Is it safe to run fanless mode?

[Guest]

For example with the gtx 980 or with a pwm case fan? Any risks or all good things?

[Windows7ge]

2 minutes ago, Eihcal said:

For example with the gtx 980 or with a pwm case fan? Any risks or all good things?

So long as temperatures are adequate you can run fan-less. If they get too high then no.

[Spectrez]

only risk is that the PWM fan doesnt curve based on the GPU, but based on either CPU or MB temps - atleast on my MB

[manikyath]

in theory, as long as your vareous silicon has a bit of thermal mass strapped to it, it has plenty of time to throttle and/or shut down.

 

really for any build, but especially for a fanless/silent build you want to check in on the temps the system runs at under load, and make sure they dont get out of control over time.

[Guest]

6 hours ago, manikyath said:

in theory, as long as your vareous silicon has a bit of thermal mass strapped to it, it has plenty of time to throttle and/or shut down.

 

really for any build, but especially for a fanless/silent build you want to check in on the temps the system runs at under load, and make sure they dont get out of control over time.

around ~30 c going to run it for 24h to see

[manikyath]

18 minutes ago, Eihcal said:

around ~30 c going to run it for 24h to see

you shouldnt worry it'll set on fire, if our friend carey holzman manages to do crap like this you'll most likely not run into show-stopping issues:

 

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, manikyath said:

you shouldnt worry it'll set on fire, if our friend carey holzman manages to do crap like this you'll most likely not run into show-stopping issues:

 

its been running really well so far, 35 c after a bit. i agree with that vid

[Bcat00]

The video is pretty boring and crap but the idea he was trying to get out is top notch.

[crystal6tak]

12 hours ago, manikyath said:

you shouldnt worry it'll set on fire, if our friend carey holzman manages to do crap like this you'll most likely not run into show-stopping issues:

 

omfg, I wonder if you can do that with an intel quad core.

 

It'll be an insanely fast way to check if a chip is dead or not.

[Guest]

2 hours ago, crystal6tak said:

omfg, I wonder if you can do that with an intel quad core.

 

It'll be an insanely fast way to check if a chip is dead or not.

yeah just hold a fan on it