980 ti too hot

[Virel]

I have a pair of galax 980ti hof running in sli, and they don't like to overclock once they reach about 70 degrees celcius. I have water blocks for them, but I don't have the money at the moment to build a custom loop. So I'm looking for an inexpensive way to keep the cards cool until I can build a loop.

[Optane^]

My single 980Ti runs around 65-70. You have two radiating heat ontop of eachother. That's not hot.

[TheSLSAMG]

3 minutes ago, Virel said:

I have a pair of galax 980ti hof running in sli, and they don't like to overclock once they reach about 70 degrees celcius. I have water blocks for them, but I don't have the money at the moment to build a custom loop. So I'm looking for an inexpensive way to keep the cards cool until I can build a loop.

The only alternative I can really think of is doing two Kraken G12s and two 120mm AIO CLCs, but that will cost about $180 USD before taxes. Honestly, I'd save up more money and then do it right the first time, especially since you already have the most expensive parts.

[Jurrunio]

Use a PCIe riser for the top card and mount it somewhere else, so it gets to breath fresh air rather than what's trapped between it and the second card? No idea how to actually implement that..

 

Also redo the thermal paste.

 

1 minute ago, TheSLSAMG said:

The only alternative I can really think of is doing two Kraken G12s and two 120mm AIO CLCs, but that will cost about $180 USD before taxes. Honestly, I'd save up more money and then do it right the first time, especially since you already have the most expensive parts.

Actually he only needs one AIO conversion for the top card, the card lower down can get better by blasting more airflow through the stock heatsink.

[Firewrath9]

Remove stock fans and stick regular ones on them.

[Virel]

24 minutes ago, TheSLSAMG said:

The only alternative I can really think of is doing two Kraken G12s and two 120mm AIO CLCs, but that will cost about $180 USD before taxes. Honestly, I'd save up more money and then do it right the first time, especially since you already have the most expensive parts.

you may be right. I should probably just wait until I have enough for the loop.

[Virel]

27 minutes ago, Optane^ said:

My single 980Ti runs around 65-70. You have two radiating heat ontop of eachother. That's not hot.

my top one can get to 80 during really intense loads, that's with the fans running at 100% and the case fans on high

[Charizard1996]

you could try mounting a Noctua Fan A15 or F12 on the bottom of the case and one on the side of the panel if you wanna do some modding.

[Virel]

4 minutes ago, Charizard1996 said:

you could try mounting a Noctua Fan A15 or F12 on the bottom of the case and one on the side of the panel if you wanna do some modding.

I actually already have a 200mm rosewill fan on the side and the top with a 180mm in the front and a 140mm in the rear. So airflow wise I'm covered, but I appreciate the suggestion.