2 Slot card to upgrade from 3080 FE?

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So, I just updated my Lian Li Tu150 Mini-ITX build with a brand new 5700x3D and it's working fantastically! Swapped out my 8700k system with spare parts that I had for a while and transferred everything I could from that system to this one. Now I'm testing out my system and doing stress testing with all the components...holy crap does a 3080 FE(10GB) sound like a jet engine. I haven't tried testing it in a long time, but when doing any sort of hard gaming with RTX and the like, this thing goes turbo. I even performed the thermal pad replacement on it a couple years ago, but it still goes crazy, so maybe its time to upgrade to a new one for my Tu150. Maybe getting a new card would be the smart move or maybe some sort of updated fan curve or something, not sure. Anyone have any ideas on what to do?
 
Think you're gonna be limited to a 4070S or Ti S, the ASUS dual series in particular. Though they are not super quiet, definitely not a jet engine especially with the quiet bios swtich. Though both are more side grades.
 
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4070S is barely an upgrade from a 3080, maybe just pull the heatsink and clean it out and repaste it? Otherwise you can look at something like the 4070ti Super or 4080 Super Asus Pro-Art cards, they're basically 2 slots and fit in most ITX cases, but those cards are also very expensive and don't make much sense with an AM4 build.
 
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nothing would be a big enough upgrade to warrant it. like mentioned 4070(s) are about it.
 
What are the temps getting up to? If it's not getting up to 80C+, then just adjust the fan curve (in MSI afterburner or whatever you may use that allows you to) to stay relatively silent until it gets up near the throttling limit. Even then, worst case you can just let it hit that throttle temp and as long as you're getting acceptable performance in the game while it's silent and throttling a bit, all is well. This is how virtually all laptops work anyways and it's not hurting the GPU.

Seems a lot simpler and cheaper than buying a new card, but I understand some people look for any reason to upgrade too, so this may be it for you.
 
That case has 3 slots. You could do a 4080.

Or deshroud the 3080. Use good fans. Repaste with ptm 7950 or kryosheet.
 
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So, I just updated my Lian Li Tu150 Mini-ITX build with a brand new 5700x3D and it's working fantastically! Swapped out my 8700k system with spare parts that I had for a while and transferred everything I could from that system to this one. Now I'm testing out my system and doing stress testing with all the components...holy crap does a 3080 FE(10GB) sound like a jet engine. I haven't tried testing it in a long time, but when doing any sort of hard gaming with RTX and the like, this thing goes turbo. I even performed the thermal pad replacement on it a couple years ago, but it still goes crazy, so maybe its time to upgrade to a new one for my Tu150. Maybe getting a new card would be the smart move or maybe some sort of updated fan curve or something, not sure. Anyone have any ideas on what to do?
My 3080 FE is whisper quiet compared to my other case fans. Sounds like your GPU needs fresh thermal compound...
 
Well, decided to try a couple of solutions before doing anything drastic. Went and dropped the Power Limit of the 3080 FE in Afterburner to 80 as I learned from some older Reddit posts and decided to add a couple of slim 120mm fans(https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QDKGCCW) under the GPU to give it a bunch of extra air flow and cooling. These seem to really help as only when this thing is at 100% does it go utterly crazy. For now, this solution seems to be working and the system doesn't sound like it's going to lift off and games that I played previously that really stressed the GPU aren't having that issue anymore. This will work great for now!
 
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Well, decided to try a couple of solutions before doing anything drastic. Went and dropped the Power Limit of the 3080 FE in Afterburner to 80 as I learned from some older Reddit posts and decided to add a couple of slim 120mm fans(https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QDKGCCW) under the GPU to give it a bunch of extra air flow and cooling. These seem to really help as only when this thing is at 100% does it go utterly crazy. For now, this solution seems to be working and the system doesn't sound like it's going to lift off and games that I played previously that really stressed the GPU aren't having that issue anymore. This will work great for now!
It's VRAM thermal pad degradation causing it to hit throttle point at which point the GPU temp doesn't matter all that much, fans will ramp to 100% till memory cools down. Seen that on many Ampere and even Ada cards.
 
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It's VRAM thermal pad degradation causing it to hit throttle point at which point the GPU temp doesn't matter all that much, fans will ramp to 100% till memory cools down. Seen that on many Ampere and even Ada cards.
Well I performed the thermal pad replacement a couple years ago, so if I need to replace them, I could give it a shot. Is there a good definitive guide on swapping out the pads? My card is from around when the 3080 FEs came out.
 
Well I performed the thermal pad replacement a couple years ago, so if I need to replace them, I could give it a shot. Is there a good definitive guide on swapping out the pads? My card is from around when the 3080 FEs came out.
Use thermal putty instead of pads. Better performance and no risk of getting the wrong thickness. I use CX-H1300. Another popular one is Upsiren U6 Pro.

you roll it into 4-5 mm wide tootsie rolls.


20 grams is probably enough for a 3080. 50 grams was more than enough for my 4070 TI Super.

Then I would put ptm 7950 or kryosheet on the gpu core. No pump out. Temps stay stable over time.

Thermalright Helios is rebranded 7950. And so is the 7950 on Amazon, from the JoyJom store.
 
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