With the stock silent fan profile I can't get it to go past 64C @ 2040mhz. But I would hardly call it silent. With a much more conservative fan profile I am doing 70C @ 2025mhz. I imagine I'll end up tuning it more and settling in around 75C @ 2000.
The stock strix sink is doing just as well...
TLDR: Too many variables. Nobody has been willing to permanently damage their 2080ti in order to test without the fan brackets.
If you use an Asus or EVGA 2.75/2.7 slot card, you cannot fit a 25mm thick fan under them. 15mm max, the EVGA requires removing screws to get it to fit.
If you remove...
I generally tend to call the rear interior pull and the right fan as pull too. I like to call the 120 push because I do not pull out.
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But srsly tho it's push.
Disregard the front mounted PSU and Accelero in the picture. The example here is the U9S + Fans. Two total blowing towards the front of the case.
The 120mm mounts on the right side of the included fan bracket (it can't fit on the left side, that's where the U9S is) internal as push. Think of...
That's not the fan. FLX is a 3 pin. You want the PWM version.
Edit: I don't know about the single fan AIO. I've never tested one. I know that 2x120 AIO mops the floor with the C14S and U9S.
So the ideal U9S setup would be:
1x92mm fan on the rear chassis as intake.
1x92mm fan on the right side...