Can you passively cool an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080? An exciting project from the subreddit r/Nvidia proves that this is definitely possible. A user combined a generous copper base and ten (!) CPU coolers to control the GPU without a fan.
You’d have to be a little crazy to passively cool a high-end graphics card. After all, the corresponding GPUs require a relatively large amount of power, which must be dissipated as waste heat. One user took up the challenge and turned an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 (test) into a passive monster. The project could be Subreddit r/Nvidia to track
We’re not even exaggerating when we use the word “monster”: the graphics chip has a GDDR6X video memory and GDDR6X video memory. Huge copper blockOn which again Ten CPU coolers are attached. These are definitely bare heat sinks, each with four heat pipes without additional fans. The construction is correspondingly huge, as you can see from the pictures.
Image courtesy of r/Nvidia
The RTX 3080 used is the Founders Edition with 68 streaming multiprocessors in the original version. 8,704 shader units and 10 GB of GDDR6X video memory. The graphics card was originally launched in 2020 and has relatively High TDP of 320 watts. The cooling structure should also be able to cool the processor later. Used for an AMD Ryzen 5 7600X (Test: Ryzen 7 7700X). It will be interesting to see what temperatures are currently achieved with this cooling method. But currently there is no information about this. At least the project is causing a heated discussion on Reddit about the meaning and pointlessness of it all.
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