Sweet thermal images of my gaming rig at PDX Lan 25!

[Arct1c0n]

Hey all! I had earlier account but for the life of me I can't remember login info and the old email I had was shut down due to spam, so I had to start all over here

 

Anyway, I had the awesome opportunity to get my newly upgraded gaming rig to be scanned by the awesome folks from PugetSystems during PDX 25 LAN the other week! It's amazing to see how much heat and were a computer makes that our naked eyes simply can't detect!

 

 

 

 

 

CoolerMaster HAF XB Evo case

Intel i7 4790k at stock settings on Thermalright 140 True Spirit Power

Asus STRIX GTX 980 @ 1470mhz core/ 7.6ghz memory

Asus ROG Maximum HERO VII

16gigs G.Skill TridentX DDR3 2400

Samsung 850 evo 500gig

WesternDigital 640gig Caviar Black

Soundblaster Z

 

 

 

 

For a realistic heat load, I put on Dragon Age at 1920x1200P in windowed mode. For some reason, running in window mode made my GPU usage pegg to 100% load vs full screen mode that I normally play at, you can see temps at around 62c and the i7 at around mid 50's

 

 

 

 

Wow, check that out! Talk about seeing the invisible!

 

 

 

No heat in the front which makes sense

 

 

 

 

Peering down through the window

 

 

 

 

Wow, look at how the heat radiates to through the case and even lexan window above GPU!

 

 

 

 

A view through side panel into the inferno. Talk about so freaking cool!

 

 

 

For fun, me on thermal image while checking my computer

 

 

 

 

Wow, so thats the heat a dell 24" LCD monitor makes, just from LED's alone

 

 

 

 

Time for more scans closer up!

 

 

 

 

How humans normally see things...

 

 

 

 

That STRIX 980 is by far the hottest thing, you can actually see the heat pipes glow white compared to the cool running HD below

 

 

 

 

Closer up view of HDD and SSD.  The thermal scanner averages what it see's, so a closer up view produces more thermal details of what is and cool, so be sure to note the scale to the right side

 

 

 

 

Lava hot GTX 980, even with fans at 60% speed!

 

 

 

 

Wow, you can really see how the hot air radiates and warms up surrounding equipment!

 

[Nup]

Thats pretty damn cool, iv always wanted one of those sensors. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

That's pretty cool. Probably a good way to optimise the cooling and airflow too. 

[Kyuubixchidori]

I want to see what my rig looks like with 2 7970s that can get pinned at 80*C lol

[Arct1c0n]

View from the other side with panel off. I forgot to take more pics onsite, so these are earlier pics before I left for LAN party
 

 
 
 
Again, the 980 sticks out like a furnace. You can see the heat radiating to the lower level of the HAF XB, which is pretty amazing. The Corsair AX860 PSU is pretty cold in comparison as well as the CPU heatsink
 

 
 

Closer look at 140mm heatsink. Amazingly, the Thermalright 140 Power keeps pretty dang cool in comparison to the GPU roasting next to it. You can see the RAM and surround parts are also fairly cool
 
 

 
 
 
Man, that overclocked 980 behind the backplate is an oven!
 

 
 
 
View straight down, you can see the mobo VRM heatsinks actually being pretty warm, even at stock 4790k speeds
 

 
 
Wow, and this with no CPU oveclock, look at how warm those mobo power module heatsink get!
 

 
 
 
Another angle from other side. I took these pics earlier before LAN
 

 
 

 

Again, that 980 is volcano of the system
 

 

 
You actually see behind the fan were the GPU die is!
 

 

 
 
 
Front top view. Again, I forgot to take pics at LAN so these are just for reference
 

 
 

 
 
No way, my Soundblaster Z core gets that warm? Who knew?
 

 
 
 
The Thermalright 140mm fan sure does a good job of keeping the 4790k cool for just air
 

 
 
 
Rear view of heatsink, you can see the heat rising from the heatpipes and onto the fins
 

 

 
Straight down, that GPU and mobo power VRM modules are toasty
 

 
 
This one turned out a little weird, musta got camera too close.
 

[Arct1c0n]

Lets take a look from the rear. 
 

 
 
Its pretty warm in in the exhuast area! Look at the heat from that 980 and inside PSU!
 

 
 
Took top off , still warm in there!
 

 
 

Amazing how much warm air that rear chassis fan is exhausting as well as the heat radiating to the rear of the case. I'm amazed something that hot is inside the Corsair AX860 power supply!
 

 
 

Amazing, you can even see the fan get hub/motor warm in comparison


 
 

A friend of mines custom water cooling beast. Lets see how water does!


 
 

Wow, totally different. And yet, the twin 780's glow warm even under water cooling
 

 
 
The mobo is almost warmest part of the system!
 

 
 
Up close, you can see more details of the hotter parts.


 
 
Check out how warm those silverstone motors get in comparison to everything else!
 

 
 
You can actually see the hot water entering the radiator from the GPU's!
 

 
 
And this is what happens when you stack your hard drives!
 

 
 
This is what a thermal imaged LAN party looks like! The dark spots on the ceiling are the AC vents and the hot spots are the lights. At night, you can actually see the power conduits in the walls because we pull so much power! 
 

 
 
No wonder LAN parties get hot inside!
 

[Arct1c0n]

I want to see what my rig looks like with 2 7970s that can get pinned at 80*C lol

 

Likely all white in the image lol

[Kyuubixchidori]

Likely all white in the image lol

I run them underclocked most of the time, because they can still max out any game with ease, and are dead quite. I love it.

 

But when its time to benchmark, all hell breaks loose. 

[flibberdipper]

I wish I had a thermal camera for my rigs.

[Kyuubixchidori]

I wish I had a thermal camera for my rigs.

Wonder what kicks out more heat, 7950 triple slot cooler+ 7970, or your 7950 and 480. 

 

I Just need to get my buddies with 2x7950s and my other friend with 290. Then I can turn the houses heat off lol

[evinta]

That looks oh so cool!

 

I would love to have one for Tiddles. Would love to see my GPU under load teehee.

[ExcitezR]

oh my this thread is the scroll of death 

[hazza_ob]

that guys watercooled rig near the end, all pretty low temps just showing off... haha

[Dabombinable]

How much does one of those sensors cost, because I want one right now.

[LiamApex]

what case ?

[MblaZe7run]

This is cool as hell. My HD 6950 get super hot. It would be awesome to see thermal imaging for my case!

[Arct1c0n]

How much does one of those sensors cost, because I want one right now.

 

If I recall, that model was around $2000 that they "upgraded" via the firmware by flashing the ROM from 160x120 images to 320x240

 

 

what case ?

 

CoolerMaster HAF XB EVO

[flibberdipper]

Wonder what kicks out more heat, 7950 triple slot cooler+ 7970, or your 7950 and 480. 

 

I Just need to get my buddies with 2x7950s and my other friend with 290. Then I can turn the houses heat off lol

My 7950 and 480 both run about as hot under load (although my 480 is louder, but it's not as annoying sounding as my 7950's fans cranked up). Idling my 480 is hotter.

[Inkz]

Anyone know how much it costs for a thermal image sensor?

[Arct1c0n]

Anyone know how much it costs for a thermal image sensor?

 

 

Not cheap

 

http://www.grainger.com/product/22UL87?cm_sp=HIO-_-HIDP-_-RR_VTV70300505&cm_vc=IDPRRZ13&zoneId=IDPRRZ13

[Inkz]

Not cheap

 

http://www.grainger.com/product/22UL87?cm_sp=HIO-_-HIDP-_-RR_VTV70300505&cm_vc=IDPRRZ13&zoneId=IDPRRZ13

[907rider]

Hmmm interesting to see the heat output differences between the GPU's and the CPU's. Also interesting to see how the heat pipes get hot and cary the heat way!

[Arct1c0n]

Hmmm interesting to see the heat output differences between the GPU's and the CPU's. Also interesting to see how the heat pipes get hot and cary the heat way!

Considering gpus have been pumping out more heat vs Cpus for some time due to technology and market demands, not really

[907rider]

Considering gpus have been pumping out more heat vs Cpus for some time due to technology and market demands, not really

 

 

Woooah, no need to be cynical.  I was just saying that **I** find it interesting.  Pretty sure I know first hand that GPU's output more heat as I'm running 2x 680 GTX's (SOC editions) in my rig.  Stress test those puppies and the room will be at 80 degrees (F) in no time.  

 

Also GPU's tend to be hotter because they have all of their power delivery and filtering on-board, as well as all their own memory. So imagine about the top 1/4 of your mobo condensed down onto that pcb.   All that coupled with the fact that they tend to have higher TDP's than cpu's annnd that they have less surface area to dissipate heat makes them as I said interesting things to look at, thermally at least.

[Arct1c0n]

Woooah, no need to be cynical. I was just saying that **I** find it interesting

Wasn't meaning to be cynical to begin with