- Joined
- Aug 2, 2011
- Messages
- 832
- Motherboard
- X299 Designare EX
- CPU
- i9-7980XE
- Graphics
- Vega 64
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
My Vega 56 also has a blower style cooler. I applied liquid metal to it. I use a Silverstone KL06 case with Noctuas everywhere and it has very good cooling. I can probably push the clocks more but I'm happy with the performance, temps, and stability right now so I don't want to mess with it.
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That's a big case. Mine needs to be portable and fit as a carry-on on airlines. As you can see, with stock config it is cramped. Use an SFX power supply and remove the drive cage nonsense and it's a nice case. I use a 4x2.5(15mm) icy dock drive cage in place of the DVD drive to hold my spinning drives and to insert removables for backup. I'm considering adding a bit of rubber between the case bottom and the card so it isn't just hanging out there. The PCIe slot is metal re-enforced and it's bolted tightly at the card slots so I'm not sure it needs extra bracing but it couldn't hurt. These Vegas are long cards.