kirbyrj
Fully [H]
- Joined
- Feb 1, 2005
- Messages
- 30,693
Two things from my afternoon testing:
1). The newest GPU-Z gives you the same information under "Memory temperature" in the sensors tab
2). I put an old AMD CPU heatsink (AM2 era maybe?) minus the fan and clips like the one pictured below on top of the rear portion of the 3090 backplate (near I/O) so it sat flat not on the cross trim. No thermal paste, just sitting flat with airflow from a 120mm fan on it. The heatsink became warm to the touch after a few minutes of mining to warm up the memory and it dropped temps a reasonable level at a much quieter fan profile (some 600 RPM less at least). I'm guessing that with a larger surface area of heatsinks and some airflow it would be fine after replacing the thermal pads. I get the pads on Friday.
Edit: So what I'm thinking of doing is replacing my 240mm AIO with a down firing low profile CPU cooler (like a Scythe Big Shuriken 3 or something) and then putting 10-15 small heatsinks on the back just using the thermal tape. Then the side mounted fans that were being used for the 240mm AIO (CM NR200 case) can just blow air onto the heatsinks on the back of the card.
1). The newest GPU-Z gives you the same information under "Memory temperature" in the sensors tab
2). I put an old AMD CPU heatsink (AM2 era maybe?) minus the fan and clips like the one pictured below on top of the rear portion of the 3090 backplate (near I/O) so it sat flat not on the cross trim. No thermal paste, just sitting flat with airflow from a 120mm fan on it. The heatsink became warm to the touch after a few minutes of mining to warm up the memory and it dropped temps a reasonable level at a much quieter fan profile (some 600 RPM less at least). I'm guessing that with a larger surface area of heatsinks and some airflow it would be fine after replacing the thermal pads. I get the pads on Friday.
Edit: So what I'm thinking of doing is replacing my 240mm AIO with a down firing low profile CPU cooler (like a Scythe Big Shuriken 3 or something) and then putting 10-15 small heatsinks on the back just using the thermal tape. Then the side mounted fans that were being used for the 240mm AIO (CM NR200 case) can just blow air onto the heatsinks on the back of the card.
Last edited: