Kind of kicking myself for not buying the MSI version with the Corsair cooler. NVIDIAs GTX970 was on sale at Best Buy for about $70 cheaper, figured I couldn't go wrong with a designer card. Running Fallout 4 at moderately high settings, however, yields a GPU temperature high of 75-80°C. I'm running on an Intel i7 2600k @ 3.4 with 32 GB ddr3, and my CPU temp seems to match my GPU temp most of the time. I've already cleaned out my case and plan on adding (& possibly replacing) a case fan or two, my question is if PCI fan cards are a safe or even effective solution to cooling GPUs. Seems like they might interfere with the onboard GPU fan by counteracting air flow to me, but I can't claim to know much about their true effectiveness. I'm really just trying to shave 5-10°C off my peak temps without having to water cool anything. Will save the really high end stuff for my next build.
Safe to use PCI fan card to cool NVIDIA GTX970?
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This is the first I've heard of PCI slot fans, I had to Google it lol. Owning 2 GTX 970s myself, I frequently got worried about the temperatures too, however it seems many manufacturers are going with this passive cooling phase till the card hits a certain temperature, which for many seems to be 60C. Temps are usually considered safe up to 80C though, and then you start approaching the max which is around ~90C, thats too hot for many, and I'd agree. But 80C is okay.
Setting a custom fan curve is an inexpensive option to shave off a few degrees, however it's likely you need to make it bit aggressive to get it down by your desired 10C which of course means more noise, but if you can deal with that, its worth a try.
Setting a custom fan curve is an inexpensive option to shave off a few degrees, however it's likely you need to make it bit aggressive to get it down by your desired 10C which of course means more noise, but if you can deal with that, its worth a try.
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This is the first I've heard of PCI slot fans, I had to Google it lol. Owning 2 GTX 970s myself, I frequently got worried about the temperatures too, however it seems many manufacturers are going with this passive cooling phase till the card hits a certain temperature, which for many seems to be 60C. Temps are usually considered safe up to 80C though, and then you start approaching the max which is around ~90C, thats too hot for many, and I'd agree. But 80C is okay.
Setting a custom fan curve is an inexpensive option to shave off a few degrees, however it's likely you need to make it bit aggressive to get it down by your desired 10C which of course means more noise, but if you can deal with that, its worth a try.
Setting a custom fan curve is an inexpensive option to shave off a few degrees, however it's likely you need to make it bit aggressive to get it down by your desired 10C which of course means more noise, but if you can deal with that, its worth a try.
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