Question HP Z440 passive GPU cooling

[lZaid]

I bought a HP Z440 workstation to build a NAS and run some docker containers (mainly Jellyfin). Long story short, I want to buy a Nvidia Tesla P4 gpu to hardware accelerate my video streams, however these Tesla GPUs don't have any kind of active cooling, and just rely on server airflow to cool down.
I was wondering if the front cooler fan of the Z440 is able to cool it down, or if I'd need a custom cooling solution.

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[Eximo]

You can certainly just make a little air shroud out of some cardboard or plastic and slap a fan on it, but the passive airflow in most chassis will not be enough.

You can also get 3d printed shrouds:

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[lZaid]

You can certainly just make a little air shroud out of some cardboard or plastic and slap a fan on it, but the passive airflow in most chassis will not be enough.

You can also get 3d printed shrouds:

Search Thingiverse - Thingiverse

Search and download free 3D printable objects for your projects, from prototypes to home improvements.

www.thingiverse.com

I was worried I'd have to use this kind of solution. Using a blower fan and an adapter would do the trick, but I really wanted to use the prebuild front chassis fan to cool it down.

This is the fan I'm talking about. It has this weird plastic connectors, so I was wondering if there are OEM adaptors for directioning the airflow or if there are custom ones.

 

[stonecarver]

NVIDIA P4 Fan Shroud

3D printed fan shroud. GPU NOT INCLUDED. Buy one here: https://geni.us/TeslaP4 FAN NOT INCLUDED. Buy one here: https://geni.us/DF5015SM_CoolingFan

shop.digitalspaceport.com

Nvidia Tesla GPU Cooling Fan Shroud Mounting P40 P41 Accelerator Card | eBay

Nvidia Tesla P40 P41. This is a 3D-printed fan mounting kit for cooling server-grade Nvidia Tesla GPU accelerator cards. The fan shroud slides on top of the GPU and locks into the notch in the heatsink above the PCIE locking tab.

www.ebay.com

 

[Eximo]

Ideally you would use a fan designed for static pressure to push through the restrictions of the heat sink. If it isn't tightly against the fin stack, in this case funneled into the fin stack, most of the air will not pass through the heatsink and do almost nothing.

You can buy one of those solutions, or get up to some papercraft and tape it on. You can try using that case fan, but I doubt it will be extremely effective.