sktrbssmn Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Hello, i am looking for some ideas on cooling down my video cards. I just upgraded my system to a new case and added a second 8800gtx(one good thing abut compusa going under), i moved everything to a thermaltake armor plus case, installed a couple extra 120m fans in addition to the ones that came stock. My idle temps are at 55 and 63 degrees and go to 63 and 77 under load. I have read that those are ok but would like to run them lower if possible my cpu temps have also risen to 33 idle and 47 and 51 under load on an E6850. I am running an air colled system and dont want to go to water. Was thinking about changing the 120 fans to 140's for more air flow. have looked at the vga coolers out there but they seem to be for one card only, and dont have room between the cards to add something to bottom card because audio card is between. any ideas would be helpful. dont like seeing the temps that high. thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoQuarter Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Were any of the additional 12cm fans variable speed, that you could bump up? Did you mount HDDs behind the front mount intake fans (or in the fan/HD cage)? I keep the lower 6 bays free, with 2 12cm VS fans, for unobstructed airflow to the board. How clean is your interior bundling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutlink Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Something like this has always worked rather well in my experience. It doesn't take up a PCI slot, it's cheap, and it covers a good range on both cards. I can't remember where I found mine, but I have 2 (over/under) and they work great. If you want a new cooler on your cards, I hear that the Thermalltake CL-GO102 is pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sktrbssmn Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 i have 2 hd's i put them in the hd rack instead of using the option to mount them on the bottom, that is where i installed the 2 extra fans, so the airflow from the front fan is blocked some by the harddrives. the extra fans are variable speed and i have them going at about have speed, above that they get kinda of loud, may have to get better fans(lol). as for the wiring i think i did a pretty good job, was very mindful of needing good airflow with going to the second card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruin Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Curious as to why you don't want to watercool? It's much more effective, and great choice for such high end cards. I'm WCing my GTX and my Q6600 @ 3.6GHz and my CPU never sees about about 70*C under load... and that's not even under optimal settings. Right now, after having my PC on all day, and running several games at maxed settings, I'm getting 50*C core and 45*C ambient - wow. I've got a handy dandy guide to water-cooling in this forum if you want to read over it and see how cheap and easy it is. You could WC both cards for about $250, not bad to protect your investment. Good luck to you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Ledanek Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 from various research and referrals two companies come into air cooling an 8800 GTX 1) ARCTIC COOLING ACCELS1 Rev 2 VGA Cooler further cooled down with 120mm Yate Loon D12SM 2) Thermalright HR-03 Plus cooled with 120mm Yate Loon D12SM while maintaining very little noise. Bear in mind this though, you may cool down your VGA, but by removing the shroud off the stock VGA, heat spreads off the VGA card throughout your case vs keeping the shroud and directing heat straight to the back of your case. I just looked at Thermaltake Armor website and not sure which one is yours. But as someone else have suggested in my case; since the CPU runs actually cooler than the VGA, why not invert your case, isolating the hotter VGA card to the top and maybe actually put the top case fan to good use. 120mm Yate Loon D12SM are quite bunch, though Scynthe seems quiter, but Petra's deal seems reasonable to anyones aircooling need. good luck and keep us posted with your worklog, so others may benefit from your experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCO*AFZ* Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Curious as to why you don't want to watercool? It's much more effective, and great choice for such high end cards. I'm WCing my GTX and my Q6600 @ 3.6GHz and my CPU never sees about about 70*C under load... and that's not even under optimal settings. Right now, after having my PC on all day, and running several games at maxed settings, I'm getting 50*C core and 45*C ambient - wow. I've got a handy dandy guide to water-cooling in this forum if you want to read over it and see how cheap and easy it is. You could WC both cards for about $250, not bad to protect your investment. Good luck to you! I think that voids your warranty though. Also.. as you have seen... gotta make sure you have no leaks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sktrbssmn Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 well after reading all day i think i am going to upgrade the 12cm fans to good quality 14c fans and add a third to the back of the hd rack and upgrade my cpu cooler, i just have the stock one on right now. as for way no water cooling, I know even to be dangerous(lol) and feel comfortable with the simple stuff. My wife is very understanding but if i had to replace these cards because of something i did, that might be pushing it. lol. will let everyong know the results, thank you for the info. I got started late to [GR] but have not found a game to take me away yet, and check the forums everyday. thanks to everyone who works so hard on this site and all the mods that make this game never the same twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruin Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I think that voids your warranty though. Also.. as you have seen... gotta make sure you have no leaks Har har har. I think it does void your warranty, I'm not certain to be honest. Hmmn, might have to look that up. sktrbssmn, Let us know how it works out for you! We always love range reports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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