Smallest rtx 3080

[adrichardson81]

Hi all

I'm a bit tight for space in my current case (Jonsbo UMX4 Pro) and have 310mm max clearance. Can anyone point me to a small rtx 3080?

So far I've found:

FE - 285mm
MSI Ventus 3x - 305mm
Palit Gaming Pro - 294mm
Asus Tuf - 299.9mm

My main concern is fit, but I'd prefer minimal/no LED bling.

Thanks!

 

[adrichardson81]

you do know u can turn most the led bling off nowadays.

Not always - with my 2070 Palit would only let you do it through their app, and it wasn't even set and forget...

 

[adrichardson81]

Check the zotac dual fan card. Normally they are smaller but that does come with a tradeoff of being not the best

I'm only seeing it in 3070 flavour, but I'll keep an eye out. I'm tempted to to take a gamble on Nvidia's edition not being a dog's dinner this time round.

 

[adrichardson81]

"We have even more GeForce RTX 30-series graphics cards in the works, including a handy Turbo design that exhausts hot air directly from cases. It’s perfect for small-form-factor builds or enclosures that can use a helping hand in keeping system temperatures in check. Stay tuned. "

https://rog.asus.com/articles/gamin...-geforce-rtx-3070-rtx-3080-rtx-3090-rog-asus/

Ok that literally sounds made for me!

 

[adrichardson81]

Had that case, with Strix 980ti.. just haha

Aorus haven't released details yet but they had one of the smallest Flagship cards due to stacking 3 100mm fans .. this time around its 115mm fans stacked so guessing gone from 284mm to 300mm odd :/

Thanks - the Strix was 305mm, so I'm guessing Jonsbo's official 310mm is a bit generous?

 

[adrichardson81]

I wonder what the dimensions of the card below are:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inno...dr6x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-07m-in.html

I was wondering the same thing. I had the 4x cooler on my 2070 before I changed case and it was a beast (and also rubbish). This definitely looks smaller.

 

[adrichardson81]

Anyone found out the dimensions of this yet? I need a 3080 around 280mm or under... hopefully some shorter ones get made by the 3rd party manufactures...

It definitely looks much smaller than 3 fan version, judging by the positioning of the paper connectors. I doubt it'll be shorter than the founders edition though.

 

[adrichardson81]

Will do but the issue will be its the only small rtx 3080 card thats going to be sold in the UK and Overclockers is the only place selling it so I imagine its going to be VERY popular!

Thanks for checking! I'm just hoping people will go for versions with bigger coolers...

 

[adrichardson81]

There is also the EVGA card, at 300mm I read somewhere (whlist putting it on my own list of small cards)

Went for the Palit in the end - fits with a bit of breathing room and is quite low compared to some.

 

[adrichardson81]

Looks like the board is 274mm (edited and corrected on that site, so one would presume efforts are being made as regards accuracy)

GeForce RTX 3080 Twin X2 OC 10GB GDDR6X PCI-Express
here: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/inno3d-rtx-3080-twin-x2-oc.b7926

Should have reasonable availability too. The cooler on my Palit is nothing special and temps are fine, so I think the big brands may have overestimated the cooling needs.

 

[adrichardson81]

Make sure you have enough height in your case too. Mine only has a max clearance of 14cm above the motherboard. The Tuf gaming is listed as 12.6cm height but that does not seem to include the little screen as someone measured it and it was more like 14cm. The FE, MSI Ventus and EVGA XC3 cards are all about the same height as the PCI-e bracket. Many others are much taller

The Palit is bracket height too. I wouldn't mind so much if Asus had put the dooda at the front of the card, but it looks perfectly positioned to hit drive bay supports in smaller cases.