After the "Ice Tractor" project I would like to start with the "Aria v9 core" project. The philosophy will always be the same: solid overclocking and divine latency. The build will move to mz97 mpower and Intel Core i7-4790K. Same kernel DNA. I would like to include the Tesla GPU in the project, given the low cost. I wanted to ask you if anyone has used it or is using it and above all how it cools down. Aside from devising some sort of direct... artisanal channeling, I can't think of anything else. Maybe gut it? ty

I've currently got an old-school case...completely in need of modification. I still need to find a 750W Seasonic power supply. But I'd love some suggestions on how to cool the GPU...TY :)

How to cool it? Gotta make a fan profile if you want it running cooler. But for just general usage, they aren't terribly hot honestly. Only a single 8 pin PCI-E so I'm guessing its a 220w card at best?

Which Tesla is it anyways?

They are usually located in server racks cooled by mega 10,000 rpm fans. in a PC case the temperature would rise dramatically. I was thinking about the Tesla P40, V100, A100...about 250/300w. I've already seen various shroud + fan combinations on the market, but they're fans that spin at least 5000 rpm. I know they require separate power management...Industrial Delta fans can draw a lot of current (even 1.5A - 3A).If I connect a high-performance Delta fan directly to my MSI Z77 MPOWER, I risk burning the control circuits (the mosfets or traces) of the fan headers on the motherboard but I could use a PWM Hub powered via SATA/Molex. To keep a 250W NVIDIA Tesla P40 (or similar) at safe temperatures (below 80°C) during continuous AI loads, I would have to warn the neighbors because I would risk reaching up to 65 decibels (like a hair dryer lol). The problem isn't making an air vent, but staying within acceptable decibels to avoid being evicted from my house (they already hate me when I destroy PC cases). I'd like to know if anyone has managed to do this with standard fans (20/25 decibels) and low amps. otherwise I was thinking of using an RTX 3060 or 2060. I think the Tesla needs a minimum pressure of about 0.3 inches of water column (inH₂O), equal to about 75 Pascals (Pa)...Here I risk building a machine that I then only have to turn on on Saturday nights at the disco LOL

sorry this project will be on msi z997 mpower but the risk is the same regarding the fan amps. I was also thinking of creating a ducting for 2/3 Noctua IndustrialPPC...but I realized that the challenge is not to cool it but to maintain an acceptable background noise (mission impossible).

Edited April 4Apr 4 by TheFyxxxer

Understandable.

I have a couple few Delta 1212SHE several fans 120mm fat boys I use on radiators specifically. They are very noisy at 60% and higher, but lower than this, not super loud. But they move quite a bit of air. Yes, they are 12v 6a fans, but Ive never broken a fuse on any fan heads with them. But of course, I dont run them full blast, theres no need to.

So let's say 250w, this wouldn't be any different than cooling a Quadro, I have a Maxwell M6000 and its not really a hot running GPU because its not clocked as high as Consumer gaming cards.

I think if you have decent case flow, it wont be too bad. The draw back is the blower style cooler these cards have, the are inherently loud at high fan duty cycles. It will be a game of getting a load on the card and adjusting your fans to acceptable noise levels and card temps.

Not sure if anyone else has any good pointers for you, this forum is generally quiet.

Thanks bro. Maxvell m6000? WOW: almost 10 years ago that GPU was a dream come true...high-quality components. I'm not surprised it still works in 2026. hold on tight: solid and stable drivers. I saw it on a friend's workstation: it cost as much as a new car but it had a monster with dual-socket Intel Xeon processors and 128GB of RAM. What are you doing with that monster? Let's get intimate: what build are you running it on?

20 hours ago, TheFyxxxer said:

Thanks bro. Maxvell m6000? WOW: almost 10 years ago that GPU was a dream come true...high-quality components. I'm not surprised it still works in 2026. hold on tight: solid and stable drivers. I saw it on a friend's workstation: it cost as much as a new car but it had a monster with dual-socket Intel Xeon processors and 128GB of RAM. What are you doing with that monster? Let's get intimate: what build are you running it on?

I was working on just overclocking and submitting at HWBot!! Honestly, that's all I've ever done with it. I open bench only, no rigs besides other family members. So that card is just sitting wrapped up in a box until I get the itch to pull it out and fire it up again. I do have a couple cusom bios's for the card. One with clocks as high as 1300/1750mhz Core/Mem. Really it's a Titan X Maxwell with ECC. The driver doesn't allow overclocking, so the bios modification and flash is the only way I've found that's reliable. But with OC, there's the heat cost. But at stock, really it ran pretty cool.

1300/1750mhz...WTF!!! totally get the 'open bench' lifestyl it's the only way to swap hardware fast Have you ever tried pushing that card with the ECC disabled for a few extra points in Time Spy or Fire Strike?technically you should have better latencies than a standard titan x. I'd love to compare some latency numbers if you ever fire it up again! I bet you ve already tinkered with that, but did you notice a significant latency drop with ECC disabled compared to a standard Titan X?

just checking your 13700K submission on the Z690-G. That mATX board has some serious memory routing for latency. It’s exactly the kind of efficiency I look for in my 'Ice Tractor' setup. Great job on balancing those volts and frequencies! hose timings are insane for DDR5! Running 7000MT/s at CL32 is exactly how I like it: tight and aggressive.💣

You: DDR5 7000 CL32= 9,14ns

Ice tractor: DDR3 1867 CL9= 9,64ns

Your monster officially beat the Ice Tractor!

Edited April 6Apr 6 by TheFyxxxer
forget "ddr3"

The best Ive squeeze from that kit is CL28-38-38 at 6800mt/s. But not stable. Time Spy wont complete haha.

feel you on the stability part! It's the same wall I hit with the Ice Tractor if I try to push below CL9.

Even if CL28 looks amazing on paper, those 9.14ns (or even lower) aren't worth much if Time Spy or a long Linux compile crashes.

That's why I settled for 1867 CL9 on my setup: it's the 'Concrete Wall' sweet spot where I get that 50.0ns real-world latency without a single hitch. Sometimes chasing that last nanosecond of CAS isn't worth the stability headache

i ve seen your wall on HWBOT, great runs man! Those CL28-6800 attempts are impressive, even if Time Spy is being a pain.

It's interesting to compare your modern DDR5 push with my Ice Tractor (DDR3 1867 CL9). I managed to hit 50.0 ns flat in Intel MLC on Linux.

I guess we're both chasing that perfect balance between theoretical floor and real-world latency! Curious to see if you can stabilize that kit and where it lands in AIDA64 🤟

Edited April 6Apr 6 by TheFyxxxer

Right now I have a 4700 (non k) and Maximus VI extreme setup for upcoming competitions. So Im doing pretty much XMP 1000mhz 8-9-8-24 1.65v. Not sure the latency there, I dont have AIDA installed on this one yet. Benches pretty good. Not the best, but decent numbers. 7zip did pretty good, beat everyone except the guy on dryice.

Thanks for the PVT "challenge." Remember, you still have 24 thoroughbred horses to tame....OPS!