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6970 overheating

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Kanaric

Limp Gawd
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I have 3 6970s in this computer and were having an issue with them in this HAF (the large one) case.

On full load they go over 100 C

What should I do to remedy this? They get so hot that i'm obviously afraid of running them like this plus the fact that they crash the system at this level of heat.
 
I did, put them on 100% fan speed still no go.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...4127581&cm_re=msi_6970-_-14-127-581-_-Product

This is the card I have.

Same setup I used HSI 6970s and OCed them to MSI specs and the cards are running at temps of
83/70/70 full load. 70% fan speed

MSI is
>100/80/80 100% fan speed, 1st card crashs but i've seen it as high as 106c. To keep the 3rd card from overheating like the first I have to leave the side door off, lay the case on its side, and put my ceiling fan on its highest setting.

The fans on these cards just simply suck for crossfire. I'm sure they would be OK for a single card but i dont even see that since the HSI cards with the reference cooler though they may be loud as shit stay cool. The cooling is simply not designed to eject heat from the case but to take in air from the case to the card and then just leave the heat.

On the case with the MSI cards I added 3 top high rpm fans, 1 rear, 2 botttom, and 1 side replacing those where it mattered. This did not resolve the issue issue.

The fan blades from the 1st card contact the 2nd card due to the design of the asus motherboard I have (and likely any mb because these blades are ridiculous). The 2nd and 3rd are separated by a PCI slot which is why they run cooler. There I also put a slot fan to eject air from the case.

I'm going to try and place an HSI card on the top and put a msi card in the middle on both comps and see if then I could fix this.

Avoid this card if you want crossfire, folding, or bitcoin IMO.
 
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