Okay guys.. so I've always been wondering which would be better - a graphics card which exhausts most air out of the case but is also reference or a card which exhausts some in the case but has more heatpipes etc. Let's take the GTX460 for example and the first card would be the EVGA, second one the MSI Hawk, both 1gig versions. Say if I was to buy two of either kind and SLI them which would fair better? And I know you'll say that case matters a lot but for arguments sake I'm using a Maelstrom or HAF 932/X.
Graphics exhausts
- Thread starter TMaksimov
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Would depend on case air flow,
Heat pipes are a big thing but look at coolers with 3x 100mm Fans on them, its a bit hard to direct all that air flow out a single PCI slot with a grill on it, It would be so limited and not to mention how loud it would be for even more common fans like a single 100mm fan.
There is only so much air they can vent out threw one of those tiny holes, I wouldn't stress to much about warm air going back into your case, Just make sure you have good air flow threw out the case with the best balance between exhaust and intake you can get.
If your overclocking and really worried about that warm air staying in the case turn the side fan that blows on the video cards normally (most cases have one even the HAF 929 x) and turn it around to exhaust the air out. or cut a hole in the side if your case doesn't have one.
Heat pipes are a big thing but look at coolers with 3x 100mm Fans on them, its a bit hard to direct all that air flow out a single PCI slot with a grill on it, It would be so limited and not to mention how loud it would be for even more common fans like a single 100mm fan.
There is only so much air they can vent out threw one of those tiny holes, I wouldn't stress to much about warm air going back into your case, Just make sure you have good air flow threw out the case with the best balance between exhaust and intake you can get.
If your overclocking and really worried about that warm air staying in the case turn the side fan that blows on the video cards normally (most cases have one even the HAF 929 x) and turn it around to exhaust the air out. or cut a hole in the side if your case doesn't have one.
Thanks for the replies! It's just something I can't help thinking about. Seems it depends on the card, really. Like the evga closed cooler works ok with the 460 but struggles with 470/80 and the likes. On the other hand the Hawk thingy is surprisingly loud for an MSI card if you pump up the jam.
Rastalovich
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Always struck me as stupid that 3rd party coolers 'just' blow down on their intended item.
Of course, it raises a hurricane at your gpu (or whatever you're cooling with them), and you sit back happy in the knowledge that you can (or should is probably the better word) clock the crap out of it.
But then, it's adding to the pressure and subsequent temp of the rest of the internal items. Do xfire and you're in real anxious times.
These gpus tend to have the reference grill still at the pci plate end of the cards - my idea/solution would be to have a duct/lip on the edge of the existing grill exhaust and tilt the currently downward facing fans ever-so-slightly toward the grill exhaust.
Granted, all of the heat more than likely won't escape cos of the fan flow being that much greater than the stock card, but it'll sure as hell cut down on the amount being blown around the case.
IPSO-FATSO !
Of course, it raises a hurricane at your gpu (or whatever you're cooling with them), and you sit back happy in the knowledge that you can (or should is probably the better word) clock the crap out of it.
But then, it's adding to the pressure and subsequent temp of the rest of the internal items. Do xfire and you're in real anxious times.
These gpus tend to have the reference grill still at the pci plate end of the cards - my idea/solution would be to have a duct/lip on the edge of the existing grill exhaust and tilt the currently downward facing fans ever-so-slightly toward the grill exhaust.
Granted, all of the heat more than likely won't escape cos of the fan flow being that much greater than the stock card, but it'll sure as hell cut down on the amount being blown around the case.
IPSO-FATSO !
