Will restricted airflow damage my gpu?

[Zeebedy]

Hey guys,

I'm upgrading my 1060 to a 1070, but a bit worried about airflow. My current blower style card works well in my space limited nano s case. Long story short my psu is right next to my gpu with around a 5-6mm clearance, and the blower fan has good clearance as it stretches past the back of the psu.

Will I be ok with limited clearance on a non-reference gpu for the fans, or should I stick with another blower style 1070?

Cheers guys.

 

[AiiR]

You might get higher than normal temps which may cause the card to throttle, but it won't damage it at all.

 

[DONOHUE07]

It shouldn't, but I would get the reference/founders cooler too exhaust air out of the back of the case, that way it should keep the noise down and the clocks high

 

[Zeebedy]

Cheers guys, went with the 1070 msi aero in the end

 

[DONOHUE07]

Enjoy your new GPU

 

[Disco_P]

you'll be reet

 

[shredgodxp]

Yeah should be fine. Might get a tad warm but it'll be fine

 

[Sasahara]

It won't be even close to having an SLI setup in term of temp on the top card vs yours.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I am running an FE GTX1080 in Cubitek Mini Cube case and it seems fine so far.

 

[chongker]

Modern components have onboard temperature monitoring, so they'll throttle and reduce power draw to protect themselves from damage. It does mean that performance might reduce though.

I would have thought the nano s has decent airflow though, especially if you add a second fan to the front, basically having plenty of fresh air blowing over your GPU area.

 

[smogsy]

you will be fine you may even see better temperatures.

As the case is the small the air will be circulated much faster = more fresh air hitting the gpu more often.