cooling options for GPU

claptonman

claptonman

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Here's my card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125384

I am not sure how my card is cooled. Does it come out the back by the expansion slots or does it circulate inside the case? It has a small vent in back but doesn't seem like its enough:

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Here's a pic of my system:

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I got a little slot fan. It was only $5 at microcenter so I'll give it a shot:

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I do have the option of a 120mm fan at the bottom by my PSU. Would that help at all? Would I want it blowing in or out? Oh, and my case is the storm sniper. It has a 200mm in front and on the side blowing in and a 200mm fan on top and 120mm in the back blowing out.

Thanks.
 
I think that card recirculates the air back into the case. I suppose you could give that bottom mounted 120 a try, just make sure it doesn't put too much dust into the case.
 
I was going to suggest the Thermalright Shaman but it does not fit the non-reference gigabyte 570. It does fit the non-ref EVGA ones though.
 
BurningSkyline said:
I think that card recirculates the air back into the case. I suppose you could give that bottom mounted 120 a try, just make sure it doesn't put too much dust into the case.
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But wouldn't I want it pointing down so it pushes air out of the case?

@linkin I think my cooler is fine itself, it just needs a way to get that air out of the case. Apply arctic silver 5 would probably be a good idea, but still need to get the air out.
 
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cabinfever1977 said:
the fan on video cards suck air from in the case, cool the video card heat sink and blows out the back
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Not all of them. If you look at the back of my card, it has a very small port for ventilation, and some video cards recirculates the air back in. The ones that wouldn't would be closed-style ones like this:

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Where the entire system is closed. If you look at mine, it has edges and holes everywhere for the heat to escape. Guess I kind of answered my own question, but still would like to know what some options are.
 
That card doesn't vent out the back. HAve you considered watercooling? More than halved my temps.
 
bigfellla said:
That card doesn't vent out the back. HAve you considered watercooling? More than halved my temps.
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I have, but my budget is very small and I don't want to do a full loop.

I was asking in the "liquid cooling 101" thread about it. I haven't done much research, but I would like to be able to attach a closed-loop system for it. But I think I'd have to mod my card to fit something like a Corsair H-series. But I'm not too excited to mod my $350 video card.
 
Just install a 120mm fan and point it at the graphics card.

That GTX570 is the gigabyte version (i have the 580s) windforce right?

That is a reference design so you could easily get a watercooling loop. Its 6 screws, piece of piss. But costly.

That card blows the air up and in the case, so point a fan at it from behind. I drew a picture lol

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Or crank the fans up with MSI afterburner, noisy though.

Also consider taking that dumbass 140mm fan off, i have the 600T case, and it came with 2 of them, they're useless. Put some 120mm fans (2 of em) at the top instead.
 
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They're actually 200mm fans, I dunno if that's what your corsair had or not. I'll consider it, but for now I'm concerned about around the GPU.

I do have the 200mm fan in the front blowing in. But I could attach a 120mm fan to the hard drive cages via some zip ties:

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If that'll give better temps for my GPU. I know it gets to around 50c-55c on BF3 with high settings, but I want to possibly overclock it and play on ultra. I'll play an hour of BF3 at ultra and report the temps.
 
Yeah i meant to write 200mm, same fans, shitty. Get rid of it (I had it for a while behind the hdd in a push pull )

Replace it with 2 or even 4 120mm fans on top. Drag that hot air out.

Yeah i know you're concerned with the GPU, but if you get the heat out of the case, it helps a lot.
 
claptonman said:
But wouldn't I want it pointing down so it pushes air out of the case?

@linkin I think my cooler is fine itself, it just needs a way to get that air out of the case. Apply arctic silver 5 would probably be a good idea, but still need to get the air out.
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I would use it as intake so you have Front-side-bottom intake and top-back exhaust. If you used it as an exhaust your airflow may be a bit odd.
 
Hot air rises, so use the top fans to exhaust (rear and top) and the front bottom fan as an intake. You want to move the air away from the GPU heatsink as quickly as possible, thus the fan at the back of the gpu.
 
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