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Hi everyone, I've got a gigabyte Z170MX 5 Gaming mobo it's got 3 pcie slots and I was thinking about getting another GTX970 to run it in SLI config. I've got a Corsair Air 240 case and everything in there is cozy. I've seen builds where they have dual GPU's but my question is how does that equate to heat? The first GPU would basically be exhausting? air onto the back of the other GPU. Or am I wrong in thinking that the fans exhaust vs pulling air onto the heatsinks? Should I have any concerns? Or am I being paranoid? Here's a pic I got from the Corsair site on their build
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 16:03:52
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Gigabyte, What is the Full Model Number of your GTX 970 Graphics Card? You should ONLY get cards with the Blower Cooler and you should be fine.
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 16:11:45
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Sorry I should have clarified, I have an evga gtx970 (2074 version) so not sure if it's a blower or not
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 16:25:18
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Yup, I have 2x 970's with ACX 2.0+ coolers. One card is always 7C or so higher than the other!Min-54C, Max-63C full load on air
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 16:28:34
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Yup, I have 2x 970's with ACX 2.0+ coolers. One card is always 7C or so higher than the other!Min-54C, Max-63C full load on air
Ah I see so I shouldn't be concerned too much about it
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 16:41:48
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Sorry I should have clarified, I have an evga gtx970 (2074 version) so not sure if it's a blower or not
I am Not finding the EVGA GTX 970 (2074 version) card? Looking for a number like this 04G-P4-1972-KR
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 16:44:14
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daohaus
Sorry I should have clarified, I have an evga gtx970 (2074 version) so not sure if it's a blower or not
I am Not finding the EVGA GTX 970 (2074 version) card?
Looking for a number like this 04G-P4-1972-KR
My bad 04G-P4-2974-KR
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 16:54:59
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Yup, I have 2x 970's with ACX 2.0+ coolers. One card is always 7C or so higher than the other!Min-54C, Max-63C full load on air
Ah I see so I shouldn't be concerned too much about it
Yes you should be concerned! DeathAngel74   Note the Open Slot between the cards.  NO Open Slot in your Image! daohaus
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Sorry I should have clarified, I have an evga gtx970 (2074 version) so not sure if it's a blower or not
I am Not finding the EVGA GTX 970 (2074 version) card?
Looking for a number like this 04G-P4-1972-KR
My bad 04G-P4-2974-KR
You could put this card on top and your on the Bottom but you need to make sure that they can SLI together. This is also a slower card.  EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC GAMING
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 17:21:19
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Here's the view looking into my PC, I dont know how in the world they can say that you can run SLI on this MOBO there's barely any clearance Then to compound the situation i have to find an alternate way to get wireless connectivity because I'd for sure have to remove my wireless card for the 2nd GPU
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 17:24:03
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Here's the view looking into my PC, I dont know how in the world they can say that you can run SLI on this MOBO there's barely any clearance
Then to compound the situation i have to find an alternate way to get wireless connectivity because I'd for sure have to remove my wireless card for the 2nd GPU
You could run SLI with Blower Style Coolers.
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 17:24:07
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I think you're right, just to cramped in there. The only game I play on here is Project Cars and the kids play less graphic intensive games but yah, system and GPU temp would be toasty
So now what? LOL I'm hosed
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 17:26:32
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If you want more Power you could go with a GTX 980Ti Card with 6GB of Ram or wait a month or so and get one if the newer cards coming out this summer.
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 17:29:31
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I think you're right, just to cramped in there. The only game I play on here is Project Cars and the kids play less graphic intensive games but yah, system and GPU temp would be toasty
So now what? LOL I'm hosed
Yes it is a little cramped in there! 
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 17:29:55
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If you want more Power you could go with a GTX 980Ti Card with 6GB of Ram or wait a month or so and get one if the newer cards coming out this summer.
Did you say upgrade? LOL seriously I thought about that, getting the 9980Ti and yes I'm curious to see what the price point is for the new ones that they're going to announce tonight. Might be worthwhile to wait. I can keep the GTX970 and build my kids their own setup so they're not always on MY PC lol Bottom line is I just want to play Project Cars with triple screens at a minimum 1080 and MAYBE 1440 triple? I think anything more I would need another GPU (correct me if I'm wrong)
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 18:00:03
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Aiya! I was actually complaining about my temps, lol. Before SLI, for a single 970 my max temp was 48C.  @ bcavnaugh, I remember you warning me about ACX cards and have at least 2 slots between cards. I had to choose my mobo carefully.
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 18:03:56
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Live and learn i suppose :(
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 18:16:33
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 18:17:39
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HAHAH that looks pretty damn cool actually; form follows function!
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 18:36:55
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You could try giving EVGA a call...(888) 881-3842. They may be able to work with you to get 2 970's with blower style coolers for SLI. It's worth a shot.
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 18:45:50
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You could try giving EVGA a call...(888) 881-3842. They may be able to work with you to get 2 970's with blower style coolers for SLI. It's worth a shot.
that GTX1080 though WOW now tell me how much!
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 19:24:25
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Well I guess I've got a solution to my problem...GTX1080 LOL $599 is ridiculous...he just killed the competition and their own line priced right and the GTX1070 too WOW
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 19:28:44
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That was my reasoning as well. I already had 1 970 before proceeding with the new build. I couldn't justify buying a 980Ti to her, so I just got another matching 970 for SLI. So far so good though!
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Re: Dual GTX970 on a mATX mobo too close for comfort?
2016/05/06 21:44:07
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That was my reasoning as well. I already had 1 970 before proceeding with the new build. I couldn't justify buying a 980Ti to her, so I just got another matching 970 for SLI. So far so good though!
that's cool, i think if it wasn't for the new release I would have found a way to shoehorn 2 970's into that box Thank you for all you help BTW
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