Recent content by paule89

Hello neoberg, I have the 3060 ti FE and also wonder about the fan configuration. The Founders Edition coolers of the 3060 ti and 3070 have different air exhaust outlets. The rear fan (fan towards I/O-shield) outlets are through the I/O-shield and the side of the card, which is upwards in a...

I can not speak for the 3080, but for my 3060 ti adding the standoffs lowered temps and fan rpm from 81 C @ 2.700 rpm to 79 C @ 2.550 rpm. One trick was to add one extra 1 mm washer under the riser standoff directed towards the case front side, which brought about another 50-80 less rpm. In this...

Hello, it arrived :) So finally my DAN A4 Build is complete! Now I'm testing the best setup for performance vs. heat. Adding the stand-offs that came with the case did not work, because the card collided with the frame/case at the rear. Now I will look for other stand-offs to add some...

Hello Diamorif, to me it looks like an air cooling solution is not optimal in that case if you use a regular GPU. As the GPU will be in front of the motherboard, the cooler will try to suck in air from the GPU backplate. I would rather go for AIO CPU cooling here on the front side. But still I...

Hello Knufire, congratulations on the 3080 FE. Currently, there are some challenges with the 3080 FE: https://smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/dan-a4-sfx.252/post-222938. Hope it works well for you. @Optimum Tech made a video on 3080 FEs in mini itx cases and there are struggles with temps and...

I would say, if you already built a pc, it's very well doable. Of course its a bit more challenging than building a regular atx pc. There is a specific order for the components, you need to follow, but there is a instruction manual to help. Unfortunately, the case fan is not discribed in this...

Hello, finally I can post a picture of my build. I'm trying to keep it black/gray and white/silver in general. The cpu fan is a Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 chromax.black. The standard fan curve of the B550 board was a little loud and I was not sure, if I'd consider a liquid cooler. After changing the fan...

Hi, I also bought a Dan A4. Do you already have it? Is it already built? What hardware do you plan to use? Cheers

Hello SFF.N, I'm Paul from Germany and I will be building a computer using the Dan A4. Until 2018, I had a large tower, which I sold, because of the space it took. For two years I only used my laptop, which was fine for the time. Now I want to leverage performance again to a full pc, but with...

Hi Nigel, I'm really curious about your results and thank you for pioneering here. In general, I'm still concerned a little about the power consumption of the 3080's. So what kind of PSU do you have in your build? Regards, Paul