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Title: My card is Super Hot Post by: Epicblood on October 17, 2012, 10:01:27 PM My GPU is running super hot (85+ Celsius)
Anything I can do to keep it cool, it's an NVidia GeForce GTX 465 (I got it for Gaming way before i started mining) I could definaty make the airflow better, right now cables are everywhere. How bad is it that its this hot? Title: Re: My card is Super Hot Post by: mufa23 on October 17, 2012, 10:07:36 PM Yeah, it's bad... And yeah, that's Nvidia...
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Bwy_jNcQqdE/S7PHGKG5I9I/AAAAAAAADwg/nHu3Bz0sRYw/Nvidia_grill.jpg Title: Re: My card is Super Hot Post by: Epicblood on October 17, 2012, 10:12:08 PM Alright, ill try and get my cables more organized, won't be using this for mining too much longer anyway though, getting a few xilinx FPGAs (Virtex-6 not those cheap spartans xD )
Title: Re: My card is Super Hot Post by: panda1 on October 17, 2012, 10:17:20 PM Depending on what you're willing to do:
1. point additional spot cooler fans at the card, with something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835209044 or even some regular case fans if you have any spares. 2. re-apply thermal paste 3. replace existing fan, either with same type or aftermarket cooler: http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/detail?sArticle=18.%3F Title: Re: My card is Super Hot Post by: Gatorhex on October 17, 2012, 10:22:19 PM 90c is where solder gets brittle and graphics cards get broken..
.. so try and stay below 80 if you can. Cleaning up the cables is a good start, if you don't have dedicated cable storage areas use cable ties. Make sure you have a fan blowing in at the front and one blowing out at the back to pass air through the case. nVidia's are not very good for mining with, if you have a friend with a decent Ati card see if they will swap ;D https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison) Title: Re: My card is Super Hot Post by: Epicblood on October 17, 2012, 10:57:28 PM 90c is where solder gets brittle and graphics cards get broken.. My case has 4 fans in it, and I am working on getting a better setup (getting some Xilinx fpgas).. so try and stay below 80 if you can. Cleaning up the cables is a good start, if you don't have dedicated cable storage areas use cable ties. Make sure you have a fan blowing in at the front and one blowing out at the back to pass air through the case. nVidia's are not very good for mining with, if you have a friend with a decent Ati card see if they will swap ;D https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison) just redid the wiring a bit, lets see if that works xD Title: Re: My card is Super Hot Post by: crazyates on October 18, 2012, 03:38:33 AM I try and keep my card's under 70C, ESP for 24/7 mining. I've been able to undervolt my 7970, and my core temps are usually < 60C. At 85+, I wonder what your VRM temps are like, and you're just asking to kill your card.
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