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GFX cooling: airflow or static pressure ?
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I'm not changing case just for looks
Then change it for better cooling performance because your case is WAY undersized for the GPU's you have.
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Too much going on in that case.
BIGGER! case needed.
BIGGER! case needed.
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I'm not changing case just for looks
them 3 cards need more air than some extra tacked on fans can provide
like others have suggested its time for a new case man.
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For what the Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow cost it would suit you just fine, i have all 140mm fans in this case (or 3 120mm at the front) and a third GPU card would sit neatly with direct flow onto them.
I took the front dust mesh off while i was doing some Benchtesting and could not believe just how much air flow it stops, both cards had a 10 degree temperature drop.
I was going to put these under water but for what it costs it would be cheaper to buy another card and have the extra performance even if they did throttle a little.
I took the front dust mesh off while i was doing some Benchtesting and could not believe just how much air flow it stops, both cards had a 10 degree temperature drop.
I was going to put these under water but for what it costs it would be cheaper to buy another card and have the extra performance even if they did throttle a little.
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Great case offering many cooling solutions. You would be surprised at how small the thing is from the outside but just how much you can fit inside it while keeping it neat and airy.
You can see why they call it the Carbide air, really helps with multi GPU configs, while keeping the size of the thing down. Have the same case and have fit 600mm of decent radiator inside, which is easily enough to watercooling a Crossfire/SLI set up too if you eventually want to give it a go.
Great case offering many cooling solutions. You would be surprised at how small the thing is from the outside but just how much you can fit inside it while keeping it neat and airy.
You can see why they call it the Carbide air, really helps with multi GPU configs, while keeping the size of the thing down. Have the same case and have fit 600mm of decent radiator inside, which is easily enough to watercooling a Crossfire/SLI set up too if you eventually want to give it a go.
New case and use some silverstone air penetrator fans for front intake. Also take out any unneccesary hdd cages that interfere with airflow to the gpu's. Remove all your pcie slot covers in your case. But the most important thing is good intake.
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You must've seen the video
Impressive fans, though they don't seem to do well mounted to anything, put a bit of distance between it and whatever its cooling and they work great!
No vid mate, im just familiair with air penetrator fans. Ive used them in a few builds. 120/140mm. Good static pressure for big heatsinks, and i think theyd work well on rads too. Not a watercooler myself but open to using it sometime.You must've seen the video
Impressive fans, though they don't seem to do well mounted to anything, put a bit of distance between it and whatever its cooling and they work great!
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They would work well with radiators if the design allowed for better static pressure closer to the fan. A 25mm shroud fixes the issue. Phobya have some lovely clear plexi ones which you can insert lights to.
Ive heard of watercooling users using shrouds, sadly cant go that way myself. Watercooling my current kit would cost way too much.
You just can't see it on the pictures because I haven't taken any pictures directly from the rear. Then you could see that the the bottom fan and HD case fan are free of cables in the airflow direction. You can't do clean cable management in case from 2007 with 0 cut out or no extened room behind the atx panel. Only one way to place SIX SEPERATE PCIE cables and that's to curl them around at the bottom
In the very beginning in 2009 I had a Thermaltake Xaser IV full Tower case for my Core i7 920, 3x GTX 280's. But due to problems with the Intel X58 setup and microstutter I change to AMD and in the same moment to this actual CM 690 case, and I can assure you the temperatures for ALL the 3x GTX 280 were better in this smaller case.
That's why I've havde 3x GTX280/470/580/670 and now 780's in the same case because the GPU stay cool.
I bought the fans used/2nd hand and not full retail. I had the paint from my previous "project" of painting the fan rings.
As for the GPU's having a hard life ? please do define. What temperatures do you think they're reaching ? what temperatures do single GTX780 reference cooled cards reach in reviews ?
Can't be larger than 54,6cm tall ! So no full Tower cases.
How would you know ? I haven't told you the temperatures. How would you know how the airflow is and how the pressure is - have you had your hand inside the case ?
I know what your saying, but it's still a keeper for me.
All - 'm sorry if I sound bithcy, but after 2010 all I ever get is negative comments about the case and the cooling setup, and I'm at the point where I really don't wanna share pictures of my rig anymore . I have thousands of times said/writtin that I don't have have heat issues, and the cables are tugged away for the airflow direction. I love the Cooler Master CM 690 and before 2009 it was my "dream case". In 2009 I got it and I still love it and I don't see any other cases I like the looks of. I know many never cases have better cable management options, but that not enough of a sales argument to me. The case is anno 2007 - before the great 'cable management outbreak'. If a CM 690 III nVidia Edition comes out I may get that one.
People are so much more into looks these days rather that the hardware these day - might as well build a Pentium III system into a Corsair 540 case (which I actually own but just use as test bench, because I really ain't that fond of it) just to make the case look good.
... I always get so many negative comments on this build, but I'm one of the few who had air cooled 3 way sli setups in that case since 2009 and I never had heat issues and crashes like so many else with other more lucrative cases.
The Cooler Master CM 690 is an old "classic" that set the standard for many future cases - and I love this old classic, eventhough it won't win any beauty contest - Please respect my decision to keep what I have !
I won't "sore" your eyes any more instead you can get a picture of my other much "cleaner" build, and to show that I can do cable management. But its the case is much warmer inside.
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^^ I for one do not think anyone here is trying to boot your balls for sake of it.
You come in a public forum with photos of a mess of a set up for some great high end hardware, mainly the expensive 3 GPU's.
Do you expect peeps not post their opinions to try and help your hardware and you?
I will not bother you again but IMO you need a new case simple as that sorry if this input is not what you wanted when you made this thread.
You come in a public forum with photos of a mess of a set up for some great high end hardware, mainly the expensive 3 GPU's.
Do you expect peeps not post their opinions to try and help your hardware and you?
I will not bother you again but IMO you need a new case simple as that sorry if this input is not what you wanted when you made this thread.
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I respect every ones opinions and views.
I just wanted to have a focus on the topic instead of hearing about the case that's it and some assumptions about how hot it gets and it needs more effective airflow - fact is that only I know this and if it's an issue.
I know many thinks it's a mess, but I dont since I did the best I could with it when it wasn't possible to run the cables otherwise back in 2009. I've listened to that since 2010 when all cases became super cable management friendly
but I've chosen to stick with this old one since I still love it and it still produces great temperatures compared to other cases.I just feel that for the last couple of years there has been a trend only to appreciate looks, cable management and tidyness and not really the hardware used inside. I probably still have my roots back to the mid 90ties where "ghetto" modding and other ideas were appreciated in the "dull grey" case which you made come alive with a side window and some lights to show of the hardware and how cables were placed or not wasn't really looked much upon. I appreciate the hardware in use and looking at all as a total, and not just judging from the looks.... some times a wolf in sheep's clothing isn't that bad
Some people try to pack a punch into an ITX/MATX case where everything is crammed but still working - I'm just doing the same in my midtower ATX case I love
That's why I've else been posting pictures of this rig through the years from the beginning with 3x GTX 280 through the 3x 470, 3x 580, 3x 670's.Also I do apologize for the reaction, but when you hear the same thing so many times and explain each time to "defend your choice", it sometimes just get the bubble to burst.
As for the future I'm only going to post pictures of my other tidier rig when it gets new stuff added.
A mess to me is this
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what I want to know is if a high cfm airflow fan or a high static pressure fan under these circumstances will provide the better cooling solution for the cards ??
it wont make any difference for you
It took 2°c of the max load on the middle card.
Overall there's been a temperature drop on the upper cards now there's no lower card dumping heat into the case. Going all reference cooling helped too.
Doesn't matter, it looks to be 80/92mm so will most likely have better static pressure than a 120mm fan.
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I don't get why so many people are moaning about his setup, his temps are good so why keep tell him to waste money on a new case he doesn't need or want? O.o
yup. 80mm akasa fan 3000rpm with a fan cotroller.