I’m thinking of picking up a Tesla P40 as a fun project, but can’t use a blower fan because of sound / a lack of appropriate fan headers.
I’m wondering if anyone has info on how well these solutions might work or other solutions that work well:
- 2-3 CPU fans ziptied to the front or back of the card. Possibly with /without the shroud
- A 195CFM Duct fan - with some kind of cardboard shroud. Card would be running on a riser as there’s no way it would fit in the case. (have a spare lying around - also have a weaker quieter 95cfm one if that would work )
- A Single 120mm CPU fan but without the 3d printed adapter, in the usual location
- 3 but with a cardboard shroud
Also are there any tips on letting the gpu control fan speed itself?
I’ve tried looking online but the few bits of info I’ve found are for older, weaker cards in the Tesla line up so I can’t be sure if any of these would be okay for a P40.
what does the heatsink of the p40 look like with the blower shroud removed? if it’s just a normal fin stack i would just zip tie some 120mm fans to the front of the card after removing the shroud. the new 120x30mm (standard is 25-26mm thickness) antec fans (storm 120 t3) perform exceptionally well for the price and max out at 2200rpm, i would pick up a few of those. i have some of the 140mms and they’re very very good.
Back when I still had the card I hooked up a 97mm Nidec Gamma 30 blower to an external fan controller.
Kept things simple, laid the PC flat on its side and simply used foam+cardboard to keep the blower fan upright.
I printed a loopback style fan adapter and chucked a big ol’ terdo fan on my P100
Do you have Link to the stl for the 3d print?
Hey there!
This is the one I found to be the best: https://www.printables.com/model/369407-tesla-m40-blower-fan-adapter
i’d suggest removing the blower shroud and using 120mm fans ziptied to the front of the card. the antec fans perform well and max out at 2200rpm, worth giving them a try.
Extremely effective and definitely the quietest option, but requires a lot of space: https://www.printables.com/model/484282-nvidia-tesla-p40-120mm-blower-fan-adapter-straight
