Any PC Gamers? - Say Goodbye EVGA!

[Rockyrepose]

I've had EVGA cards in my last three rigs. The computer I put together last December is sporting a RTX 3080 ti FTW3. I'm good for a while at least until we see how things shake down. I did not see this coming but nobody did, interesting times.

 

[mawnansmiff]

Oh a side cover for the case?

LOL, yes it has a glass side cover, but I take it off when running the pc, because the 3080 runs really warm, blows a lot of heat into the case.

So with these cards it’s better to keep the cover off.

OK, so you do have a side cover for it....but made of glass? Why so?

You say it overheats, yet you use glass which is a terrible conductor of heat. Why not a vented or even fan assisted steel cover like all other computers?

Something not quite right here.

Regards,

Jay.

 

[PipeIT]

OK, so you do have a side cover for it....but made of glass? Why so?

You say it overheats, yet you use glass which is a terrible conductor of heat. Why not a vented or even fan assisted steel cover like all other computers?

Something not quite right here.

Regards,

Jay.

I’m using a Corsair 4000D Airflow case. Gaming computer cases aren’t designed for any particular hardware, you simply have to know what your specs are, and pick a case you like is all. Companies build them with glass side panels, so people can design them, with all sorts of fancy RGB lighting to look at their cases with.

This is my case;

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Cases/Mid-Tower-ATX-Cases/4000D-Airflow-Tempered-Glass-Mid-Tower-ATX-Case/p/CC-9011201-WW

I have another computer I built with a EVGA GTX 1060 6GB, with a Fractal Design Meshify-C case, that also has a glass side panel, and it always stays on, because that video card runs a lot cooler than a 3080.

Are you familiar with the EVGA 3080 FTW Ultra? If not, look at the pic I took. Above the word EVGA GEFORCE RTX 3080, running the entire length of the card is the exhaust vent.

The exhaust blows out into the side of the case, so when you game on these beasts, it dumps a lot of heat into the case, even if you had your entire pc liquid cooled, it doesn’t matter.

The video card is so huge, it was the only way for EVGA to design the cooling.

I’ve been gaming for over 20 years, this is also not the first computer I’ve built, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with it, if
you want to build in a conventional case, which most are.

This is just the reality of modern huge graphics cards. The biggest fans I can put on the front of the case, are two 140mm, and even if I cranked them full speed, the card will still dump a bit of heat in the case.

It’s no big deal to simply take the side cover off, it’s what a lot of gamers do, that own these big cards.