Joined: Mar 24, 2009
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I use this computer for litecoin mining/htpc. The Card is an HIS Radeon HD 7950. There is a fairly hefty overclock on it of 1075/1500. So my temps easily hit 80+ while mining. Trying to keep those temperatures down so I pulled it out of a HAF 912 and stuck it all in these crates. A box fan sits on top and seems to help a bit. I am thinking though once summer rolls around I will have to drop the overclocks completely.
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Do you have an additional ground on that? Those crate like to build up static.
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I'm not a computer wiz by any stretch, in fact I had my computer designed and built buy kids with glasses...........but my thinking is that the more you spread out the heat sources apart, the cooler things will be.
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Get a old working fridge and put that inside and turn it down real cold. I bet that would keep that crate pc chilling and u can have some cold soda to boot.
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Temps are loads better. Eventually I should have some pci-e risers in from China so I can zip tie the video cards to the shelves above them for even better spacing/air flow.
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that's just way more then I would ever do lol but that is cool I give you that
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Just curious, what is litecoin mining? Also have you though about liquid cooling. I did it on my latest rig and it made a huge difference.
Joined: Mar 24, 2009
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Just curious, what is litecoin mining? Also have you though about liquid cooling. I did it on my latest rig and it made a huge difference.
http://litecoin.org/
Liquid cooling can be a hassle. Not worth it imo unless the gpu comes with it to begin with. All three cards are currently at 100% load, fan speeds ranging from 57% to 80% and nothing is over 74C at the moment. I still have an 1100/1500 overclock on the 7950 and it is doing just fine.
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That's pretty cool!! Nice and easy to clean or change out the parts too.
