RTX 3060Ti Aero alternative? Meet the DIY PALIT StormX 3060Ti ITX Edition

Neathdrawls · Oct 25, 2021

Wanted to get one cooler (just in case I decide to make the mod in the future) today, unfortunately the item is currently out of stock on Taobao.

I have checked with the vendor and another that may have it, and they don’t know if there will be any restocks any time soon.

I guess if one is wanting to do a similar mod, you might need to wait for another pallet/box/crate load of Storm X coolers to ‘fall off’ a truck in the future.

REVOCCASES · Oct 25, 2021

Neathdrawls said:
Wanted to get one cooler (just in case I decide to make the mod in the future) today, unfortunately the item is currently out of stock on Taobao.

I have checked with the vendor and another that may have it, and they don’t know if there will be any restocks any time soon.

I guess if one is wanting to do a similar mod, you might need to wait for another pallet/box/crate load of Storm X coolers to ‘fall off’ a truck in the future.

damn! guess I shouldn't have posted this on Reddit...

did you check Aliexpress? I can't find the link just now but the cooler was also listed there...

Neathdrawls · Oct 25, 2021

REVOCCASES said:
damn! guess I shouldn't have posted this on Reddit...

did you check Aliexpress? I can't find the link just now but the cooler was also listed there...

Hahah, yeah! Everyone wanted to get the cooler it seems. Why Revoccase, why. Kidding.

Yes, I did check Aliexpress. They still do exist there, only at twice (closer to triple) the price.

Also, Aliexpress’ “stock” is just a guideline. They might send you a similar item that looks very much the same (like the Palit 2060 StormX cooler) instead, as I think they get their stuff from Taobao in the end (in my experience).

robbee · Oct 25, 2021

There is a vendor on Aliexpress that still has stock: https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1439108689.html

edit: got beaten by your reply

REVOCCASES · Oct 25, 2021

just as side note, but I noticed GPU prices are currently dropping over here and stock situation is also normalizing - I even found some tempting offers for the 3060Ti Aero which were not there two or three weeks ago

not sure if the offer I found is legit but this would have been cheaper than my DIY 3060Ti ITX

ezerez · Oct 31, 2021

Great find @REVOCCASES ! Thank you for the investigative work. I also saw some guy reply on the aliexpress link that it works on a RTX A4000. Its a very expensive card but if someone wants to make an itx ultimate workstation with 16gb of videoram. I would be interested to see how one performs

haunting · Nov 7, 2021

How much taller is it over the PCB? Wondering if it could fit in a S4M brickless

REVOCCASES · Nov 7, 2021

haunting said:
How much taller is it over the PCB? Wondering if it could fit in a S4M brickless

The PCB is about 150 ~ 155mm long.

The whole card with the cooler has the same dimensions like the Palit StormX:

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Deathrow · Dec 1, 2021

i had a msi rtx 3060ti aero, was so loud and ran hot, tried putting a noctua on it, temps were worst. but a 3d printed shroud may help it

REVOCCASES · Dec 2, 2021

Deathrow said:
i had a msi rtx 3060ti aero, was so loud and ran hot, tried putting a noctua on it, temps were worst. but a 3d printed shroud may help it

Can't complain about that. With my modded 3060Ti, noise and thermals are reasonable IMHO.

For the MSI Aero a custom fan curve and undervolting seems to help:

MSI RTX 3060 Ti Aero ITX Overclock and Undervolt Benchmarks

If you've been following our coverage of the MSI RTX 3060 Ti then you know that one of the few issues we had was that the single axial fan could get pretty loud when at full load. While gaming,the fan was spinning at about 2700RPM or over 80% of it's max performance. This resulted in a 13dBA...

smallformfactor.net

Deathrow · Dec 8, 2021

had tried that, still ran to warm and loud for my liking. ended up selling the card and changed cases.

Benlehot · Jan 8, 2022

Guyssss thank you so much for this thread. I have one Zotac 3060ti lhr twin edge at home and a K39 that I wanted to upgrade so bad. I'm gonna do the mod. I just ordered the fan for aliexpress.

REVOCCASES · Jan 8, 2022

Benlehot said:
I'm gonna do the mod. I just ordered the fan for aliexpress.

Nice! Where did you find the cooler? Last time I checked it was out of stock everywhere.

Benlehot · Jan 9, 2022

REVOCCASES said:
Nice! Where did you find the cooler? Last time I checked it was out of stock everywhere.

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msystems · Feb 22, 2022

This is awesome. Its very hard to get any 3060ti but especially the minis. So to create one by modding! Nice

xredlinexx1 · Feb 24, 2022

Anyone know if the a4000 has fan stop? I'm wondering if it would be much quieter (with the palit mod) compared to say an itx 3060ti or 3070 (if it existed). Seems like its more power efficient version than these two.

Runamok81 · Mar 15, 2022

@REVOCCASES - Folowing in your DIY ITX footsteps. Zotac 3060 ti inbound!
Also, it looks like this PNY heatsink is almost identical to the Palit. Going to give this one a shot!

Do you happen to still have an extra backplate? Would love a custom touch!

REVOCCASES · Mar 16, 2022

Runamok81 said:
@REVOCCASES - Folowing in your DIY ITX footsteps. Zotac 3060 ti inbound!
Also, it looks like this PNY heatsink is almost identical to the Palit. Going to give this one a shot!

Do you happen to still have an extra backplate? Would love a custom touch!

Awesome!

Yeah, Palit and PNY are all made by the same company - only different brand names and different shroud designs - the cooler itself is the same like mine.

I already send the spare backplate to @Neathdrawls but if you need one just send me a PM

Neathdrawls · Mar 16, 2022

REVOCCASES said:
Awesome!

Yeah, Palit and PNY are all made by the same company - only different brand names and different shroud designs - the cooler itself is the same like mine.

I already send the spare backplate to @Neathdrawls but if you need one just send me a PM

Which is the reminder for me to finally work on the mod. Got to get the 3060ti tested too.

Moncavo · Mar 17, 2022

Hello guys!!!
I have a RTX 3060 Ti from Palit, but Dual OC version with RGB or ARGB. And I also want to mod to make it ITX too. But my warranty would be voided, I can only do it in 2024.
This is my card: https://www.palit.com/palit/vgapro.php?id=3883&lang=pt
I wonder if has the single itx card with RGB or ARGB for it.
Both of the Palit that I found in AliExpress doesn't have all the thermal pad to fill. I only found the PNY.

Both Palit that doesn't have all the thermal pads.