How To Improve Cooling?

[TinFoilGreg]

Hey guys, I've recently bought 2x970's from MSi to run in SLI, and I was wondering how I could improve my cooling.

 

I'm about to buy a Noctua NH-D15 to replace my stock CPU cooler and for the rest of my cooling, the case I'm using is the NZXT H440 Mid Tower, I've got 3 intake fans that are 120 mm (stock) at the front of the case, 2 140's at the top and a single fan at the rear (All of these are White LED's from NZXT).

 

Do I even need to upgrade the cooling for the SLI? If so how would I go about doing it without blowing the budget?

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

are they reference "blower" coolers or open fan coolers?

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

also it sounds fine. if your GPU temps are too high, then it will be something to look into

[TinFoilGreg]

are they reference "blower" coolers or open fan coolers?

 

How do I find out? 

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

How do I find out? 

either send me a link to your card or take a look at it. if it looks like 1-3 case fans with an weird shroud, it's an open fan. if it looks like a hampster wheel, it's a blower

[TinFoilGreg]

either send me a link to your card or take a look at it. if it looks like 1-3 case fans with an weird shroud, it's an open fan. if it looks like a hampster wheel, it's a blower

 

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=193_1692&products_id=29086 That's the card, currently away from my PC

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

Your top card might get a little but warm but it shouldn't be too bad. If you can put a fan in the side of your case as an intake, that would help with that if it is too bad.

[TinFoilGreg]

Your top card might get a little but warm but it shouldn't be too bad. If you can put a fan in the side of your case as an intake, that would help with that if it is too bad.

 

Even if the side of my case is solid plastic? 

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

In that case(pun intended) you could just run as is. You should be fine what motherboard and CPU are you using?

[othertomperson]

It'll probably be fine in practice. But just for accuracy, this is an open fan cooler. The 970 isn't too bad, but hotter cards in SLI/Crossfire (like the GTX 480/580 or R9 290X) would definitely want ventilation close to them, either with a front or side panel fan.

[TinFoilGreg]

In that case(pun intended) you could just run as is. You should be fine what motherboard and CPU are you using?

 

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=27940 and http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=27534

 

No OC as of yet, may do it in the future.

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

that motherboard will give you a space between your two GPUs which will help with your temps

[TinFoilGreg]

that motherboard will give you a space between your two GPUs which will help with your temps

 

Awesome, thanks mate.