I have a BFG 7900GT-oc And i am going to be replacing its hidius stock cooling. What my question is, if it is mounted with the heatpipes over the card and heatsink on the topside, How high does it sit above the card without a fan?
I cannot find this information anywhere and my best guess in seeing pictures would be ~1.3 inches but i would prefer a more exact mesurment.
considering a Thermalright HR-03
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Thankyou Very much, that is what i needed to know. My Asus A8N SLI positions the top PCIE slot at the top rear opening, it will fit with my stock amd cooler inplace, but i doubt it will if i want to install a ninja.DWangerin wrote:On my X1950Pro it is a hair under 1.5 inches beyond the top of the card (i.e., around 1 7/16"). It fits in my 3u case, just barely, with the heat pipes touching the case.
I would assume its safe to install the video card in the lower SLI slot? This mainboard is the newer revision without the SLI Resister card in between the slots btw...At worst i am asuming it would run at a lower PciE rate.
My previous system was Asus A8N-SLI Dlx, Winnie 3200+ with XP-90, 6600 GT with VM-101, which VM-101 is about the same size as the HR-03.
The VM-101 was touching the fan clips of the XP-90. Since the HR-03 might be a bit larger than the VM-101, you definitely won't have enough space for a Ninja.
Mounting it in the lower PCI-E slot will solve the space problem, but if you don't get the correct SLI setup it will run at 1x speed, not 8x.
And since it won't be in the best part of the case airflow, the temps are going to be higher, but the HR-03 is good, you should still be fine.
For my VM-101 setup I taped a cardboard on the case panel to block the side airflow, that was not useful to the VM-101 operation.
Temps dropped 2 degrees at idle and 5 at load. I'm not sure if this would help if the gfx card is in the lower slot.
The VM-101 was touching the fan clips of the XP-90. Since the HR-03 might be a bit larger than the VM-101, you definitely won't have enough space for a Ninja.
Mounting it in the lower PCI-E slot will solve the space problem, but if you don't get the correct SLI setup it will run at 1x speed, not 8x.
And since it won't be in the best part of the case airflow, the temps are going to be higher, but the HR-03 is good, you should still be fine.
For my VM-101 setup I taped a cardboard on the case panel to block the side airflow, that was not useful to the VM-101 operation.
Temps dropped 2 degrees at idle and 5 at load. I'm not sure if this would help if the gfx card is in the lower slot.
If you positioned it going back over the card, then built a duct or something with the VGA and CPU heat sinks in the same duct, you could get it all out but that could be a problem depending on motherboard layout and the cpu heat sink sizeSockToy wrote:How do you get the heat out of the case with something like this? All the cards I've had since my 6800GT had coolers that blew directly out the PCI slots...
yeah, im starting to have strong doubts about it fitting.. if it is indeed 1-7/16" it will defenitly fit with the stock cooler in place with a little less then 1/2 inch to spare, and that is the stock AMD heatpipe cooler which does purtrude over the retention bracket slightly. If i am forced to install the VGA Card in the lower slot, then i will install a fan on it, otherwise i will install the cooler below the card and rig up some sort of slot cooler for it. (sux due to wanting pcix tvcard and scsi card. in future)Tzupy wrote:My previous system was Asus A8N-SLI Dlx, Winnie 3200+ with XP-90, 6600 GT with VM-101, which VM-101 is about the same size as the HR-03.
The VM-101 was touching the fan clips of the XP-90. Since the HR-03 might be a bit larger than the VM-101, you definitely won't have enough space for a Ninja.
Mounting it in the lower PCI-E slot will solve the space problem, but if you don't get the correct SLI setup it will run at 1x speed, not 8x.
And since it won't be in the best part of the case airflow, the temps are going to be higher, but the HR-03 is good, you should still be fine.
For my VM-101 setup I taped a cardboard on the case panel to block the side airflow, that was not useful to the VM-101 operation.
Temps dropped 2 degrees at idle and 5 at load. I'm not sure if this would help if the gfx card is in the lower slot.
in the lower slot it does appier to run at 1x, however someone also told me "beyond a doubt it runs at 4x". Either way thats not really acceptable.
a duct is planned from the rear casefan. which in my aging EverCase is 80mm, but soon to be dremaled out to fit a 92mm Nexus, or the 92mm L1A i have sitting here. My new Corsair PSU may be enough to pull heat from my 4600 and a ninja, but if not then il have to tinker with voltages and fans.SockToy wrote:How do you get the heat out of the case with something like this? All the cards I've had since my 6800GT had coolers that blew directly out the PCI slots...