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shankly1985

shankly1985

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Bah it's within tolerance :D. Only thing you can really do is install a side intake (I'm doing this with three Ti's and that's on water).

Air cooling and Crossfire/SLi is a pain. That's quite a difference between the two cards mind. Might be worth DSR'ing or taking the cooler off yourself to check for bad contact.
 
What temp is the bottom card hitting? If push comes to shove, and you are comfortable doing so, perhaps reapplying the thermal paste? It might help :)
 
shankly1985 said:
Hello guys got my new GPU's and case and my worst worry :( Top card is hitting 94c when benched with Heaven 4.0

Heaven score
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Installed
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Temps 94c :( top card
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Show us a picture of your setup, inside the case etc.

I'd recommend doing the opposite of what Frosty says regarding the side fan.

I'd recommend going for a highly positive pressure case, but make your side fans exhaust. You want them sucking that gpu dumped heat away from the top card asap, not blowing it around inside the case. Remove any spare pci brackets around the cards to allow the positive pressure to force the hot air out through the gaps at the rear of the case. If temps are still too high once you've done this, you're better off getting different cards or you need more space between the cards.

What fan speeds have you been using?

EDIT

Just seen you've posted pics. :p
 
The photos he's linked show his setup. Chassis isn't big enough for that to have enough of an effect as he's using a Corsair all in one water solution at the rear exhaust. You're better off getting cool air onto the cards IMO.
 
@Matt second image is the inside of the case. The new Case is Corsair Carbide 540 it has no side fans just window.

Bottom GPU was 82c and top 94c something isn't right. Seems the top card isn't getting enough air maybe?
 
MjFrosty said:
The photos he's linked show his setup. Chassis isn't big enough for that to have enough of an effect as he's using a Corsair all in one water solution at the rear exhaust. You're better off getting cool air onto the cards IMO.
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I had a similar setup with a H80 exhaust when i had my 7970 wearing an arctic accelero and that was similar in design to the MSI card. It dumps all its heat in the case. Side exhaust will get him better temps on that top gpu. Whether he has enough other intake fans to keep positive pressure is doubtful though.
 
shankly1985 said:
@Matt second image is the inside of the case. The new Case is Corsair Carbide 540 it has no side fans just window.

Bottom GPU was 82c and top 94c something isn't right. Seems the top card isn't getting enough air maybe?
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This is what happens when you have two gpu's dumping heat inside the case and no easy way to exhaust the heat. Been there done it and got the t-shirt. :p

With your case i think you'd be better off with a blower or maybe the tri x.
 
Switch the cards about Shanks and see if that helps temps. I still wouldn't worry though, as AMD did same that 95c was well within tolerance.
 
chief barker said:
I have a side fan sucking air out from my 2 Windforce 7970s, works a treat.
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^ This. If you have a gpu or two dumping heat in the case the absolute best way for temps is side exhaust. However its not an option for Shanks so it might be time to get ghetto.

Shanks go highly positive pressure, remove those pci brackets and maybe stick a fan to the right of the gpu's blowing cold air directly over them from a few cm away.
 
I did have a fan blowing on the cards, but swapped it around to suck the hot air out and the difference was massive.

You can always do what I did, I bought a piece of perspex and had somebody cut it to the same size as the window already fitted to my Cosmos 1000 a round window was cut to accommodate a 120mm fan.

It helps if you know somebody who has access to machinery.

I'm sure there was a company that can cut holes for you....let me see if I can find them.
 
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Cut a whole in the window. I've done it just now on my 900D :) Mine are on water though so an intake is probably going to give me better benefit to having a side exhaust. On the MSI coolers I guess I can see why it would make more sense to suck the air away.
 
Thanks guys i'll see what I can do tomorrow work soon. I have couple other fans I might switch the stock corsair fans in the front and put my Apache black 140 in there. and take one from the front and add it next to the one at the top.

Question is the any connectors I can get to power fans from sata or molex ?? Motherboard has 3 fan points so kinder tricky to add in more fans.
 
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