CoercionShaman
I'm hoping to eventually see a hybrid that covers the VRMs in addition the to the GPU. Maybe this time?
This is a bit late but wanted to add something... specifically in regards to the VRM cooling abilities of the Hybrid design...
A good while back I installed two of the EVGA Hybrid coolers on my dual GTX 980's and have been simply amazed at how well they perform: max at mid 50's in *everything* ... 1500mhz core overclock all day long ... near totally silent ...
And since the VRM cooling plate remains on the card and the stock "blower" fan is still functional, I still see a very good cooling circumstance for the VRM IC's being adequately cooled...
When doing load tests with the "blower" fan engaged at around 40% speed, the air coming out of the back of the card(s) is consistently at around 100F ... this is damn good. The air coming out of the radiator(s) is also about 100F ... so not only is the pump/radiator doing a great job of cooling the main GPU die ... but the stock "blower" fan, in combination with the stock cooling plate is also doing a fine job of cooling the memory chips ...
In fact, when installing the Hybrid coolers ... I placed some copper sinks on the cooling plate over both main areas where the VRM's reside and perhaps this is helping ... not sure ... but I know the VRMs are getting cooled very well simply by measuring the temperature of the air coming out of the back of the case ...
Here's a pic of how my cards are configured:
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And believe it or now, squeezing two into a Corsair 600T works remarkably well in the following config ... the cables are quite long and quite flexible so opening the case to clean, etc. is easy as all get out. And I've seen no performance drop from the hoses being "snaked" like that ...
And when working at load, this thing is a COMPLETE space heater in my 13'x13' room ... LOL ... so much hot air coming out the side and back of the case as it's nearly hard to believe ...
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(I used fan grills because I cut all the metal mesh out of the side panel where the two radiator fans exhaust air ... both to increase air flow and because the perforated grill can make a whining noise if the air flow is high enough)
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Just some random info ...
joel