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Title: Which is the best position for gpu card? vertical or horizontal? Post by: subie on January 17, 2018, 07:54:37 AM Hello,
What would be the best position for the gpu card? Vertical The gpu is positioned vertically/slight angle, and the exhaust is on top Horizontal The gpu is positioned horizontal, and the exhaust is at the back and is there any difference at all in the temperature? Thank you! Title: Re: Which is the best position for gpu card? vertical or horizontal? Post by: Tristan1337 on January 17, 2018, 08:00:53 AM I don't think you'll see any large difference whether it's vertical or horizontal.
FWIW, i have my cards positioned in a vertical position. And haven't noticed any difference myself. Title: Re: Which is the best position for gpu card? vertical or horizontal? Post by: Za1n on January 17, 2018, 08:16:27 AM It is more important to keep your cards spaced appropriately to avoid excess heat buildup and to under-volt them so as to further reduce heat.
Also, if you have many rigs, try to space them apart from one another as well or utilize external air flow such as a fan to direct the heat away from your rigs. Finally keeping dust and dirt buildup to a minimum with periodic cleaning is also beneficial to maintaining effective GPU cooling and thus increased the card's longevity. These practices will allow the fans on your GPUs to run at slower speeds, as too high of continuous fan speed is the number one reason for premature fan failures. While vertical and horizontal positioning may offer slight variations in operating temperatures, the bigger heat related issues are considered above. Title: Re: Which is the best position for gpu card? vertical or horizontal? Post by: adaseb on January 17, 2018, 08:19:24 AM I don't think it will do much difference temperature wise.
However it might make a difference with the fan longevity. The cheap sleeve bearing fans last longer if mounted horizontally. Title: Re: Which is the best position for gpu card? vertical or horizontal? Post by: subie on January 17, 2018, 08:27:04 AM Thank you very much everyone for the advice! :-* :-*
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