Best case for dual RTX 3090 (250W each) on Crosshair VIII Hero?
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I'm building a local LLM workstation and would appreciate some advice from people already running 2×3090s.
Current hardware:
- ASUS Crosshair VIII Hero (X570)
- One Gainward Phoenix RTX 3090
- Looking for a second used 3090 (not necessarily the same model)
- Both GPUs will be power-limited to ~250W
I'm trying to keep the case budget under 200 euros SEK (including any extra fans), but might stretch if neccesary...
So far I've been looking at:
- Fractal North XL Mesh (looks nice, but worried about thermals)
- Meshify xl 2 (better thermals but expensive, still not so good thermals due to cards sitting close horizontally?)
- Lian Li O11D EVO (second GPU mounted vertically via a PCIe 4.0 riser?)
Has anyone here built a stable 2×3090 air-cooled system? If so:
- Which case did you choose?
- What GPU temperatures do you see under sustained LLM inference/training?
- Any regrets?
- Has anyone had good results with a vertical-mounted second GPU?
Photos of your builds would also be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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