pdifolco
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Hi all
I've bought some months ago an Eisbaer 280 (the basic one) for my 3900X CPU, and I'm pretty glad with it, good materials, upgradeable, good perfs. Only con was that installing the waterblock on the CPU needed 3 hands
2 months ago I got a RTX3080 (lucky me), the rather basic Gigabyte Eagle, but it's still a 3080 ! I've changed the thermal pads and added some to the back to limit VRAM temps, which are now 10-15c cooler than before, GPU being maybe 3-4c better (max 70c).
It's still a pretty big and hot card, fans are a tad noisy at 80%+, and I'm thinking about watercooling it with an Aurora Eiswolf (which is the only option anyway, no other brand makes GPU watercooling compatible with this card).
Problem is with my case ... I'll be soon upgrading from a Purebase500 (which was quite small for my stuff) to a nicer and a bit bigger Phanteks 600S, but even this one only allow for max 280mm top, which will be used by the CPU AIO rad.
So where to install my GPU rad-to-be ?
Either a 140mm back but I think it'll be too small
I want to avoid putting a big rad on the front (to keep some cold air intake) , top is already taken ... Or can I add the GPU cooling in a loop with only a 280mm rad ?
Any other idea ?
I've bought some months ago an Eisbaer 280 (the basic one) for my 3900X CPU, and I'm pretty glad with it, good materials, upgradeable, good perfs. Only con was that installing the waterblock on the CPU needed 3 hands
2 months ago I got a RTX3080 (lucky me), the rather basic Gigabyte Eagle, but it's still a 3080 ! I've changed the thermal pads and added some to the back to limit VRAM temps, which are now 10-15c cooler than before, GPU being maybe 3-4c better (max 70c).
It's still a pretty big and hot card, fans are a tad noisy at 80%+, and I'm thinking about watercooling it with an Aurora Eiswolf (which is the only option anyway, no other brand makes GPU watercooling compatible with this card).
Problem is with my case ... I'll be soon upgrading from a Purebase500 (which was quite small for my stuff) to a nicer and a bit bigger Phanteks 600S, but even this one only allow for max 280mm top, which will be used by the CPU AIO rad.
So where to install my GPU rad-to-be ?
Either a 140mm back but I think it'll be too small
I want to avoid putting a big rad on the front (to keep some cold air intake) , top is already taken ... Or can I add the GPU cooling in a loop with only a 280mm rad ?
Any other idea ?