Hi guys
I have a current gaming pc as follows
Haf full tower
Corsair 750 psu
Asrock Extreme 3 gen 3
i7 K (sandybridge)
16gb gskill ram
256gb Samsung ssd
2TB HDD
2 x hd7970 Matrix Platinum Gpu (crossfire )
3 x Asus VE247h monitors (set up as 5760 x 1080)
The question is a possible motherboard upgrade!
The reasoning is , I recently bought the Matrix platinum Gpu and after a couple of weeks a chance came up to but another one pretty cheap!
Didn't want to pass up the chance so bought the second gpu , but running both these monsters on my current board leaves them pretty damn close to each other - basically you couldn't get a cigarette paper between the two !
Now obviously I'm having g heat issues now ! Graphically thing running pretty smooth - BUT the top card is running very hot
The bottom card is set as the primary so that that one does the lion share of the work, this one runs around the 60 deg mark , the top card regularly hits 90 degrees!!!
The problem been there is no room for the top card to breathe and it is drawing in warm air from the card below!
I currently have some more fans on order to replace the oem ones in my case but u can't see this having any effect!
I am looking at the Maximus v Formula , and extreme motherboards ATM , will either board give me the space I need between gpus ?
It is worth noting I prob won't be overclocking unless needed!
I have read the onboard sound is better on the formula mobo so is this the one to go for !
How much gap do you get (spacing between the pcie slots I will be using )
I wa looking at the formula and thinking about the top slot and the bottom one but on reading up , the bottom slot will not support my sandybridge CPU, is this correct???
Sorry about the long essay ! Hope you can help me
Thx in advance
Lee