Here's hoping I can get some advice from a few of the pros around here.
I have recently upgraded my rig, got an ASUS ROG Swift and two Gigabyte G1 GTX 970 cards so that I can max fun in 1440p. The issue being, I didn't look ahead to anticipate temperature problems in SLI.
My case is a 800D - a notoriously difficult/bad case for air cooling. I always meant to go to water cooling down the road, as of now my CPU is on an Antec 920 Kuhler. But my 970's are air cooled pretty standardized.
I have some upgraded case fans (XSPC Xinrulians) and until now I never had much an issue with GPU temps (previously ran a GTX 680 solo card, which only had high temps due to OC). I'm finding that my GPU1 is idling high 30's to high 40's, the bottom one being 10-20 degrees C lower depending on idle or load.
What I don't want to do - blow $750-1k on a custom loop. Even though I know I might be there soon/someday, I have some serious saving to do real-life wise right now that makes that my last resort.
I'm trying to figure out a solution to cool the case down more. My idea:
-Switch my CPU Kuhler setup to move the rad from the top to the back, in exhaust flow.
-Get a few better case fans for intake at the 3 120mm top fan slots (maybe Corsair SP120s, or Noctua NF-F12).
-Install a Lian-Li 120mm case shroud for the 5.25" triple bay, and add a front intake.
-Jerry-Rig some sort of internal fan option over the SLI slot to increase airflow between the 970's.
-Order some slotted expansion slot brackets for the back so that heat/air can exhaust out the vented slots, as my G1's do not vent externally.
Everything short of whipping off the 800D side, and sticking a home fan on it.
Any help or ideas/confirmation from you all would be so greatly appreciated. Dragon Age Inquisition in load is spiking my GPU1 temp to 80c. I'm not even sure what the limit/throttle point is for the 970, and it's not that I haven't done a google search looking for it (though I suspect it is in fact 80c / EDIT: I see it's 98c... wow ok...).
At this point if I could get the top card to stay under 75c in max load, I'd feel pretty good about my position in the interim. Otherwise then I'm looking at a lot of water cooling parts, and downtime for modifying the case because the 800D awesomely doesn't support a native 480 rad up top and needs TLC on the bottom to get a 240 rad down there.
Just a bit frustrated. Your help, so very appreciated.
I have recently upgraded my rig, got an ASUS ROG Swift and two Gigabyte G1 GTX 970 cards so that I can max fun in 1440p. The issue being, I didn't look ahead to anticipate temperature problems in SLI.
My case is a 800D - a notoriously difficult/bad case for air cooling. I always meant to go to water cooling down the road, as of now my CPU is on an Antec 920 Kuhler. But my 970's are air cooled pretty standardized.
I have some upgraded case fans (XSPC Xinrulians) and until now I never had much an issue with GPU temps (previously ran a GTX 680 solo card, which only had high temps due to OC). I'm finding that my GPU1 is idling high 30's to high 40's, the bottom one being 10-20 degrees C lower depending on idle or load.
What I don't want to do - blow $750-1k on a custom loop. Even though I know I might be there soon/someday, I have some serious saving to do real-life wise right now that makes that my last resort.
I'm trying to figure out a solution to cool the case down more. My idea:
-Switch my CPU Kuhler setup to move the rad from the top to the back, in exhaust flow.
-Get a few better case fans for intake at the 3 120mm top fan slots (maybe Corsair SP120s, or Noctua NF-F12).
-Install a Lian-Li 120mm case shroud for the 5.25" triple bay, and add a front intake.
-Jerry-Rig some sort of internal fan option over the SLI slot to increase airflow between the 970's.
-Order some slotted expansion slot brackets for the back so that heat/air can exhaust out the vented slots, as my G1's do not vent externally.
Everything short of whipping off the 800D side, and sticking a home fan on it.
Any help or ideas/confirmation from you all would be so greatly appreciated. Dragon Age Inquisition in load is spiking my GPU1 temp to 80c. I'm not even sure what the limit/throttle point is for the 970, and it's not that I haven't done a google search looking for it (though I suspect it is in fact 80c / EDIT: I see it's 98c... wow ok...).
At this point if I could get the top card to stay under 75c in max load, I'd feel pretty good about my position in the interim. Otherwise then I'm looking at a lot of water cooling parts, and downtime for modifying the case because the 800D awesomely doesn't support a native 480 rad up top and needs TLC on the bottom to get a 240 rad down there.
Just a bit frustrated. Your help, so very appreciated.