I'm not alone to be very skeptical to be able to put RTX 3080 FE card in sandwich style case...
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GPU Official GeForce RTX 30 Series "Founders Edition" Dimensions
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I'm so glad that I designed the P-ATX with those extra perforations on the back, I didn't think that many GPU's will have this kind of airflow at the time (although I had saphirre fury some time before that) but I always thought that this was the most logical way to do GPU cooling, so I'm glad that they went that route. After all, they had to cool 320W with 2 slot reference height cooler.
The Founders Edition cards have a PCB with a triangular section cut out of it for the cooler.
The reference design is a more regular rectangular PCB as shown in this TweakTown article:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series Founders: not reference, they are custom
EK Water Blocks unveils new GeForce RTX 3090 and RTX 3080 water block, but be careful -- it won't work with the Founders Edition.
www.tweaktown.com
I see EKWB now has water blocks available for the reference boards (which they point out are not the ones used for the Founders Edition cards):
EK-Quantum Vector RTX 3080/3090 - Copper + Plexi
EK-Quantum Vector RTX 3080/3090 D-RGB water block is compatible with most reference design GeForce® RTX 3080 and 3090 graphics cards based on NVIDIA® Ampere ™ architecture. We recommend that you refer to the EK® Cooling Configurator for a precise compatibility match.www.ekwb.com
EKWB dimensions for the 3080 / 3090 reference waterblock are 230x124x16.5mm - so smaller than the 2080Ti reference waterblock in every dimension. Looks very promising.
Be Quiet uses 12pins connectors on their Straight Power 11 series (and maybe other). At the moment, it provides 12pins to 2x 8pins, but maybe it'll have a 12pins to 12pins optional cable...
Just a public service announcement: the 12-pin connector seems to be a Molex Micro-Fit, NOT the Molex Mini-Fit Jr that most connectors on a modern PC and PSU use.
So be mindful that the currently available 12-pin Molex connectors (and pins) at mod component shops are probably not the correct ones.
Let’s wait true official support of this 12 pin’s connector.
To be honest, I’m thrilled with this Ampere line up...quite unexpected after a boring Turing series...
Kill it? Not in the short term, for long term it depends on how hot the intake air is. Silverstone rates that unit for rated 100% output at 40C. And it is going to be spinning up that fan as well.
SilverStone SFX SX800-LTI 800W Power Supply – JonnyGURU.com
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Yea, I am excited for this.
2080ti waterblock dimensions for reference: 282 x 127.6 x 16.6
According to https://rog.asus.com/articles/gamin...-geforce-rtx-3070-rtx-3080-rtx-3090-rog-asus/ ASUS is planning to introduce blower style cards specifically for SFF builds. Yay!
The P-ATX along with the Cons(w)ole and the S402/S403 are all cases where the FE cards will work perfectly. They'll take air in one side and exhaust it out the other.
Curious of blowers would actually help; since with the 2K cards had non-blower as standard since it was regarded as better thermally and acoustically...
Probably Asus will bundle earmuff with such a card? I bet it is only for 3070 and it will still be a loud card.
For SFF cases, a good consideration would be those cards with dual fan design (vs 3-fan design). For 3-fan cards, the card is always long to accommodate the 3 fans. Therefore, as the heatsink fins have to run perpendicular to the heatpipes, this fin orientation will exhaust the hot air along the top and bottom lengths of the card. This means, all hot exhaust is dumped inside the case.
However, for a 2-fan card, the card is usually shorter and taller. This dictates the fin orientation to be in such way that half of the hot air is exhausted out via the rear (!) and the other half is exhausted via the card's front. I reckon, this is a big advantage for SFF case as 50% (a significant chunk) is expelled directly out of the case. Of course, due to TDP, 2-fan cards are limited to 3070 (so far as I have seen). Asus, Zotac and MSI all have this variant.
I already lost PSU due to too high ambiant temperature...I know it's a very bad idea to exhaust hot air to PSU intake fan..Kill it? Not in the short term, for long term it depends on how hot the intake air is. Silverstone rates that unit for rated 100% output at 40C. And it is going to be spinning up that fan as well.
SilverStone SFX SX800-LTI 800W Power Supply – JonnyGURU.com
Anyway after additionnal researchs, a new contender should be compatible with SM550/sandwich case : EVGA XC3 series, 11,2" long, approx 2 slots card...to be confirmed...Cherry on the top? this XC3 models is for RTX 3090, 3080 & 3070.
Let's wait & see for in depth reviews..
I already lost PSU due to too high ambiant temperature...I know it's a very bad idea to exhaust hot air to PSU intake fan..
Anyway after additionnal researchs, a new contender should be compatible with SM550/sandwich case : EVGA XC3 series, 11,2" long, approx 2 slots card...to be confirmed...Cherry on the top? this XC3 models is for RTX 3090, 3080 & 3070.
Let's wait & see for in depth reviews..
I'm kind of settled on a 3080...but having inverted mini-tower layout I'm not as fussed by the new cooler design. Hopefully card reviews appear before the silicon is up for sale
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