Keeping a 3080 cool

[Mondas42]

Evening.

 

my EVGA 3080 XC3 card is a little warm in my case. Currently I have a 360mm AIO cooling my cpu at the front, and 2x140mm fans at the top, and 1x 140mm fan at the rear. The AIO is pulling air in, and the others are exhausting it. So cool air is been drawn from outside, and warmed up in the rad before been blown into the case meaning my 3080 is been ‘bathed’ in warm air. Would I be better putting the AIO at the top and exhausting the hot air out of the case this way?

 

thanks

 

 

[Cyracus]

putting the rad at the top will likely result in a small increase in cpu temps and lower gpu temps... any way to draw air in from the bottom (thought process: put air under gpu)

[Mondas42]

15 minutes ago, Cyracus said:

putting the rad at the top will likely result in a small increase in cpu temps and lower gpu temps... any way to draw air in from the bottom (thought process: put air under gpu)

Not really, there is a psu shroud and it’s not perforated. Cpu is running nice and cool, so may take the small increase in cpu temp at the benefit of a cooler GPU.