SLI with Accelero's

[FallenMystic]

Greetings all,

I’m looking for some feedback from those running SLI with a pair of Accelero’s; how are you cooling them; passive, turbo module, separate fans… other?

Lets hear your words; I’m looking for some good options and a good way to get the heat back out of the case.

Thanks all,
Fallen

 

[FallenMystic]

Anyone?

 

[kush]

Not running the Accelero currently, nor in SLI.. But I have used it on my old 7900, and many have used w/ newer 8800 class cards as well..

Depending on your mobo PCIe slot spacing, adding a standard 120mm (best airflow:noise option; or 2x120s) may be problematic. However, if you've got good case cooling, that's really a moot point - the Accelero S1 is more than capable of passive cooling in damn near any situation. If slapping either a 120 (or 2) on the card, or the "Turbo Cool" module is out of the question (due to slot spacing issues), having a side panel fan blowing on the cards would do... And/Or a fan at the back end (zip ties FTW!) of the cards to blow air towards the expansion slots+out (hopefully) could help too.

 

[deft touch]

wow that would take up a lot of pci slots. 1 for each accelero and 1 for each fan. so potentially, that's 6 pci slots taken, if it would even fit.

 

[FallenMystic]

The case I've got, (Gigabyte 570 Aurora), is a huge case but the clearance with the bottom PCI slot isn't quite enough for me to fit a 120, the clearance on the turbo module is about 4 or 5 mm if that.

I should have the other cooler early this week, and I've got a couple of Yate 120's lying around here; I'll post up again once I get everything installed/figured out, (I just need to figure out if I'm too lazy to take everything out to cut out the bottom of the case.)