Overheating

[DirtyBurger]

Hi last week I was given 3x AMD R9 290x and once ive found a main board for them ill get them fitted ,the thing is I keep finding posts saying that these cards will overheat if fitted next to each other.


is this correct?

 

[DirtyBurger]

thanks for the reply, they are xfx cards and look reference I think, the board im looking at is the gigabyte g1 sniper 3 but I stil think 2 cards will be side by side.

 

[DirtyBurger]

If you've got reference cards then you can under volt them and overclock them nicely and keep temps down in the low to mid 80c range. I recommend changing the thermal paste and using Gelid or MX4 or something high quality. Can help make a difference.



I disagree. If you have reference blowers you're much better served providing them with as much cool air as possible, so have those side fans blowing cold air on them.

You say I can UNDER VOLT them and then over clock? I'd be happy with stock speed if it meant I could run all three.

 

[DirtyBurger]

Quite simple really ,I was setting up some equipment for the company I work for and they didn't realise the cards don't have physx and being a typical large company nobody wanted to take the rap for the goof which I pointed out , so they discreetly ordered 3 X 780ti and sent me away happy as long as I fitted the 780's in the machines without letting on.

 

[DirtyBurger]

What a touch. Have they not heard of DSR or were they out of the DSR period?
What does the company do anyway?

It's a medical research company and they bought the machines with these cards in them lol happy days.

 

[DirtyBurger]

Depends what you mean by next to each other, if you mean putting three R290X in six slots of space then yes they will definitely overheat, to the point where you will improve performance simply by removing the middle card.

If you mean putting three of them in eight slots of space (one slot of space between each pair) then it is doable provided you have enough airflow to them, so make sure the case has decent front/side intake fans.




DSR only applies to consumers not business customers.

do you know of any such board with the z77 chipset with spaces between?

 

[DirtyBurger]

Looked at them and all the cards will be together bud