can vertically mounting your gpu lower its temperature?

[Happy]

i know that if the gpu is too close to the side panel its going to tank the temperature but my case was designed with the vertical mounting in mind and i wanted to know if i did vertically mount my gpu would it lower its temperature or not?

[Happy]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Viking2121:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Happy:

I have an rtx 3060 ti dual eagle oc and it just gets crazy hot so even if the difference is 2-3 degrees its good enough for me

That card it probably would run the same in either position due to how the fins are, they go from front to back, rather than side to side like most.

Also how hot is hot to you? A GPU can safely go to 80C even more or some models, With that cooler that 3060 shouldn't be getting to uncomfortably hot, Also sometimes some manufactures will set a fan profile optimizing it for sound than cooling performance, probably better off using MSI Afterburner, or EVGA Precision X which can be downloaded from steam, free and works on all Nvidia cards, can use either of them to control and set a more aggressive fan curve.

To me anything over 80 degrees is hot and the card just keps going up and up on temperature it never settles down and thats what's been bothering me

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Diposting pertama kali oleh mc5686:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Happy:

https://green.ir/products/case/griffin-g3
Here is my case but the website is in persian so you have to translate most of it

If your setup resembles what in picture, including AIO water cooling, then surely yes, mounting vertically (as shown in picture) will help.

Just make sure lower fans (those in PSU) are sucking air from bottom and upper fans (those in AIO water cooler) go in the same direction ♥♥♥♥ from below and spit above).
They should **help** air to move from bottom (where dust filters are) to top and out.

Just the same you should have intake from front and exhaust from back.

Mounting board horizontally would create a barrier air need to work around (in spite of GPU fans).

I dont have water cooling but i have 2 exhaust fans on the top idk if that helps or not?

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

It creates more current force so the temperature will rise.

[mc5686]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Happy:

I dont have water cooling but i have 2 exhaust fans on the top idk if that helps or not? [/quote]

Yes, it does.
General airflow in your case should be bottom to top and front to back.
Anything slowing air in its course will reflect in higher temperature "somewhere".
Sometimes also cables (especially old "ribbon" cables, not used anymore) can be a significant hindrance.
Any card mounted horizontally (i.e.: normally) will be a stumbling block in airflow.

[Happy]

Diposting pertama kali oleh mc5686:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Happy:

I dont have water cooling but i have 2 exhaust fans on the top idk if that helps or not?

Yes, it does.
General airflow in your case should be bottom to top and front to back.
Anything slowing air in its course will reflect in higher temperature "somewhere".
Sometimes also cables (especially old "ribbon" cables, not used anymore) can be a significant hindrance.
Any card mounted horizontally (i.e.: normally) will be a stumbling block in airflow. [/quote]
So you advise against it?

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I'm using an angled GPU mount (I think it can go vertical too) for my GPU, I'd chosen angled because it'd give the fan intakes on my GPU enough space for good airflow. Using such mounts, it'd be best to get a GPU riser cable that has been recognized as good, and works as it should. I'm using a Linkup PCIe 4.0 riser cable, I was actually recommended this as I was told that others would result in odd artifacts and WHEA error. I dunno about others, but I'm now running my card at PCIe 4x16, SAM enabled.
https://imgur.com/pEMe1EK

[mc5686]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Happy:

Diposting pertama kali oleh mc5686:

I dont have water cooling but i have 2 exhaust fans on the top idk if that helps or not?

Any card mounted horizontally (i.e.: normally) will be a stumbling block in airflow.

So you advise against it? [/quote]

I suppose I was not clear enough:
- I advise against mounting cards directly in the PCI slot (vertical when you mount it with MB flat on the table, but horizontal when you put case upright in its normal position).
- I do advise mounting bulky cards (i.e.: GPU) as shown in picture (horizontal when you mount it with MB flat on the table, but vertical when you put case upright in its normal position).

This will have a better airflow ("standard" card placement is an historic issue, when heat dissipation was less of a problem), but will need PCI "raisers" which might be a different problem.

Another solution to the problem would be to have a lateral air exhaust (directly above and parallel to MB, lateral over the side panel when case is upright); in this case airflow (with normally inserted cards) would be: intake from front, exhaust from side; neither cards nor back-panel would block airflow. (I mean: something like https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16811147053)

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If OP has exhaust fans on top, that will help wick off the heat which rises anyway.

Just make sure there's at least an inch or more of clearance betw. the fans and side of case. The more the better obviously.

No one is going to be able to guarantee it'll work for you. You will have to try it out yourself.

[emoticorpse]

This is a tough question. I think the general rule is that heat flows upwards which can't be good for a gpu since higher parts will face more heat than the part towards the bottom. At the same time though motherboards survive even though they are vertical, but maybe because they don't get as hot?. I have no idea. Just guessing.

I think either way the difference in the positioning itself wouldn't be the issue as much as the side panel or something else obstructing the airflow somehow.

[Raoul]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Happy:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Raoul:

I'd say yes but if you already have a good mid sized airflow case then it's mainly an aesthetic thing though it may still like have a marginal temp drop like 1 or 2C and personally I'd rather have the card directly connected and not rely on the PCIE extensions which can be another complication.

On a lot of recent mini ITX designs it's basically necessary though and allows you to be able to use some of the beefiest cards so for those situations hell yes I would do it otherwise the card would just cook itself over time.

My problem is with my graphics card and i just want it to run colder i unfortunately didnt research about the temperature problems before buying it and now they wont take it back unless theres something drastically wrong with it and in thier eyes having 80 plus degrees is perfectly fine so i have no other options really

Had a look at your case and yeah mounting it vertically is not going to do anything, I'd be surprised if you saw any difference in temps at all. My suggestion would be first try lowering your power and temp limit by 10-20% using afterburner and if that doesn't help significantly then change the thermal paste with something decent from thermal grizzly, noctua or arctic mx5/mx6 it would probably help with temps greatly doing both and you won't be losing much performance. Another thing you need to keep in mind is 80C is not out of the question for these cards.. it's designed to keep boosting within power and temp limits but you are indeed right that the eagle cards are just not that great overall.

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Diposting pertama kali oleh Raoul:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Happy:

My problem is with my graphics card and i just want it to run colder i unfortunately didnt research about the temperature problems before buying it and now they wont take it back unless theres something drastically wrong with it and in thier eyes having 80 plus degrees is perfectly fine so i have no other options really

Had a look at your case and yeah mounting it vertically is not going to do anything, I'd be surprised if you saw any difference in temps at all. My suggestion would be first try lowering your power and temp limit by 10-20% using afterburner and if that doesn't help significantly then change the thermal paste with something decent from thermal grizzly, noctua or arctic mx5/mx6 it would probably help with temps greatly doing both and you won't be losing much performance. Another thing you need to keep in mind is 80C is not out of the question for these cards.. it's designed to keep boosting within power and temp limits but you are indeed right that the eagle cards are just not that great overall.

Is flashing the vbios to another version of the card too risky becuse i have seen the other cards and they are very different in terms of temperature even though they have the same amount of fans

[Raoul]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Happy:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Raoul:

Had a look at your case and yeah mounting it vertically is not going to do anything, I'd be surprised if you saw any difference in temps at all. My suggestion would be first try lowering your power and temp limit by 10-20% using afterburner and if that doesn't help significantly then change the thermal paste with something decent from thermal grizzly, noctua or arctic mx5/mx6 it would probably help with temps greatly doing both and you won't be losing much performance. Another thing you need to keep in mind is 80C is not out of the question for these cards.. it's designed to keep boosting within power and temp limits but you are indeed right that the eagle cards are just not that great overall.

Is flashing the vbios to another version of the card too risky becuse i have seen the other cards and they are very different in terms of temperature even though they have the same amount of fans

No don't do that and yes it is very risky as you can end up bricking your card. It's not just about the number of fans though the cooler design heat sink, thermal paste and pads used all make a difference. You can try what I said or even play around with an undervolt in afterburner but otherwise get yourself watercooled or a nzxt gpu bracket+aio setup if you can't buy the card you actually want.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Couple reasons to vertical mount:

> Could help prevent damage to PCIE Slot / Motherboard.

> Could help prevent damage to GPU due to PCB sagging.

> Could help thermals all around (CPU, Motherboard, NVME SSDs, GPU) however there are many factors involved with this.

[Monk]

OP it depends entirely on how close the vertical mount will place the card to the glass, too close, less than an inch, will choke the fans and increase temps, if it's a couple inches away it will breathe just fine and the airflow could be improved, slightly dropping the temps.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

The issue now with vertical mount is finding a good Case. Most of the cheaper cases that offer vertical mount for GPU might only have 2 slots. That's not enough for many more recent gpus if they are air cooled. Now if it's a water block based GPU, 2 slots should be enough.