Exh1l3d_0n3
Junior Member
I have an MSI Z97M Gaming Motherboard and two MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G video cards. I was wondering what would be the best method for keeping these video cards cooled? When I initially installed them, my Primary card would be 20c higher than my secondary card. I reached 90c in no time and it shut down my computer. I then tried ramping up the fans on the cards, it took slightly longer to get to the same result. When I spaced them apart with a piece of plastic from a TV Mount (maybe 3/4" in length), I was able to game with the card at 80c while it slowly crept up. I stopped when I reached 88c. Now, I've tried rigging the following:
Which is a BestBuy 80mm 1200rpm fan blowing directly in between the cards (I have a Mascool 2400rpm coming in soon). It seems to work better, but other than Watercooling (which I can't afford at the moment), I don't see how M-ATX motherboards are intended to actually SLI anything.
Which is a BestBuy 80mm 1200rpm fan blowing directly in between the cards (I have a Mascool 2400rpm coming in soon). It seems to work better, but other than Watercooling (which I can't afford at the moment), I don't see how M-ATX motherboards are intended to actually SLI anything.
