Did you get a chance to check the temps with the same game while you were still water cooling the system? I would be interested to see the difference between the 2 types in otherwise the same system and conditions.
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Purchased 3080 Ti - decided to go back to Air cooling whole rig
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Did you get a chance to check the temps with the same game while you were still water cooling the system? I would be interested to see the difference between the 2 types in otherwise the same system and conditions.
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I prefer air cooling, less to go wrong, less maintenance.
Some people do seam to be overly obsessed with getting extremely low idle and load temps.
But as long as you are running comfortably within the thermal spec and your not running too hot under load that is perfectly fine.
Plus I like the look of a meaty looking heat sink lol.
Some people do seam to be overly obsessed with getting extremely low idle and load temps.
But as long as you are running comfortably within the thermal spec and your not running too hot under load that is perfectly fine.
Plus I like the look of a meaty looking heat sink lol.
It's should be fine.
What's important for an AIO is that the reservoir is above the Pump and yea going from his photo it is
I still feel the only electrical item that I'm happy putting water in is the kettle
What about your washing machine, clothes dryer, fridge, freezer, dish washer, carpet washer, wet and dry vacs - all machines that mix water and electronics.
the funny thing is that you probably have a higher risk of damaging your PC using liquid metal thermal paste than liquid cooling
The comedy is lost when you list everything...
I like the idea of with water cooling, but my PCs are too important while often left on 24/7. Liquid metal is fine as long as you mask off surrounding areas. I'd recommend using kapton tape.
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That is one trade off, but I wear over the ear headphones while gaming so don't really notice any fan noise.
One thing I don't like is constant RPM ramping up and down, that does get on my wick.
So I do flat line my fan curves to constant speeds.
I went from AIO, to custom loop, then to delidding and air using a Noctua D15, now I’ve gone back to a custom loop again. The GPU is definitely better on water. Boosts clocks are higher and maintained for longer than they ever were on air.
Anybody concerned about water cooling leaking should take a look at this
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/forums/threads/leakshield-leaks-are-a-thing-of-the-past.18931013/
Anybody concerned about water cooling leaking should take a look at this
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/forums/threads/leakshield-leaks-are-a-thing-of-the-past.18931013/
That's for CPU's, nothing to do with OP's 3080ti.
While AIO's cooler has minimal affect on temps for CPU's vs an air cooler, water dominates air on a GPU - you can easily cut 30 to 40c off temps on a GPU
Did you read the original post?
I wouldn't bother with water on a GPU either given AIB cooling is doing very well. With your overlay off you couldn't tell the difference.
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30-40c Really?
My 3090 ran at 55c under water
(EK block, 2 x 280mm Corsair rads with P14 fans)
On the stock air cooler it runs at 65-70c without any fans pulling air into the case just the fans on the GPU
I to recently made the change back to an air cooled GPU and AIO cooled CPU.
My custom loop had 6 140mm fans and 2 x 280mm rads cooling a 3090 and 5900x.
Temps are a touch warmer but it’s a lot quieter on air now which is a bigger plus
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Where the GPU in the system ?
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For size reference, this is it compared to my old Corsair 280x which is already quite a small case
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and toastersI still feel the only electrical item that I'm happy putting water in is the kettle
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I'm speccing up a new PC since 10 years and I've been watching jealously at some peoples AIO setups, especially the ones with displays and RGB. However, after lots and lots of consideration I'm not going to go the AIO route and getting a NH-D15 chromax.black + the HC4 covers in white. They look great, they will perform great consistently and best of all they will be very very very very unlikely to fail in the max 10 years or so I intend to run them.
AIO is cool, but air is still just so much better in the long run.
AIO is cool, but air is still just so much better in the long run.
My 3090 was 75c on air, now 45c on water and my 3090 had one of the best air coolers on the market (3090 Strix) and that's just the core temp, my memory temp dropped even more - memory temp was up to 108c on air, now 70c on water
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Jesus that's insane, soo much smaller! I went from a NZXT Phantom 820 I bought from here in 2011 to a 280x as I wanted to downsize but still wanted to use my AX1200 psu. I feel like its tiny as it is.
Quick question, how did you go about removing the front glass? Also it looks as if your top half is spaced out? Any info if this helps with temps or anything, cheers!