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Airflow for SLI config

edschofield15
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I'm going to be upgrading my rig with a second graphics card soon, I have been planing to get an extra couple of case fans to direct air up to the bottom card and in between the cards. I;m wondering what would be the best choice for fans, I was thinking AP123's. Let me know what you think

i7-3960X@4.4 GHz, H100i (W/ AP-15 Fans), R9 290X , 32GB DDR3 1866 MHz, Asus RIVE, CM HAF X

 

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AP123 is great fan but they are pressure optimised so it wont push that much air. :)

(For airflow go whit Bitfenix fans or something like that)  :)

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bottom card will be fine the top card will be 3-5c higher in temps (it depends on your airflow) i gheto mounted a fan directly front of my gpu's and it made 2c on idle and no difference under load (it runs on12v and louder than my gpu fan on %40) well it depends on you i guess

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What type of cooler is on each card?

 

e.g

 

top = axial, bottom = blower

 

or

 

top = custom triple fan, bottom = axial

 

etc

Both cards are using the refrence GTX 580 Cooler with the blower style fan

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Get the second card first. Get an extra cooler afterwards if you need one.

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