Hi guys. Its probably just me being suspitious but here goes.
In my new system I have 2 6870's now I added a water cooling kit to my rig just for the CPU. It has a 140mm rad that is mounted to the rear exaust fan. and it has a 120mm the blows the air from the inside of the case to the outside of the case through the rad and out the back of the case.
The problem im having is that the heat that comes from the 2 gpu's is obviously going to trave upwards and right in the path is the inlet and the outlet for the radiator.
The gpu's have a small vent on the inside of the case that blows out very hot air, when the cards are under load. one problem with this is that the Xfire bridge covers over half of the vent on the top card. But surely letting the cards vent right inside the case is surely a desighne flaw is it not?
It would be better for them to just vent out the rear instead of venting inside the case and out the rear.
When the PC is under load I can feel the inlet and outlet pipes of the rad getting warm because of the hot air that is coming from the gpu's
Now on my CM storm Scout I do have the option of connecting 2 120mm fans to the side window that are directly over the GPU's is this worth doing to cool the air that is vented inside of the case?
I cant fault the stock cooling on the asus cards. they run at about 68 degress when under full load. but if i switch the fans to 100% it quickly cools them down to 48 degrees in no space of time at all.
Am i just being paranoid or is their a problem with the pipes being heated in this way?
Here is a pic of the inside of the case.
I have now droped the second card to a lower PCIE slot so that their is more airflow between them. but this pic was taken before i did that.
In my new system I have 2 6870's now I added a water cooling kit to my rig just for the CPU. It has a 140mm rad that is mounted to the rear exaust fan. and it has a 120mm the blows the air from the inside of the case to the outside of the case through the rad and out the back of the case.
The problem im having is that the heat that comes from the 2 gpu's is obviously going to trave upwards and right in the path is the inlet and the outlet for the radiator.
The gpu's have a small vent on the inside of the case that blows out very hot air, when the cards are under load. one problem with this is that the Xfire bridge covers over half of the vent on the top card. But surely letting the cards vent right inside the case is surely a desighne flaw is it not?
It would be better for them to just vent out the rear instead of venting inside the case and out the rear.
When the PC is under load I can feel the inlet and outlet pipes of the rad getting warm because of the hot air that is coming from the gpu's
Now on my CM storm Scout I do have the option of connecting 2 120mm fans to the side window that are directly over the GPU's is this worth doing to cool the air that is vented inside of the case?
I cant fault the stock cooling on the asus cards. they run at about 68 degress when under full load. but if i switch the fans to 100% it quickly cools them down to 48 degrees in no space of time at all.
Am i just being paranoid or is their a problem with the pipes being heated in this way?
Here is a pic of the inside of the case.
I have now droped the second card to a lower PCIE slot so that their is more airflow between them. but this pic was taken before i did that.
