If you have PSU in the bottom then you can put raid card in last slot, so fan from PSU will help to get air flowing around it. My LSI card runs like 50-60C in this setup.
It's not the case temps. Hardware RAID controllers get hot. They are designed for tight servers with high-speed fans.
Are the two chips the same height? Are there any components higher than them sitting between them?
What you can do is find a large 4"x5" heatsink and drill mounting points. I did this for the PERC 6/i.
(I think this is a picture of my PERC... but can't tell since it's blocked at work,)
Yap thats a Perc 6 you got the right pic.
@OP on my servers raid card i got two of the enzotec Copper heatsinks and stuck them on using 3M thermal tape, that dropped the temps a lot.
Also maybe consider selling the 2 5870's and grabing a single 5970, that would free up a more slots and allow you grab one of those dual slot pcie slot fan things that lian li do.
I like the heat sink idea. Would it be hard to get water blocks make to specs for the raid card? Not sure what goes into making them. My uncles family owns a fairly large machine shop 30 miles aways from me called Precision Enterprises.
Just a thought, if its not to much work.
0°C to 55°C* (with 200 LFM airflow; without battery)
0°C to 40°C* (with 200 LFM airflow; with battery)
this is for my card, and I'm using a battery.
Yet my temps are in the 70's and its gonna be another 10-15c warmer here soon..
hense why I wanna get this done.
Too hot is when you can you only boot the raid card from a cold boot(Problem I used to have)
Wow that sounds like an issue...
Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwwanna
Operating Temperature
0°C to 55°C* (with 200 LFM airflow; without battery)
0°C to 40°C* (with 200 LFM airflow; with battery)
this is for my card, and I'm using a battery.
Yet my temps are in the 70's and its gonna be another 10-15c warmer here soon..
hense why I wanna get this done.
Yea it seems like your playing with fire running over spec. constantly. Hopefully Duckie can help you out.
Originally Posted by kiwwanna
I have a fan on it. It pushes a lot of air on hi. Still in the 70's with this.
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hmm.. the purple dual fans push air on card and that big silver one pulling air out of case? If so, it is.. um.. not efficient in terms of airflow. Also, the purple one is too close to card, so card's rads are in dead zone of bearing ball.
Originally Posted by tarnumf
hmm.. the purple dual fans push air on card and that big silver one pulling air out of case? If so, it is.. um.. not efficient in terms of airflow. Also, the purple one is too close to card, so card's rads are in dead zone of bearing ball.
The silver box originally pulled air out. I switched the orientation so it blows cooler air in, then the purple blows it at the raid. Dead zone or not It should do some good. Either way thats why I'm trying to figure something better. I cant move the purple or the raid card so ..
Originally Posted by kiwwanna
Operating Temperature
0°C to 55°C* (with 200 LFM airflow; without battery)
0°C to 40°C* (with 200 LFM airflow; with battery)
this is for my card, and I'm using a battery.
Yet my temps are in the 70's and its gonna be another 10-15c warmer here soon..
hense why I wanna get this done.
Those are probably case temperatures... not card temps.
If your uncle owns a machine shop.... just make a custom heatsink!
Get a 6x3x.375" of scrap aluminum or copper. Ask him to cut the fins, mounting points, and cutouts for tall components.
if that silver fan has a good blow, then I would remove the purple one, it makes nothing good other than blocking air.
.. or replace your raid card - LSI MEGARAID SATA 300 is like $100-$120 nowadays.
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