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Title: Building 4x 7970 rig and having heat issues. Post by: baritus on May 07, 2013, 04:06:18 PM Hey guys,
I'm building a 4x Gigabyte Radeon 7970 rig in a Corsair II case. The cards peak at 77 when there are two of them, but when I add a third in between, the card temp sky rockets(there isn't much space between one card and another..) Are there any solutions to this? Thank you. Title: Re: Building 4x 7970 rig and having heat issues. Post by: Kalen on May 07, 2013, 04:12:01 PM File or Milk Crates - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=66432.0
Use PCI-E riser extension cables (powered). Title: Re: Building 4x 7970 rig and having heat issues. Post by: Therion on May 07, 2013, 04:13:12 PM Risers, the answer is risers, check out this link for further info http://superuser.com/questions/412451/how-can-i-fit-6-7970-graphics-cards-in-one-computer
Title: Re: Building 4x 7970 rig and having heat issues. Post by: Ryu.Hayabusa on May 07, 2013, 04:13:42 PM Adding a side panel fan or two directing air at the cards might help.
Title: Re: Building 4x 7970 rig and having heat issues. Post by: m3whiteknight on May 07, 2013, 07:43:51 PM Gigabyte card run hotter than other manufactures. You need a riser and a big fan blow air over all four cards to help them out.
Title: Re: Building 4x 7970 rig and having heat issues. Post by: Ryu.Hayabusa on May 07, 2013, 08:32:23 PM You could also try replacing the stock thermal paste with something of higher quality. Might not help but it's worth a try.
Title: Re: Building 4x 7970 rig and having heat issues. Post by: mt_bird on May 07, 2013, 08:54:43 PM I'm guessing the middle card is the one that's overheating? You should get some risers, but in the meantime, try undervolting and/or underclocking the card(s) until temps are safe (under 85C or so).
Title: Re: Building 4x 7970 rig and having heat issues. Post by: cdog on May 07, 2013, 09:20:04 PM Anything up to and around 90c is fine for a GPU. Do your homework. People are paranoid but trust me, these wont be worth $20 in 5 years so they dont need to be run at some super low temp like 70c.
Most cards will automatically throttle at 100c or so thats the real upper limit... Title: Re: Building 4x 7970 rig and having heat issues. Post by: mt_bird on May 07, 2013, 09:26:35 PM I basically agree with cdog. I try to keep my cards under 85C now, but I've actually run a couple of them in the low 90s for several weeks with no problems. Even if you run the cards around 90C, they should still last a long time (maybe not several years, but long enough to pretty much become obsolete by the time they fail).
Title: Re: Building 4x 7970 rig and having heat issues. Post by: computerparts on May 08, 2013, 12:25:29 AM Anything up to and around 90c is fine for a GPU. Do your homework. People are paranoid but trust me, these wont be worth $20 in 5 years so they dont need to be run at some super low temp like 70c. Lol no not for 24/7. Title: Re: Building 4x 7970 rig and having heat issues. Post by: lano1106 on May 08, 2013, 03:07:09 AM Baritus,
When you talk about Corsair II case. What is it exactly? I was looking to acquire a Carbide 500R to host a 3 GPUs rig: http://www.corsair.com/en/pc-cases/carbide-series-pc-case/carbide-series-500r-mid-tower-case.html Could not find any reference to Corsair II case on their website... |