Help me cool my GTX 580's!

[Shep_Cobain]

Posted this in both cooling and Graphics Cards as i'm not too sure which is the right area (dont hate me ).

So i upgraded my fans in my case as my three GTX 580's were overheating.

After fitting the new fans, upgrading the standard ones, fitting a fan controller, modifying the backplates on the cards so they have a wider opening allowing hot air to escape quicker more efficiently and fitting a fan to the back of the graphics cards so it pulls hot air from the cards.

Here are some pictures:

msi Afterburner (If you can't see the temps on Afterburner they are 101c for the top one, 85c for the middle one and 60c for the bottom one).

Side Fan and Inside Case

Fan Controller

80mm Fan at the Rear of the Graphics Cards (pulling hot air away from them)

As you can see after playing Batman Arkham Asylum with all of the fans in the case including the GPU ones at 100% my tempurate of GPU1 is still sitting at a dangerous 98c...

Any last suggestions before i consider watercooling? I have made sure i have the GPU's apart from each other as much as possible however due to the SLI bridge and the motherboard they are still sandwhiched tightly together.

Thanks,

Shep.

 

[Tbid]

Which cards do you have?

 

[Shep_Cobain]

Palit 3gb ones.

 

[kmufc77]

98-100c is far too hot.

For some heavy intensive games with a heavy OC,i sometimes run my 580 at 89-90c but no higher.

97c with the GTX 580 is when throttling will start,so thats no good.

These are excellent for cooling GPUs: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SY-000-AN&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=399

Im also guessing your mobos PICE slots where the 580s are fitted are very close together,my old X58 UDR3 had this problem and running 2 GPUs was also a problem for me with heat because of the tight PCIE slots.?

 

[Darkman]

With 3 of them so close together I would really be looking at full cover blocks if you can find one to fit the non reference design card.

I've got the EK one on my 580 and it idles with the CPU in the same loop at ~27C (once everything has warmed up) with load temps in the 30s and low 40s for most games (silent fans @ 7v). Even with 3 cards you will be giving yourself a lot of headroom with watercooling, not to mention the noise reduction

 

[Clum]

Short of keeping your PC inside your freezer, there's not really going to be any other reasonable option for cooling tri-580s, other that WC. You could put together a simple loop without too much hassle or expense, and will be infinitely better than having hideous fans sticking out all over the shop.

 

[Shep_Cobain]

can anyone show me the exact kit i would need. I am not fussed about cooling the CPU as i have the h80 which works efficiently. Thats unless i need to have that in the loop?

 

[mattjd]

You will want three of these water blocks for your graphics cards:

EK-FC5X0 GTX GW - Acetal + Nickel

I can not link it because even the manufacture sells them which will be a competitor. Just google it and you will find the results.

 

[Freddie1980]

Your case is being overwhelmed, those GTX580 can pull 300 watts each at load which is a lot of heat to shift so short of a water cooling investment it might be time to change your case.

 

[James J]

Your case is being overwhelmed, those GTX580 can pull 300 watts each at load which is a lot of heat to shift so short of a water cooling investment it might be time to change your case.

Load wattage isn't that high on a 580GTX, but you are right that its a lot of heat to get dumped into a case. Load peak wattage on a stock 580GTX is around 244watts for reference.

Personally I'd go watercooling all three cards or selling one of them are utilising the space between the cards for better ventilation (using a long SLI bridge)