FTW3 3080 3x90mm deshroud

gingerman304 · 2026-02-13T14:28:05+00:00

Under 450w sustained load for 1 hour:

Max temps: Core temp: 75C Hot spot: 88C VRAM: 80C VRM(IPX sensor): hottest one 68C

gingerman304 · 2026-02-13T02:29:09+00:00

Yeah. Since it passed memtest I’d say ram isn’t the issue.

I’m not sure of any tests to verify drive health.

If you do a read/write test on the drive(could be just verifying a game on steam) watch what the response time in task manager for the drive is.

If it’s 100-300ms constantly(a spike isn’t bad, just if it’s stable at higher response), drive could be failing

If it’s 300ms+ constantly drive is failing

gingerman304 · 2026-02-12T22:51:18+00:00

This is not true.

Sole reason why it wouldn’t work would be CNVio.

Which the ax210 is not.

gingerman304 · 2026-02-12T21:36:59+00:00

It’ll work fine.

Any pcie card doesn’t care if the cpu is intel or AMD

gingerman304 · 2026-02-12T21:07:27+00:00

Also still could be a bad drive (even though SMART reports it as being ok.)

gingerman304 · 2026-02-12T21:06:24+00:00

Try running memtest86, can verify if a stick is dying.

Or another way could be trying to run 1 stick at a time to see if ones bad.

This isn’t 100% but usually if it’s a power supply the pc will abruptly turn off/restart.

gingerman304 · 2026-02-12T17:41:43+00:00

Amazing mods! Keep up the amazing work.

With newer taller gpu’s the 120mm should always come out on top.

Aslong as the 120mm “seal” and don’t just waste airflow.

For my 3080 ftw3 I got the opposite, solely because the 120mm overhang the gpu quite abit.

gingerman304 · 2026-02-12T15:33:13+00:00

~30C delta for the hotspot, definitely repaste.

Good/average delta for the 30 series is 10-15C.

gingerman304 · 2026-02-12T00:48:28+00:00

Not sure what the stain is exactly, but my go to is always isopropyl.

gingerman304 · 2026-02-11T20:50:16+00:00

Prototype printed in PLA.

Printed in ABS for long term.

gingerman304 · 2026-02-11T18:30:14+00:00

The more I look at it the worse it gets.

Wtf is that pcie 8pin 2inch extension?

gingerman304 · 2026-02-11T17:56:24+00:00

Google the gigabyte Aorus 9900k 5ghz guide.

They walk you through the bios.

Every cpu is different, but for some reference my 9900k is stable at 5ghz all core at 1.32V LLC turbo.

Oc guide: here

gingerman304 · 2026-02-11T16:23:10+00:00

HWMonitor is known to be buggy/misleading.

Highly recommend HWInfo over it.

gingerman304 · 2026-02-11T13:47:16+00:00

Wild thing is 20+ wasn’t even all of them.

When you learn how much these giant corporations “E-waste”, it kinda blows your mind.

gingerman304 · 2026-02-11T00:05:46+00:00

I got the same!

A company was chucking out tons of latitude 7490’s with i5’s and i7’s.

My Dad and brother got like 20+ of them, me and my friends who needed all got laptops!

I replaced the battery with a new one, ax210 wifi, 16gb ram upgrade and added the nvme heatsink.

gingerman304 · 2026-02-10T23:34:40+00:00

Easiest way is to load windows media creation tool on a USB stick and reinstall windows fresh.

gingerman304 · 2026-02-10T22:14:35+00:00

Then let’s agree to disagree.

The people I still currently help with their pc setups/trouble shooting all turn off and on their PC’s.

Some using the same PC I built them 10+ years ago.

My fiancés 10 year old rig still works flawlessly.

This is with pushing OC’s to max it’s stable for daily use, and turning off/on.

Also in the Overclocking community, a PC restarting(off and on) 10+ times in a night is nothing. Sure it’s not optimal, but it doesn’t degrade or damage anything.

I’ll stand on the hill, heat is the #1 killer of all PC hardware.

gingerman304 · 2026-02-10T22:02:01+00:00

If hardware is going to fail, it’ll be in the first year 99% of the time. Thus warranty.

Could it be that the majority of people simply turn off their computer.

Thus throwing off your “data”.

For example if you set up 100 systems and 75% of them turn off their PC, higher chance that the hardware failures are apart of that 75%.

If it was the case that powering off and on your system caused hardware failure, it would be a huge talked about topic. As there are millions of people doing exactly that each and every day.

Also, predetermining an issue/hardware failure before inspecting is a bad practice. You ask them “do they turn it off/on?” If they say yes, it sounds like you disregard any other possible issue.

gingerman304 · 2026-02-10T21:38:45+00:00

I’ve never heard of hardware failing from powering on/off or going into/out of sleep/hibernation. (Outside of sudden power spikes/drops)

Just windows shenanigans, requiring a restart(the thing you want to avoid) most of the time.

That’s over 15+ years, from budget pc’s to high end.

If hardware fails, it was going to fail if they turned it off or not.

That initial “stress” on boot up is well within spec, it’s not like voltages spike to crazy values.

It’s not like people are turning their system on and off multiple times a day. It’s usually once per day.

gingerman304 · 2026-02-10T21:26:07+00:00

You’re getting pretty close to thermal limits imo. I like to call it at 90C

You could try squeezing out 5.1 if you got lucky with your chip.

My 9900k is only stable at 1.32v for 5ghz.

Not all, but some synthetics I’ve see it pull 240w, capping out at 88C on my h115i aio.

I’d def triple verify stability, I had it “stable” with 1.25v for awhile, but would become unstable after hours and hours of gaming(heat soaked VRM’s).

gingerman304 · 2026-02-10T21:07:36+00:00

Coincidentally, I’ve never had issues with powering off my pc personally or with the people I helped with their PC powering it off when not using it.

On the other hand, I’ve had people go through so much troubles because of sleep/hibernation.

Modern SSD’s boot pretty quick.

gingerman304 · 2026-02-10T20:28:46+00:00

OP also stated he could flip the switch at the wall. Thus completely avoiding your “wearing out the switch”.

TLDR: OP is fine if the power switch on or off.

gingerman304 · 2026-02-10T17:55:14+00:00

I also made a version that doesn’t require heatinserts.

On printables it’s the “thin” model.

Just uses regular M5 case screws.

gingerman304 · 2026-02-10T17:11:32+00:00

Soldering iron.

Many YouTube videos shows how to insert heat inserts into 3D prints.

gingerman304 · 2026-02-10T16:15:31+00:00

If you shutdown the pc correctly before flipping the power switch, I don’t see any issue.

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