GPU cooling 101: blower cards and server cards need very different airflow
DJLougen · x · 2026-09-22
- Original post warns people not to kill their GPUs in dense installs: blower cards and server cards have two very different cooling patterns that shouldn't be mixed.
- The author shares a mining rig example showing how dense card installs can be done with proper airflow.
- A replier says they'd never considered that cards shouldn't be crammed together, calling it solid fundamental device knowledge.
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