3x Gigabyte R9 280X OC - Overheating middle Card - Mining

stefanknudsen

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Hi everyone

Im currently having heat issues with my middle Card, of the 3 x GFX Cards in my system, when Im mining.
The top and bottom Card is stable at around 75 Celcius but the middle card, which is very close to the bottom card gets up til 100 Celcius. Seems like the middle card is so close to the bottom card that the problem might be "the air intake".

Most miners uses special build rigs because of these "middle card heat issues".

Ive been looking for a water cooling solution with the "nzxt kraken g10" bracket, but it seems to me that the card with this cooler on it, wont fit into my system, because of the bottom card. The card + NZXT cooler seems to big!

Anyone got some suggestions?

Specs:
XFX ProSeries Black Edition 1250W PSU
3 x Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB GDDR5
Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H, Socket-1150
Intel Core i5-4670 Processor
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 8GB CL9
WD Desktop Green 1TB
Cooler Master HAF X Big Tower Black
 

aikor

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it may also be a problem with DUST.Try cleaning the cards fans..there might be dust inside the fan and blocking the heatsink.This can cause overheating problems...if this doesnt work then u will need a new rig with proper cooling systems