Alpenföhn Black Ridge in A4-H2O.


I removed M.2 heatsink of Asus ROG B550-I board to fit in and put a thermal pad and metal cover over the SSD to avoid extreme temperatures (WD_Black SN850 maxed out 59 degrees in games, 73 degrees in CrystalDiskMark).
I swapped the original fan with Noctua NF-A9x14 PWM. Corsair LPX memory sticks fit under the cooler without any issues. Riser cable also fits the PCIe slot with ease.
Once CPU temps (5600x) were around 74 degrees with EK AIO 240. Now it's expectedly reaching towards 79 degrees while gaming, 71 degrees in Prime95 Small FFT.
I was hoping GPU temps (ROG 3080) would go down after this change, because fans should move heat away faster without a fixed radiator. But i was wrong, GPU temperatures are exactly the same, around 75 degrees in load.
Even though it was disappointing in GPU-wise, i could manage a migration with this cooler to Fractal Terra in future. 79 degrees is not a disaster for 10-11L cases, at least i would have not doubt for AIO leakage any longer.