Are you able to lay the case flat? The double GPU will be churning out a lot heat. So ideally you want that to go out of the case ASAP. So lay your case flat then you can get a fairly rapid fan to get those heat off to the side panel which is now your top panel. Then you can rearrange the Radiator to be at the front panel to bring cool air through push and pull - this should give you lots of nice fresh air into the case then the remainder as exhaust fans. You can set the fans directing airs from the radiator to the GPU to go a bit faster than the ones facing CPU and RAM that way to balance out the air distribution a bit.
Advice needed for cooling this heat-disaster PC down a bit?
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Seriously has nobody suggested spending £40 on a better case rather than spending on fans (pick up somethng that fits 5-6x 140mm fans and has drives at the back on MM for cheap) ? Or really, just put it in a cardboard box or leave the side open.
Also don't know what the GPU's are and how old are they but could potentially undervolt them a bit without losing performance (or minimal hit of few%).
Re-pasting the GPU's can sometimes drop temps by 5-15c as well depending on how badly it was done and how long ago. If you run F@H for a long time it's easy for the paste to dry out if they sit that hot.
Also don't know what the GPU's are and how old are they but could potentially undervolt them a bit without losing performance (or minimal hit of few%).
Re-pasting the GPU's can sometimes drop temps by 5-15c as well depending on how badly it was done and how long ago. If you run F@H for a long time it's easy for the paste to dry out if they sit that hot.
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I suggested spending £0.00 on two bits of cardboard...
What makes you say its a waste of time? Im sure Stanford do good work, and every source I can find suggests that it does make a difference. Ive been doing it on and off since 2012 and im one of the top contributors to OcUK's team.
Its nice to feel like you're helping in some small way, and its also nice to watch the numbers go up and down, and chart when you are going to overtake people and move up in rank.
Sadly the case isnt flat sided and it would take up too much room on its side as well. The AIO also can't go in the front.
People have suggested that, but surely the case isnt that bad? There are plenty of fans. To get a case with more space around the GPU's id need a full tower, which would cost a fair bit more than £40.
The GPU's were overclocked at one point prior to this thread, they are now at stock clocks and volts.
Both have nearly new paste, and one even has new fans.
Ive bought a 200MM static pressure optimised fan for the front. Just waiting on that to arrive.
Ive also noticed that there is barely any temp difference if I have the radiator fans running flat out or on a lower speed. Could that be because they are mismatched?
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Since a couple of people have asked the GPU's are R9 390 Nitro 8GB cards.
The CPU is a 2700K @ 4.6GHz. Moons ago it was at 5GHz but ive dropped the clock speed and voltages.
The case is a Corsair Obsidian 600T if that is useful info for anyone.
The CPU is a 2700K @ 4.6GHz. Moons ago it was at 5GHz but ive dropped the clock speed and voltages.
The case is a Corsair Obsidian 600T if that is useful info for anyone.
Try underclocking the GPU as well (not sure if it can be done if it's nvidia but AMD GPU's it's easily done in wattman.
As for the temp not changing - do you mean the GPU temp? That just means you're not getting enough cold air in or the fans just have bad pressure and can't push through the rad/out.
You can easily test this - take the side off, see if temp drops, if it does it means the airflow is poor and you're not getting enough air in.
And no, you don't necessarily need full tower, just a better mid tower with no drive bays in front and maybe more space between GPU's and PSU and nothing in the way.
The truth is, getting a whole new set of fans will set you at least £30 even on MM, at that price you might just as well get a new case. I've seen Phanteks P600s on forums (also been one in bgrade for £70 i think) for £60 the other day (which is what I'm using now) and that with 3x140mm intake and 3x140 top +1x140 back will easily dump any heat the case can have, also PSU will be separated from the GPU's.
Some of the fractal designs as well, I've had the define S and that also has nothing in the way of airflow with HDD's and cables managed at the back of case, is wider and also supports 7x 140mm.
Alternatively you could try using PCI-E riser cable and having the 2nd GPU lying further down, that will give the bottom one less air but top one more so at least they should both drop to around 80c'ish rather than 95 and 70.
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Because in 20 years its wasted a lot of electricity for pretty much no results of note.
Again, what makes you say that? Do you know what results there have been? What papers have been published? What researchers have called on those papers to aid in their research, etc?
In fact, don't worry, its not important or relevant.
Wew lad, I'm surprised your temps are as good as they are!
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Because I used to be a structural biologist.
I'll ping you a PM because I was trying to find out how useful the F@H stuff was and could only find positive stuff.
If performance/temps is more important than looks you could run the 2nd gpu via a mining riser and cable tie it vertically at front upper or front lower?
(thats presuming the folding is like mining on cards and doesn't need the x16 bandwidth)
Not pretty but it works...card will get nice cool air and not dump its warm air straight onto the other card
Had four 280x cards mining in an olde Thermaltake armor case that way
Still got rather warm though
Use the Corsair 780T case myself just now with two extra fans as intake on base....means i can mine with the 2070s and a 1070 with case side on and temps stay very cool (55c and 50c ) but the motherboard has a large gap between cards which helps
(thats presuming the folding is like mining on cards and doesn't need the x16 bandwidth)
Not pretty but it works...card will get nice cool air and not dump its warm air straight onto the other card
Had four 280x cards mining in an olde Thermaltake armor case that way
Still got rather warm though
Use the Corsair 780T case myself just now with two extra fans as intake on base....means i can mine with the 2070s and a 1070 with case side on and temps stay very cool (55c and 50c ) but the motherboard has a large gap between cards which helps
I do also use the PC for gaming.
The 780T is the spiritural successor to my 600T. I would probably use it if I built a new PC. Nice case.
TBH its fine now because the ambient temp has plummetted. Its cold here now.
ah then thats a no no for a riser obviously.
came from an 800D myself...lots of space but bad airflow unless you add a fan at the front...still had to game with side off as was originally running xfired 6970s in it
780T has space plus great airflow...plus more space to hide cables at rear...a lot lighter too
ah then thats a no no for a riser obviously.
came from an 800D myself...lots of space but bad airflow unless you add a fan at the front...still had to game with side off as was originally running xfired 6970s in it
780T has space plus great airflow...plus more space to hide cables at rear...a lot lighter too
I use PCIE raiser for OCed vega64 and the difference between using it and plugging it into the slot is 0% in performance. A r9 390 does not need PCIE x16 bandwidth, it should make no difference whatsoever. The bottom slot probably runs x8 already anyway.
My MM access got stripped from me with dishonour many years ago, and as yet the MM dons have refused to let me back in...
New Phantecs 200mm static pressure fan in the front, and faffed around with the drives.
Now I can see the horrid snakes nest of wires which was conveniently masked before.
I may concede and buy a new case soon though, because this one is starting to come apart at the seams now, every plastic part is very brittle, etc, I keep accidentally snapping clips and stuff, the door catches keep falling out, the clippy things on the top to hold the top mesh on have stopped working, rubber grommets here and there have gone hard and fallen apart, etc...
Honestly though, it has done well, it is probably 10 years old, has been through house moves, been to LAN parties, had tremendous amounts of heat going through it sometimes 24/7 over the years!
Now I can see the horrid snakes nest of wires which was conveniently masked before.
I may concede and buy a new case soon though, because this one is starting to come apart at the seams now, every plastic part is very brittle, etc, I keep accidentally snapping clips and stuff, the door catches keep falling out, the clippy things on the top to hold the top mesh on have stopped working, rubber grommets here and there have gone hard and fallen apart, etc...
Honestly though, it has done well, it is probably 10 years old, has been through house moves, been to LAN parties, had tremendous amounts of heat going through it sometimes 24/7 over the years!
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