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I finally did it. I bought myself my first SLI, performance wise, it's heaven. I can run ANYTHING I play maxed out without a single instant of stuttering. There's a downside though, it is as noisy as a U.S. Army Helicopter. My guess is it doesn't help the two cards are so close (my upper card has 67°/82° and my lower card 45°/75°)
Long term, I plan to get 2x Danger Den Waterblocks and setup my whole rig to make use of the Water Cooling. But it's quite costy and it will have to wait.
Mid term, granted it actually FITS, I was thinking of buying 2x Accelero Arctic Extreme Pro (the custom cooler which I had on my previous VGA which was quite effective in bringing down temperatures and noise level).
Short term, I was thinking of moving the second card to the lowest slot in order to improve the air circulation inside the case, problem is... it seems it doesn't fit. As you can see by the picture the card would collide with the USB ports on the motherboard. Not to mention the fact that due to my case (Thermaltake Element V) even if I manage to put the lower card on the lowest PCI-E port I will have to give up on the hole in the rear of my case which would let the lower card heat sink push out air.
My question is, is there any way to fit the second card in the lowest spot on my motherboard? Does anyone have my same MB (Asus Rampage Extreme II) and same SLI Config (2x GTX 580) and managed to do it?
Long term, I plan to get 2x Danger Den Waterblocks and setup my whole rig to make use of the Water Cooling. But it's quite costy and it will have to wait.
Mid term, granted it actually FITS, I was thinking of buying 2x Accelero Arctic Extreme Pro (the custom cooler which I had on my previous VGA which was quite effective in bringing down temperatures and noise level).
Short term, I was thinking of moving the second card to the lowest slot in order to improve the air circulation inside the case, problem is... it seems it doesn't fit. As you can see by the picture the card would collide with the USB ports on the motherboard. Not to mention the fact that due to my case (Thermaltake Element V) even if I manage to put the lower card on the lowest PCI-E port I will have to give up on the hole in the rear of my case which would let the lower card heat sink push out air.
My question is, is there any way to fit the second card in the lowest spot on my motherboard? Does anyone have my same MB (Asus Rampage Extreme II) and same SLI Config (2x GTX 580) and managed to do it?
