Does anyone have experience with adding active cooling to a 10g pci-e nic?
In particular, I've got a Chelsio T520-SO-CR. After putting it in my box and booting up, its running at 88 degrees F idle with no cables plugged into it. Its very hot to touch.
The card is rated up to 131 F. I'm concerned that once I actually start pushing bits through it, its going to run much hotter and affect stability. Its also very close to other pci-e cards and I'm afraid of the heat from this one damaging those.
The Chelsio card actually has a white box drawn on the pcb around the passive heatsink with 4 mounting holes. The white box measures 2" x 2". I have no idea where you'd get a new active heatsink which actually fits this form factor.
One idea I had was to get a 40mm Noctua and secure it onto the heatsink by zip tieing it through the holes.
Another was to get one of those stupid pci slot blowers, and place it directly under the card. It seems like the blower might actually better, as its pulling the hot air directly out of the case, but I really don't know until I try. I'm also concerned as those blowers are cheaply designed consumer grade crap which are likely to break. One review even mentioned one of them catching fire.
Has anyone had to solve this problem before? If so what would you recommend?
Thanks!
In particular, I've got a Chelsio T520-SO-CR. After putting it in my box and booting up, its running at 88 degrees F idle with no cables plugged into it. Its very hot to touch.
The card is rated up to 131 F. I'm concerned that once I actually start pushing bits through it, its going to run much hotter and affect stability. Its also very close to other pci-e cards and I'm afraid of the heat from this one damaging those.
The Chelsio card actually has a white box drawn on the pcb around the passive heatsink with 4 mounting holes. The white box measures 2" x 2". I have no idea where you'd get a new active heatsink which actually fits this form factor.
One idea I had was to get a 40mm Noctua and secure it onto the heatsink by zip tieing it through the holes.
Another was to get one of those stupid pci slot blowers, and place it directly under the card. It seems like the blower might actually better, as its pulling the hot air directly out of the case, but I really don't know until I try. I'm also concerned as those blowers are cheaply designed consumer grade crap which are likely to break. One review even mentioned one of them catching fire.
Has anyone had to solve this problem before? If so what would you recommend?
Thanks!
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