- Nov 28, 2010
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Hello Everyone,
I have a GTX 670 and was planning on purchasing another for SLI to use with the Asus 27" PB278Q I just purchased for high fps and good times
. I realize that water cooling might be a smart option now that I have SLI to maintain nice temps especially if I overclock anything. I have seen these Arctic Accelero's and had already purchased one before I decided to buy another 670.
My case is the Haf X 942 and I have the Asus P8Z68-VPro motherboard. The mobo has 3 slots between the two cards and I've been reading that these coolers will take up around 2-3 slots.
I had a couple questions:
1. Is it possible to use the AC Accelero on one card and air cool the other? I know aesthetically this won't look good nor will I be helping the air cooled card...but haven't seen that question proposed anywhere else so I figured I'd ask.
2. Will using two of the AC Accelero's in my current case/mobo work? Has anyone used this combo of case, mobo and cooling at the same time before and how is it going for you?
3. Do I even really need water cooling? I like the closed loop idea cause of the low maintenance and I didn't want to get into serious open loop water cooling considering I've always been fine with just speeding up the stock fan on my GPU. I bought the accelero honestly for a paper I'm writing in a thermodynamics class and I wanted to get some temperatures and compare it to air cooling. I figured a side benefit will be better temps but now if I SLI I think I'm creating more issues.
Any help is needed. I have never water cooled, that's why I like these coolers due to the closed loop and ease of maintenance.
These are links to everything in case anyone hasn't seen these parts:
Mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131790R
Case
http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-HAF-Computer-RC-942-KKN1/dp/B003S68Q0Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1370096223&sr=1-1&keywords=haf+x+942
Arctic Accelero Hybrid
http://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Accelero-Hybrid-Ultimate-Cooling/dp/B008BHFVGM/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1370091277&sr=1-1&keywords=arctic+cooling+gtx+670
My GTX 670
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130785
Thanks
I have a GTX 670 and was planning on purchasing another for SLI to use with the Asus 27" PB278Q I just purchased for high fps and good times
. I realize that water cooling might be a smart option now that I have SLI to maintain nice temps especially if I overclock anything. I have seen these Arctic Accelero's and had already purchased one before I decided to buy another 670.My case is the Haf X 942 and I have the Asus P8Z68-VPro motherboard. The mobo has 3 slots between the two cards and I've been reading that these coolers will take up around 2-3 slots.
I had a couple questions:
1. Is it possible to use the AC Accelero on one card and air cool the other? I know aesthetically this won't look good nor will I be helping the air cooled card...but haven't seen that question proposed anywhere else so I figured I'd ask.
2. Will using two of the AC Accelero's in my current case/mobo work? Has anyone used this combo of case, mobo and cooling at the same time before and how is it going for you?
3. Do I even really need water cooling? I like the closed loop idea cause of the low maintenance and I didn't want to get into serious open loop water cooling considering I've always been fine with just speeding up the stock fan on my GPU. I bought the accelero honestly for a paper I'm writing in a thermodynamics class and I wanted to get some temperatures and compare it to air cooling. I figured a side benefit will be better temps but now if I SLI I think I'm creating more issues.
Any help is needed. I have never water cooled, that's why I like these coolers due to the closed loop and ease of maintenance.
These are links to everything in case anyone hasn't seen these parts:
Mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131790R
Case
http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-HAF-Computer-RC-942-KKN1/dp/B003S68Q0Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1370096223&sr=1-1&keywords=haf+x+942
Arctic Accelero Hybrid
http://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Accelero-Hybrid-Ultimate-Cooling/dp/B008BHFVGM/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1370091277&sr=1-1&keywords=arctic+cooling+gtx+670
My GTX 670
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130785
Thanks
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