AIO Cooler For Graphics Card and CPU

[ICEx21]

I'm thinking of getting a 3080ti with an AIO, however I already have a AIO on my cpu, so I guess I'm thinking are there any downsides to having both?

My case is a Corsair Carbide Air 540, my cpu AIO has both fans attached to the top venting air out, whilst the front fans are set to intake air into the case, with the rear fan pushing air out of the case.

Does anyone have any experience of having both cpu and gpu with aio coolers?

 

[varkanoid]

I've had AIO GPU with rad at front, AIO CPU with rad at back. No problems whatsoever.

Air coming in at front and going out via AIO CPU rad. Makes about 2/3c difference if at all.

 

[Minstadave]

I'm not sure I'd bother personally. A high end air cooled GPU runs quietly enough as it is. I can barely hear my 3090FE with a slight undervolt.

There's no reason it won't work but I'm not sure there's a big benefit.

 

[Kevin Tanton]

You might get a slightly higher boost because of potentially lower temps, however looking at gaming benchmarks you may only see 2-5fps depending on the game and resolution. Also custom fan profiles you might have lower noise. Plus you can always change the fans for quieter of more efficient.

 

[martind]

I'm not sure I'd bother personally. A high end air cooled GPU runs quietly enough as it is. I can barely hear my 3090FE with a slight undervolt.

There's no reason it won't work but I'm not sure there's a big benefit.

I have an asus 3080oc and have found with a slight undervolt it is able to boost higher because the temps are lower? undervolting is the way to go, I believe, to be honest the card runs quite cool anyway but it all helps in the long run! - less volts less heat

 

[varkanoid]

I'm not sure I'd bother personally. A high end air cooled GPU runs quietly enough as it is. I can barely hear my 3090FE with a slight undervolt.

There's no reason it won't work but I'm not sure there's a big benefit.

With AIO GPU its not really about it just being quieter its about the drop in temperature. For the ones I have owned in the past compared to the stock air cooler the difference has been 10-20c drop in temperature at load which then results in better performance. Couple it with something like a Kraken X62 and its definitely worth it just runs so much cooler.

 

[Minstadave]

With AIO GPU its not really about it just being quieter its about the drop in temperature. For the ones I have owned in the past compared to the stock air cooler the difference has been 10-20c drop in temperature at load which then results in better performance. Couple it with something like a Kraken X62 and its definitely worth it just runs so much cooler.

Some of these new air coolers are seriously impressive. My 3090 FE (undervolted) is currently hitting 45 degrees in Warzone. In an age of power limits and boost algorithms there's just not enough to gain over putting the cash into a better card.

 

[varkanoid]

Some of these new air coolers are seriously impressive. My 3090 FE (undervolted) is currently hitting 45 degrees in Warzone. In an age of power limits and boost algorithms there's just not enough to gain over putting the cash into a better card.

Personally would never buy a ready made AIO GPU. If I was going to do it then it would be DIY. This is where AIO comes out on top better than air. Then again no way I would do DIY in present times.

 

[neo-omega]

I do hear that air coolers for GFX cards have come on leaps and bounds since the days of the blower style coolers.