Trying to figure out the most ideal form factor of a “case” to mount them to with a 5v rail they can all share with a single larger power supply.
Been a fun little experiment! May try liquid cooling, next. Then going to work on expanding the ideas to support the hex or 0xAxe (which doesn’t look ideal to build).
Wow your setup sounds bad ass! Im going to look into the north bridge heatsink upgrade! Mind providing the part number?
I would love to figure out how to run one power supply and connect multiple supras to it... + a few large noctua fans. any ideas? Would clean up my setup a lot!
One of these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0078IWRLW
You can’t really find them anywhere else cheaper, even aliexpress. I haven’t found any other heat sinks as beefy and that fit relatively OK onto the board. It comes with a cutout foam pad to try to keep it level, but it is still gonna be a little unwieldy.
Pair it with a noctua 80mm PWM 5v: https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NF-A8-5V-PWM-Premium-Quality/dp/B07DXMF32M
Depending on your climate, you may not even need the fan.
I mounted mine so that the fan blows horizontally, tho I may change that depending on how I end up mounting the board in a case.
That will drop temps into the 40s, max 50C unless you’re being dumb. Use a good thermal grease - I go with good ‘ol mx-4. Good longevity.
Still working on the power distribution option. Looking for best bang for the buck.
Going to design a case and print it out. Thinking modular to be able to add more on vertically or horizontally.
