[ABerd]

I got bored and added another fan right in front of my 560's. It sits perfectly on top of my HDD cage and with some double sided sticky tape, there's no worry of it moving or falling. Idle went from 31c/30c to 29c/27c and dropped a few degrees also while gaming. Only went through a couple benchmarks, but it was a quick and easy mod for a few degress.

Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics and dusty case lol. I was also thinking of taking the shrouds off the 560's and see if that drops temps also. During during they only get to about ~60c.

 

[dealio]

nice

i recently went SLI, and im not happy with temps so i ordered better 140mm case fans. i will try something like this with the old fans

 

[*AcidBath*]

A huge shortcoming of the gtx 560 cooler is it exhaust most of the heat into your case, and SLI doubles that problem. As demonstrated by the OP, be prepared for this. (BTW, stating the obvious here...oh well).

Years ago with my SLI 7800gt I had to do that same sort of setup to control temps. I swore from that experience I'd never bother again with SLI nor with cards that don't exhaust most of their heat out of the case...but unfortunately at this point in time the 560 TFII is best card for all my other requirements (and thus dealing with noisy case fan setting once more, ugh). This is the only thing I miss about my retired gtx 275.

 

[ABerd]

Yeah, I wish the cooler would exhaust the air to the rear. I might take the shroud off when I have free time next week. I heard it'll drop the temps a little bit

 

[TickleMeElmo]

Considering how the GTX560 doesn't really have a blower fan in the same way the higher end products do, taking the shroud off may indeed help the temps if you have good air flow in your case.

 

[xxtwkxx]

Nice cooling. Wish mine was like that

 

[windfire]

As it is rightly pointed out that the two GTX560 Ti have (at least) half of their heat exhausted into the case via their front , I think the current approach is not optimal (as the added fan is just pushing these hot air back into the cards. The reason why the temp does not go up but drops a little is perhaps because this brute force approach also forces more ambient air into the cards...and those hot air will then have to travel down to the other end...further warming that end before escaping vai the rear).

I suggest 2 provisions:-
(1) devise a clear distinct escape path of this hot exhaust from the front of the two GTX560's

(2) provide more air through the side panel as this direction of entrance of fresh air is ideal to reach the 2 intake fans of the cards and at the same time does not interfere with the cards' hot exhaust.

For a more detailed explanation, please see my post #12:
http://www.overclock.net/computer-ca...ii-best-2.html

Note: OP's ZEROTherm ZT-10D will have to re-oriented to point upward.

 

[ABerd]

Quote:

Originally Posted by windfire As it is rightly pointed out that the two GTX560 Ti have (at least) half of their heat exhausted into the case via their front , I think the current approach is not optimal (as the added fan is just pushing these hot air back into the cards. The reason why the temp does not go up but drops a little is perhaps because this brute force approach also forces more ambient air into the cards...and those hot air will then have to travel down to the other end...further warming that end before escaping vai the rear). I suggest 2 provisions:- (1) devise a clear distinct escape path of this hot exhaust from the front of the two GTX560's (2) provide more air through the side panel as this direction of entrance of fresh air is ideal to reach the 2 intake fans of the cards and at the same time does not interfere with the cards' hot exhaust. For a more detailed explanation, please see my post #12: http://www.overclock.net/computer-ca...ii-best-2.html Note: OP's ZEROTherm ZT-10D will have to re-oriented to point upward.

Yeah, I kinda figured it was forcing air through one side which is what I had intended. I'm no fan of a side fan though. This is just a temporary solution until I can upgrade to dual 570/580's with external exhaust.

 

[Abs.exe]

Whoever isn't happy with their temps :
I never buy reference design for that reason.
Noisy and high temps.
Look at the Direct Cu II Overclocked at 900mhz 1.1 volt never above 60 degrees, idle at 30.
Note that is at 40% fan speed which I can't hear, I could crank it to 50 and get better temps.

 

[dealio]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abs.exe;13140846
Whoever isn't happy with their temps :
I never buy reference design for that reason.
Noisy and high temps.
Look at the Direct Cu II Overclocked at 900mhz 1.1 volt never above 60 degrees, idle at 30.
Note that is at 40% fan speed which I can't hear, I could crank it to 50 and get better temps.

• cool story bro
• most in this thread dont have reference cards, only the OP
• notice the "s" for plural... SLI
• also notice your awesome Direct Cu II Overclocked at 900mhz 1.1 volt never above 60 degrees, idle at 30 is a 3-slot card
• SLI'ing 3-slot cards sucks

http://rif.org

 

[SamaNanashi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dealio cool story bro most in this thread dont have reference cards, only the OP notice the "s" for plural... SLI also notice your awesome Direct Cu II Overclocked at 900mhz 1.1 volt never above 60 degrees, idle at 30 is a 3-slot card SLI'ing 3-slot cards sucks http://rif.org

this.

that orange fan is beautiful

what is it?

 

[juano]

Call me crazy but I would say SLIing triple slot cards ROCKS!!!

Now TRI SLIing triple slot cards on the other hand, that may suck.

 

[dealio]

Quote:

Originally Posted by juano Call me crazy but I would say SLIing triple slot cards ROCKS!!! Now TRI SLIing triple slot cards on the other hand, that may suck.

i mean, it rocks but it sucks to do

it requires bigger everything (full atx case, monster psu, extended axt mobo?)

 

[juano]

I'm not arguing with you because I think we are actually seeing eye to eye but triple slot coolers don't draw more power than dual slots, and my mobo will accommodate 2 triple slots with a PCIe x1 left for a sound card and it's not extended ATX.

Prior to Sandybrdige and maybe a little beforehand mobos that could accommodate 2 triple slot cards were rare and kind of a hassle but at least for p67 they have almost become the norm.

EDIT: I didn't even notice, your board can do the same 2 triple slots and a sound card too.

 

[-Apocalypse-]

Quote:

Originally Posted by SamaNanashi this. that orange fan is beautiful what is it?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...e=&srchInDesc=

Any of them with orange blades. It's white LEDs with clear orange blades, I've got 4 of them in my case, it looks great.

 

[AliceInChains]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dealio cool story bro most in this thread dont have reference cards, only the OP notice the "s" for plural... SLI also notice your awesome Direct Cu II Overclocked at 900mhz 1.1 volt never above 60 degrees, idle at 30 is a 3-slot card SLI'ing 3-slot cards sucks http://rif.org

not unless you have an evga board. evga leaves more space between pcie slots than asus boards. Thats my only complaint about my p8p67 deluxe. less space between cards so the top 1 runs hotter.

 

[juano]

Quote:

Originally Posted by AliceInChains not unless you have an evga board. evga leaves more space between pcie slots than asus boards. Thats my only complaint about my p8p67 deluxe. less space between cards so the top 1 runs hotter.

Pretty sure slots spacing is standardized to within a mm or so, otherwise your mobo that "leaves more space between pcie slots" would have to be matched up to a case that also does the same by the exact same amount or else it wouldn't fit.

 

[-Apocalypse-]

Quote:

Originally Posted by juano Pretty sure slots spacing is standardized to within a mm or so, otherwise your mobo that "leaves more space between pcie slots" would have to be matched up to a case that also does the same by the exact same amount or else it wouldn't fit.

He means that EVGA boards normally have slot 1 as a PCIe slot rather than the typical PCI slot. This change means rather than having your main pcie slots being overall slots 2/5, you use 1/5 so there's an entirely extra slot between.

At least, I'm pretty sure that's what he means, though I don't see many non-2-slot spacing Evga boards, they all allow you relative freedom to place the cards where you want rather than additional pcie slots being x4.

 

[juano]

Quote:

Originally Posted by -Apocalypse- He means that EVGA boards normally have slot 1 as a PCIe slot rather than the typical PCI slot. This change means rather than having your main pcie slots being overall slots 2/5, you use 1/5 so there's an entirely extra slot between. At least, I'm pretty sure that's what he means, though I don't see many non-2-slot spacing Evga boards, they all allow you relative freedom to place the cards where you want rather than additional pcie slots being x4.

That would make more sense if that's what he meant, but I have seen people complain that so and so brand mobos have slots that are too tight, not a particular model but the entire brand is shorting you a few mm of slot. LOL

 

[ABerd]

Quote:

Originally Posted by -Apocalypse- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...e=&srchInDesc= Any of them with orange blades. It's white LEDs with clear orange blades, I've got 4 of them in my case, it looks great.

Yeah, what he said. They're Xigatek's. The blue ones are the same but don't look as good.