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How to manage SLI airflow

Mine are also in adjacent slots with no room to breathe so will max/throttle even at 100% fan :(

Hmmm! Might use a PCI riser and position over the top of an existing slot and nut/bolt into place via the bracket... Would probably need something more to stabilise it in position though
 
Watercooling would be nice but expensive as id want to do cpu too. But that would mean also having to delid this cpu. As due to how haswell uses paste instead of solder, watercooling doesn't really make a big temp difference over air/aio compared to other Intel chips such as hwe, ibe sb/e. Also I doubt ill keep theese cards a long time.
 
Silent_Scone said:
Go water.
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Evil-I said:
+1 kinda fixes the issue pretty quick....
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I'm actually set up to go water, I have 600mm of rad space available. I only need the blocks, but that's gonna cost £200 and I'm likely to sell these cards within 6 months.

I'm going to experiment with air solutions, probably to no success, but it'll be fun trying. :p
 
If you have a 540 maybe you can move the feet and stand the case on it's end (window on top instead of side), so the motherboard is flat, and the cards are level instead of one on top of the other.
 
Fanatic said:
If you have a 540 maybe you can move the feet and stand the case on it's end (window on top instead of side), so the motherboard is flat, and the cards are level instead of one on top of the other.
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Makes sense. I also want to try ducting from an AF120 to direct cool air right between the 2 cards. Has the potential to look horrendous, right enough. :eek:
 
I have a pretty big case, Fractal Define XL. Even with 140mm Silverstone AP fans in the front, the distance from them to the graphics cards (MSI 970s) is quite large, so the airflow has died away a bit.

I guess that's why a side fan has improved temps on my cards so much. 120mm fan got them down about 5°. Both under 70° under load. Tried a 140mm fan but for some reason the noise is horrible compared to the 120mm. Had to lower the 140mm fan to 50% and now it's about the same noise and temps as the 120mm. So pointless :).
 
The 970s are a bang for buck card, water blows that a bit :)

Might try the riser thing or go with a couple of 120mm side fans
 
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