Watercooling could turn those 1 PCB babies into single slot cards, which would make the risers and custom case unnecessary (saving some bucks and maybe some internal room as well).
In the other hand, the pipes might mess up with the whole tidy case.
Decent watercooling blocks for those graphics cards probably cost around 180 euros each. So you'd need 6 of those fot the GTX295's and 1 for a GTX275.
Then I'd use at least 2 or 3 seperate systems because 1 pump can't manage all those blocks and rads. Speakeing of rads, you'd probably need a 24x12cm rad per graphics card. that would take in alot of space. Plus reservoirs, the cooling liquid itself,... such a system would probably cost 2k euros.
Actually, i agree with you. I didn't mean it would save money overall, i'm just saying that it would attenuate the implementation costs involved with watercooling which, yes, are not any cheap at all.
Also, as i said, it would save some INTERNAL room, which translates into smaller server room usage when the project is applied in large scale. Modern datacenters designed to HPC housing are very likely to have external watercooling facilities, and that might become cost effective in long term.
I see a Cross hair shoot em....
40God 5 months ago
so this system got up to what? 60 C? My single 470 shot up to 77 in Metro today...fermi ain't cool.
acman92 11 months ago
If you got the founds for the hardware then you sure got the founds for some decent watercooling!
TheFonzation 1 year ago
mAYBE A BIGGER RACK TO LET THE AIRE FLOW. =) all this heat sources are so close. =(. And Liquitd nitrogen radiator could help too ^^
CheSuerte 1 year ago
Watercooling is good, but needs maintenance, something they are not capable of doing I don't think.
3Z3K13L08 1 year ago
@3Z3K13L08 air-cooling needs maintenance to.(dust)
odi22865 1 year ago
it might be a good idea to put liquid carbon-dioxide cooling in that thing because really how hot does it get after an hour
Austin55947 1 year ago
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libbimazzu 2 years ago
Yet more proof of nvidia cards heat issues
they get so hot that the plastic around the card gets bent out of shape !!!
question: what is the peek / max tempeture you have ever gotten while running this thing ?
labobo 2 years ago
ATI is no better. A few weeks ago, my X1650's fan melted and the card fried instantly. My room stank for days :(
nrdesign1991 2 years ago
@nrdesign1991 hardware failure is nothing like nvidias heat issues during normal usage...fanboy
brian4480 1 year ago
@brian4480 I'm not a fanboy, I'm using cards of various manufacturers.
nrdesign1991 1 year ago
Watercooling could turn those 1 PCB babies into single slot cards, which would make the risers and custom case unnecessary (saving some bucks and maybe some internal room as well).
In the other hand, the pipes might mess up with the whole tidy case.
RicowOTC 2 years ago 3
I beg to differ on the 'saving some bucks' part.
Decent watercooling blocks for those graphics cards probably cost around 180 euros each. So you'd need 6 of those fot the GTX295's and 1 for a GTX275.
Then I'd use at least 2 or 3 seperate systems because 1 pump can't manage all those blocks and rads. Speakeing of rads, you'd probably need a 24x12cm rad per graphics card. that would take in alot of space. Plus reservoirs, the cooling liquid itself,... such a system would probably cost 2k euros.
Muscleduck 2 years ago
Actually, i agree with you. I didn't mean it would save money overall, i'm just saying that it would attenuate the implementation costs involved with watercooling which, yes, are not any cheap at all.
Also, as i said, it would save some INTERNAL room, which translates into smaller server room usage when the project is applied in large scale. Modern datacenters designed to HPC housing are very likely to have external watercooling facilities, and that might become cost effective in long term.
RicowOTC 2 years ago
@RicowOTC water cooling blocks and pumps would cost more then stock cooling in a moded case, but it would run cooler and look cooler
fergoway2go 1 year ago
@RicowOTC You would need a absolute monster of a radiator to keep 13 gpus cooled. Probably some 200+CFM delta fans too.
DeadbeatXT 1 year ago
@DeadbeatXT nope, just chilled liquid cooling (hailea).
awesomejpg 9 months ago
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RicowOTC 2 years ago
watercooling would be so sweet on this, but maybe they don't want the added complexity, still it could look seriously badass:)
peeeete 2 years ago
Looks like u dont need a heater anymore
EshmesVid 2 years ago 5
Why you not buy ar Watercooling for The GPUs.?
And you have the Old GTX295....?
reichmannc 2 years ago