2080 super water cool solution questions

jcai33

Efficiency Noob
Original poster
Jan 28, 2020
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Hi everyone, I have built a itx system in sliger sm570 with a 3950x and a 2080super inside. The fact is under load the GPU does ramp up loud and I want my system to be quiter...I thought about custom loop but it is just too much of a work (and money). Thinking of swap a G12 and a 645LT on the 2080s, but I am quite concern about the cooling capacity, will it cool the 2080 efficiently? Hope someone has done it before....
 

MrClippy

SFF Lingo Aficionado
Nov 16, 2018
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Back of the napkin speculation here; the 645LT can cool the 3950X and the 9900K barely at stock (80-90+C easily). Those two parts are around 130-145 watt parts off the entire CPU package when all cores are fully loaded. A GPU on the other hand has way more power with the TDP of a 2080 super being 250 Watts, but I'm uncertain if that's overall or on the die. My guess is the 250 watts accounts for everything from the PCIE to the two additional 8 pin connectors. This means some of the watts will be dumped as heat from various components from VRM to GDDR6, and not just being released from the die itself.

So you might be able to get away with a 645LT. There are many AIO 2080s that come attached with a 120 radiator along with a blower style fan, and many reviews report that the fans are barely audible while the GPU is cool and quiet, meaning they aren't going full tilt and that the die is possibly using around less than 150-160 watts worth of heat (my reference here is that I had a 120 rad cooling an overclocked 2700 which had 155 watts on the package and the fan had to go full tilt). A 645LT will probably still require a stronger fan to compensate for less radiator - like the bGears B-Blaster 90mm fan that can go north of 3000 RPM.
 

lowkey

Trash Compacter
Jul 15, 2019
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You can clock down your gpu and adjust the fans.

In my case this doesnt work. So i went for watercooling and now with 2x xspc TX240 and 4x slim fan i cant hear a thing. The gpu is still at 70-80°, but makes no noice. Try tomb raider with rt and hdr and you think your card is dying.

Its strange to buy this sliger sm570 + 2080s + 3950 and say its too expensive to go water?

You can add some radiator on top and maybe some slimradiator on botton and you will never ever hear some noise from your pc - under load.