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Previously I mentioned my PC has been upgraded with a water cooled RTX 3080 which has been working well however I only had 2 intake fans on the radiator which I were not able to run at the lowest speed setting (~1000 rpm) as the GFX card memory and hotspot
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After draining my water loop I installed the RTX 3080, including cutting new tubes and refilling along with the GPU support stand to prevent the card from flexing the PCI-E slot and causing damage. Everything went fine and the card worked without issues lighting up my case with a rainbow
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This came in a very big box and when I took the card out the first thing I noticed was the weight of the thing, it’s very heavy. Build quality is high and everything appears to be quite refined and well protected. The XSPC compression connectors I will be using
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I have been waiting to upgrade my GFX card for a long time and since the soft tubing update I have been waiting for an opportunity to get a GFX card with an integrated water block. There is currently a stock shortage for PC hardware and GFX cards at the
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I used this to upgrade an AMD spiral cooler on a Ryzen 3 5600G, works ok and silent when running at 800rpm. No instructions supplied so you need to go to Arctic Cooling’s website to download or view the PDF online however it is quite easy to install and supports
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I have now removed the old hard tubing and replaced with the soft version, so much easier to work with and it has provided a lot more clearance for a bigger GFX card. The lighting is also much better due to less bends and a continous length of tubing. This
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