from 6950>6970

[Rarazuh]

Hey guys I'm building a new PC for the first time. I I'm building the PC for gaming as well as some cpu/memory heavy tasks. For a GPU I'm almost definately going with the 6950. Thing only thing I'm worried about what is a better option. I could get the MSI HD Radeon 6950 Twin Frozr II and OC it, or I could get a reference XFX one and then flash the bios to a 6970.

My project specs are as follows to give an idea:

CPU: Intel i7-2600K (going to overclock)

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14

RAM: Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 16GB 1600mhz DDR3 Ram(dual channel)

Case: Cooler Master 922 HAF

SSD: Crucial C300 Sata III 64gb SSD

HDD: 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3

GPU: MSI Twin Frozr OC HD Radeon 6950

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3

PSU: Corsair 850W Modular Power Supply

Please feel free to comment and here's an article on the 6950>6970 flash for reference.

Thanks!

 

[kilobravo]

The twin frozr II.

Flashing bios,will be running at higher temps at high loads.

 

[Rarazuh]

The twin frozr II.

Flashing bios,will be running at higher temps at high loads.

I know that alot of people have flashed theirs, do you think heat will be that big of a problem? If you look at the article it only shows 1 degree Celsius hotter...