I'm defiently getting a corsair CPU cooler, but I'm wondering with a double GTX 780 set up is it a necessity to water cool them? I'm just not sure if my case fans alone are good enough(3 120mm rosewill fans, a corsair 900d 140mm stock fan)to keep my graphics cards nice and cool at moderate overclocking.
Is liquid cooling a necessity for high - endish rigs?
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dwatterworth
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For a double GPU setup, the real strain on the GPU temperatures is the distance away from each other on the motherboard which directly affects the clearance from front of card to back of 2nd card. If the front of one card is pretty much flush with the back of the other card, that first card is going to have very very poor air cooling in which case even before overclocking you would probably want to pursue a solution of moving the 2nd GPU, adding them into your liquid cooling loop or some type of lower profile aftermarket GPU cooler.
manofchalk
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As mentioned, in SLI/Crossfier setups the real concern is having the cards so close together rather than insufficient case airflow. Having extremely hot cards in that space was never a thing when they designed the ATX standard, so it isn't the best.
Water-cooling can fix this issue since it removes the need for airflow over the cards and offsets it to a radiator located somewhere else. It will lower your temps a fair way even compared too just a single card with unimpeded airflow, however I wouldnt say its completely necessary.
If your interested in doing it, here is where I suggest you start learning up on water-cooling.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/277130-29-read-first-watercooling-sticky
Water-cooling can fix this issue since it removes the need for airflow over the cards and offsets it to a radiator located somewhere else. It will lower your temps a fair way even compared too just a single card with unimpeded airflow, however I wouldnt say its completely necessary.
If your interested in doing it, here is where I suggest you start learning up on water-cooling.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/277130-29-read-first-watercooling-sticky
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