MSI 980ti Lightning - Will a Corsair Hydro Series HG10 N980 FIT ??

[Paul_83]

Hi,

I am running 2 x MSI 980ti Lightning in SLI but my PCI-E slots are so close together that main card fans are only millimeters from the second card's backplate and this causes hight temperature issues.

I have enormous amount of air cooling going on and a single card runs around 65-70c full load but in sli with the nearly blocked air coolers on the first card, its temperature quickly reaches 85c and stays at this temperature constanly. this is with 90% fan so I assume the card is throttling down not to go over the max temp set in msi afterburner :/ Card#2 sails smoothly at around 65c.

I was looking into perhaps installing a Corsair Hydro HG10 N980 on the main card to correct this heat issue... I know the HG10 N980 fits the 980ti but does it fit the Lightning edition card?

Thanks!

 

[Gam3r01]

AFAIK it wont work, as the Lightning uses a custom PCB. What motherboard are you using? For the price of the bracket and an AIO you could get a properly spaced motherboard and benefit from the lightning cooler.

 

[Paul_83]

It was an msi z77dg55 board 1155 chipset running a i7-3770

I just ordered a new msi z710 m5 gaming board with a i7 6700 cpu... it was time to upgrade my board.

Ill post back here if things run cooler just in case someone is wondering.

 

[Paul_83]

On the new setup with the same case and fans I run full load main card 75 degrees and secondary max 58. Playing rainbow six siege 5780x1080 all graphics maxed out.