Aftermarket cooling for three GTX 580s in SLI

[AdamK47]

Are there any aftermarket heatsink/fan combos available that will still allow me to use three GTX 580s in SLI? All of the coolers I see make it so the card takes up three slots.

 

[RussianSensation]

Not sure if there are any good ones.

But looking at how much the good triple slot ones cost:

Zalman 3000 - $75
Accelero Xtreme Plus II - $85

You'd probably be better off selling your 3 reference 580s and getting 3 new 580s with quieter fans.

The GTX580 is a hot GPU; which is why the good aftermarket coolers for it are all triple slot.

There are some dual-slot ones:

1) Zerotherm 4000 - $65
2) Scythe Setsugen 2 - $45

I am not sure the performance will be that great with those.

 

[AdamK47]

I don't know... none of those solutions look like they would perform well with cards stacked right against each other in SLI. Even that Gigabyte card looks a bit iffy in a 3-way SLI configuration. I also don't like the fact that some of the coolers dump heat into the case either. That would be an ungodly amount of heat to deal with inside a case.

 

[Piano Man]

If you want 3 580s to be cooled well and not dump heat in the case, I think you are pretty much limited to a watercooling setup.

Is this an eATX MoBo with triple spacing between PCIe slots?

 

[Grooveriding]

I looked into this before. There is nothing effective that is not triple slot. The only viable coolers are the Zalman and AC. Water is the only option really.

 

[Smartazz]

If you want 3 580s to be cooled well and not dump heat in the case, I think you are pretty much limited to a watercooling setup.

Is this an eATX MoBo with triple spacing between PCIe slots?

There's also the new eVGA Classified GTX 580 which is designed to dump heat out of the case.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

If you want 3 580s to be cooled well and not dump heat in the case, I think you are pretty much limited to a watercooling setup.

Is this an eATX MoBo with triple spacing between PCIe slots?

Water is the way to go with 3 of those babies. Your spacing options are severely limited and you will end up with sandwiched cards pretty much always. Water cooling gets around this, but obviously ends up costing significantly more.