Man of Honour
Waiting for the weekend to spend a few hours in the listening zone to celebrate the new pads. be like getting the headphones new all over again
I would recommend underletting the 3090 too. The reduced heat generated by the 3090 will have a knock on effect for the CPU too as he AIO won't be soaking up heat from the GPU. You won't lose any frames by undervolting the GPU either but will reduce temps/fan noise in the process so that would ultimately add to reducing system temps too I suppose
With my old settings on the 5900x with a quick OC of 4.6Ghz @ 1.3v it was hitting a max of 80c (CPU Package) with a more CPU intensive game like PUBG. The 3090 was topping out around 75c which was a fine, a few degrees up from normal in a larger case. I'll need to have a look at undervolting etc on the CPU to see what I can do with it rather than just the quick manual clock but I'll do that over the next few days. Quick happy with the initial starting point as I definitely expected that 5900 to heat up in such a small form factor. Spending the extra £15 on the additional mesh panels seems like a wise choice because if the top half of each side was glass it would have been a no go no doubt.
Great job on the new foam pads for the headphones, that's fantastic they still support those after so many years.
I would recommend underletting the 3090 too. The reduced heat generated by the 3090 will have a knock on effect for the CPU too as he AIO won't be soaking up heat from the GPU. You won't lose any frames by undervolting the GPU either but will reduce temps/fan noise in the process so that would ultimately add to reducing system temps too I suppose