DrPop
05-13-11, 04:21 AM
OK, so I'm about to spend a considerable part of Friday night and Saturday shuffling parts between all our rigs.
I may put all 3 GTX 460's in the DrPop rig, but it will be running caseless to do it. I say "maybe" because I would have to disrupt the Twins from crunching for a bit, and I dunno if Trigggl will be too happy about having his puppets played with. :D
If I do get all 3 in the DrPop rig, could I please have some advice from the system builders here?
Mobo is ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157208&cm_re=deluxe4-_-13-157-208-_-Product).
There is 2 slots between the first PCI-e and the second PCI-e. So, the first GPU and the second GPU get a little breathing room; the second and third GPUs are right on top of each other.
The three GTX 460's are these, each with a different style of cooler / fan.
ASUS ENGTX460 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121390&cm_re=asus_GTX_460-_-14-121-390-_-Product)
Galaxy 60XMH6HS3HMW (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162058&cm_re=galaxy_gtx_460-_-14-162-058-_-Product)
MSI N460GTX Cyclone (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127512R)
If there's not much discussion on this sort of thing, I wouldn't even mind a "cookbook" answer of: Try this card in slot 1, this one in slot 2, and this one in slot 3 for best airflow. ;)
Thanks!
I may put all 3 GTX 460's in the DrPop rig, but it will be running caseless to do it. I say "maybe" because I would have to disrupt the Twins from crunching for a bit, and I dunno if Trigggl will be too happy about having his puppets played with. :D
If I do get all 3 in the DrPop rig, could I please have some advice from the system builders here?
Mobo is ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157208&cm_re=deluxe4-_-13-157-208-_-Product).
There is 2 slots between the first PCI-e and the second PCI-e. So, the first GPU and the second GPU get a little breathing room; the second and third GPUs are right on top of each other.
The three GTX 460's are these, each with a different style of cooler / fan.
ASUS ENGTX460 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121390&cm_re=asus_GTX_460-_-14-121-390-_-Product)
Galaxy 60XMH6HS3HMW (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162058&cm_re=galaxy_gtx_460-_-14-162-058-_-Product)
MSI N460GTX Cyclone (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127512R)
If there's not much discussion on this sort of thing, I wouldn't even mind a "cookbook" answer of: Try this card in slot 1, this one in slot 2, and this one in slot 3 for best airflow. ;)
Thanks!