RTX 3080 Coolers vs. CPU & RAM Temperature (Founders Edition Horizontal & Vertical Mount)

In this video, we’re testing the RTX 3080 Founders GPU vs. CPU, CPU cooler, RAM ambient, and case temperatures. Also looks at chipset and M.2 (area) thermals vs. Founders Edition vertically.
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Here’s our airflow photography of how the Founders Edition cooler behaves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVaGRtX80gI
RTX 3090 review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgs-VbqsuKo
Watch the RTX 3080 review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTeXh9x0sUc
RTX 3080 FE Tear-Down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX9Eh_NaC5c
Previous 3080 review article: https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3618-nvidia-rtx-3080-founders-edition-review-benchmarks

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Lian Li’s Lancool 215 will eventually be here on Amazon: https://geni.us/VFbxfL

In this video, we’re testing the thermals of other PC components — including case internals — for temperature impact caused by the choice of GPU. The heat out of each card was controlled, which is all that really matters, and so then we just built the testing around the finstack orientation, GPU cooler design, and GPU orientation. This includes vertical vs. horizontal tests for the RTX 3080 Founders Edition and for an RTX Strix cooler (with vertical fin orientation and a traditional tri-axial cooler). Please remember that THIS DOES NOT TELL YOU WHICH COOLER IS BETTER FOR THE GPU, only how the coolers behave in these case and CPU cooler configurations. The superior GPU cooler will depend on GPU, GPU VRAM, MOSFET, and quality-of-life (acoustics) improvements, whereas the cooler impact on case, CPU, chipset, RAM, and M.2 SSD thermals will depend on the GPU cooler design. Further still, air coolers vs. liquid coolers will directly affect airflow guidance for the GPU cooler, and so there are functionally millions (literally) of combinations of testing between all three variables. For that reason, we tested the most commonly requested ones in the most common types of cases (two airflow cases, one solid front case) to look at overall performance.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – In-Depth Look at Case vs. GPU Coolers
01:16 – Very Important Methodological Info
03:13 – Locations for Thermocouple Placement
05:56 – You Cannot Compare Data to Case Reviews!
06:54 – Lancool 215 Airflow vs. GPU Cooler Design
08:17 – Comments About Vertical Orientation
10:35 – Chipset Thermals in Lancool 215
12:15 – GPU Inlet Temperature in Lancool 215
13:19 – Vertical Orientation in Phanteks P400A
16:00 – Closed Front Panel Testing Horizontal Configuration

17:44 – Conclusions

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Editorial, Test Lead: Steve Burke
Testing: Patrick Lathan
Video: Keegan Gallick, Andrew Coleman