Sli was too loud

falcon26 · Post by **falcon26** » Sat May 10, 2008 4:32 pm

Ok got tired and feedup with the Sli being to loud and too hot. So I sold most of my stuff and ended up getting this setup

Its dam near silent, temps are about 28 idle and about 48 load for my cpu and about 42 idle and 60 load for my gpu

very happy

widowmaker · Post by **widowmaker** » Sat May 10, 2008 7:25 pm

SLI imo really isn't that great since it's not terribly scalable. In other words, the cost isn't worth the benefit. You're probably better off getting a better single card instead depending on what you get. I noticed in your case that the top exhaust isn't blocked off. Either sticking another 12cm fan there or completely sealing off the hole might do you some good. Your rear exhaust fan otherwise will be pulling cool air in from the top and ejecting it straight back out.

Jipa · Post by **Jipa** » Sun May 11, 2008 3:01 am

widowmaker wrote:SLI imo really isn't that great since it's not terribly scalable. In other words, the cost isn't worth the benefit. You're probably better off getting a better single card instead depending on what you get.

Now that you started on that, you might just as well tell us a single card that's significantly faster than 8800GTS

Nice clean build there, falcon!

Lawrence Lee · Post by **Lawrence Lee** » Sun May 11, 2008 7:22 am

Why not a second Accelero and keep the SLI?

falcon26 · Post by **falcon26** » Mon May 12, 2008 5:48 pm

Added a 120mm scythe sflex 800 rpm fan to it

temps on the gpu are 38 idle and about 48 load now not bad, and its still dead quiet..

AckeDman · Post by **AckeDman** » Mon May 26, 2008 1:26 am

Nice build. But i think you would get the most out of your system if you had Scythe 1200rpm or 800rpm fans running at 800rpm. And you should get a scythe quiet drive or a good HDD... made a worl of diffrence too me.

Well i have the Noctuas instead but the scythe are almost or just as good.