Hi,
I have a noctua nh-u12s with a push/pull config. In my configuration, when I picture the 3080 in there, it seems the bottom intake fan would be blowing hot air directly onto my nice fat cooler. pic here. I know it's too early to say for certain, but should I rule out the FE? Is it reasonable to assume this would pose a big cooling problem for me? Also as for the top right case fan, I will make it an exhaust of course.
Posted Sep 2, 2020, 6:49 PM UTC
Unless you get a blower card (if such a thing even exists for the 30 series), the GPU fans are mostly going to be blowing air inside your case anyway, and eventually will move to the exhaust fan passing by the CPU. At least one of the fans in the 3080 FE is exhausting directly out of the case, which is probably better than the typical 3rd party designs that just put all the hot air inside the case.
I am just guessing ofc, if you want to be sure wait for the reviews.
Hard to say, gamers nexus pointed this out in his video recapping the ampere event and basically said let's wait and see what the thermal benchmarks show but that he wouldn't be surprised if aio becomes more popular with founders edition cards.
I’ve got the same setup as you and as some folks have kindly pointed out, having one fan exhaust directly out the rear is advantageous. I expect it to be a hot card and great for the winter so I’m torn between an aesthetically pleasing FE vs a powerful and likely highly clocked but more expensive Strix.
What are you leaning towards more?
I’m leaning towards the FE, but will wait. I like the look of it, and I like the cooling system. I don’t really like the look of the AIBs this gen and unless there’s one with a seriously impressive cooling system, I’ll probably get the FE. It’s just so damn nice looking :) wbu?
Cool! I was budgeting for a strix so think I'll try to get it day one. Worried that scalpers will abuse the likely demand outstripping supply. The FE looks awesome but I figure the higher price of the strix won't depreciate in value as much and the components being slightly better as is traditon for expensive AIBs. Either way its going to be a top card!
Both fans on the 3080 are not pass through fans. The airflow for the 3080 fan on the left (in the orientation the photo) will blow out the back. Only the right fan will pass through and that'll be exhausted through your CPU cooler.
Wow, I’m a dumb dumb. So it’s not at all as bad as I thought it would be. Thanks for pointing that out to me!