Hi guys,
I just installed a 3rd GTX 980 and I have to say, it took me about an hour to squeeze all 3 in there. It was awful. It was to the point where when trying, the back plate on one of them even got scratched. They do seem to have some fluff plastic in front and on back, but basically I want to know if this is safe to have them like this. Everything seems to be running ok. The only concern I have is GPU #1 (which I'm assuming it's the one on top, maybe not). GPU #1 seems to run very warm. During heavy gaming it seems to be at 70-72C with 95% fan speed. The reason that concerns me is because it's the top card so I'd expect GPU #1 to be very cool. I'd expect the sandwiched card to run hot. Maybe it's because of the giant block by the blackplate that it is pressed against (that giant thing that says rampage on it where the back p.c. ports are. The black plate is pressed against that pretty firmly)? Didn't seem to go much above that within an hour. So does this seem viable to you? This is for a 4k rig, and the performance gain seems worth it. To be honest the first time I booted all 3 it didn't even recognize them until I jiggled them around a bit and rebooted. Pics below, please disregard the crappy cabling, I was just trying to test these and make sure they worked. Wasn't trying to make it look pretty just yet.
I just installed a 3rd GTX 980 and I have to say, it took me about an hour to squeeze all 3 in there. It was awful. It was to the point where when trying, the back plate on one of them even got scratched. They do seem to have some fluff plastic in front and on back, but basically I want to know if this is safe to have them like this. Everything seems to be running ok. The only concern I have is GPU #1 (which I'm assuming it's the one on top, maybe not). GPU #1 seems to run very warm. During heavy gaming it seems to be at 70-72C with 95% fan speed. The reason that concerns me is because it's the top card so I'd expect GPU #1 to be very cool. I'd expect the sandwiched card to run hot. Maybe it's because of the giant block by the blackplate that it is pressed against (that giant thing that says rampage on it where the back p.c. ports are. The black plate is pressed against that pretty firmly)? Didn't seem to go much above that within an hour. So does this seem viable to you? This is for a 4k rig, and the performance gain seems worth it. To be honest the first time I booted all 3 it didn't even recognize them until I jiggled them around a bit and rebooted. Pics below, please disregard the crappy cabling, I was just trying to test these and make sure they worked. Wasn't trying to make it look pretty just yet.
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