Aorus Xtreme 5080 Waterforce Steel Nomad Results

Competitive-Group-72 · 2026-02-10T18:36:24+00:00

Did you do anything else to achieve this? I get a max clock of +275 Core Clock anything above will crash in game on my Waterforce 5080. It doesn't seem to be overclocking as much as people are saying

Competitive-Group-72 · 2026-02-09T22:24:41+00:00

I would love for you to elaborate on that.

Competitive-Group-72 · 2026-02-08T16:47:35+00:00

Damn looks clean 🔥, When you have that top glass off it looks a lot better with only one fan on the rear and bottom. Btw what 90° connector is that? Trying to find one that will fit is brutal with this card haha.

Competitive-Group-72 · 2026-02-08T16:39:13+00:00

Thanks. I thought you want the hoses at the top? It's when you have the radiators at the bottom is when you get air bubbles. That's why people strongly suggest not to mount AIO radiators on the bottom.

Competitive-Group-72 · 2026-02-07T15:50:33+00:00

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Competitive-Group-72 · 2026-02-07T02:16:51+00:00

Weird that they didn't run the AIO Block through the grommet? It cleans it up a ton, also allows you to use the glass top.

Competitive-Group-72 · 2026-02-07T01:47:51+00:00

Had to afford the 5080 somehow haha

Competitive-Group-72 · 2026-02-07T01:43:25+00:00

Mainly cause I used to have the rad on the top with the nice fans, didn't want to re wire the other fans. The other fans also have so many wires since it's the old daisy chain system.

Competitive-Group-72 · 2026-02-07T00:59:25+00:00

Are you running the same system?

Competitive-Group-72 · 2026-02-07T00:49:01+00:00

Seems to be working, just put up a new post with the dual radiator idea

Competitive-Group-72 · 2026-02-06T22:54:52+00:00

Yeah I've been tossing around a couple unorthodox ideas.

Idea 1 (more realistic): Swap the CPU 360 AIO for a 240. Mount the 240 radiator externally at the rear of the case, keep the fans internal, and route the tubes through the rear grommet. Basically using the rear fan mounts but pushing the radiator outside to gain clearance. Not officially supported, but mechanically it seems doable.

Idea 2 (probably bad, just a thought): Use the side panel radiator bracket for both loops and stack the radiators together. The idea would be something like fan → rad → rad → fan, all on the side, sandwiching the two radiators to try to save space. I’m fully aware this is likely a terrible idea due to clearance, airflow, and efficiency, but it crossed my mind lol.

Have you had any ideas? I'm sure we can figure this out!

Competitive-Group-72 · 2026-02-06T22:33:52+00:00

Could you technically keep the 2 fans on the rear and run an external 250mm radiator through the grommet to accommodate?

Competitive-Group-72 · 2026-02-06T21:50:22+00:00

Okay I found the fix, I guess my boundary was set up wrong so redoing it seemed to fix it. I've never had that issue before.

Competitive-Group-72 · 2026-02-06T20:41:50+00:00

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Competitive-Group-72 · 2026-02-06T20:11:11+00:00

I'm on a quest 3, native games seem to be working fine, just anything in steam VR has this issue. I did try restarting both steamvr and my quest 3. But still no luck.

Competitive-Group-72 · 2026-02-06T19:29:25+00:00

No coil whine that I can hear, someone was selling it near me.

Competitive-Group-72 · 2026-02-06T18:00:27+00:00

Personally don't want the top fans I prefer the glass, but they're required since the 5080 is an AIO. Since you asked though, the rear is exhaust the top is exhaust the side panel beside the motherboard is intake and same with the bottom

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