Custom designed Asus Strix GPU 120mm fan shrouds! 

I don't understand why this isn't a standard practice in GPU designs. It'd be so easy to replace fans with practically any 120MM fans.

direct die thermal paste is not applied in any pattern but with full spread. You risk the GPU if you apply some of the standard IHS patterns, like the X you used here. A small portion of the silicon might not be covered when you press the cooler, and that portion might not be covered by a sensor. That means you might be running part of the silicon at 120+C while the GPU thinks its hotspot well below 100C and doesn't throttle, since you created a new unknown hotspot. This is not a problem for application on an IHS since the IHS itself covers the whole die and the silicon will not be in danger. Just use a spatula and spread the whole die, it is not hard to do, less risky, just a bit messy.

IT WORKED, THANKS I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOREVER, BUT NO TUTORIAL COULD EXPLAIN IT AS YOU DID

really well done shrouds , nice testing

Thank you saved me a lot of time trying to browse videos for an actual working one

It worked perfectly!!! Thank you so much

Thank you for replacing the thermal interface BEFORE your baseline testing, this is the best GPU deshrouding comparison video I've seen so far

Great video man and really good design.

love the build

I'd love to see something like this but with noctuas, RGB lighting and a nice customized 3d printed shell

Years ago I strapped two Noctuas, a 92mm and a 120mm. with zip ties to a Sapphire R9 Fury, which is a pretty hot running card. Result was temps dropped a bit under full load and inside the case the fans were basically inaudible. I also put two Noctua 120mm on a Morpheus II heatsink to cool a reference design Sapphire Vega64. That worked even better. Stock cooling on GPUs is just different shades of terrible. Compared to what is easily possible they all suck. ... or blow. ... you know what I mean.

nice job. that cooling is overkill by itself on that gpu. interesting to see same tests on rtx 3080 or higher

it worked! thank you so much!!

What a fantastic solution! My 3080ti is 1 year old and the fans are making a scratschy kind of noise. I'm about to ziptie 2 120mm pwm fans on there. This is way more elegant though.

The industrial PPC 3000 RPM fans are perfect if the card doesn't need to run them much to cool down fast. Almost running in the video to instantly drop the temperature. That is power saving + high performance.

This is great, thank you!

Awesome Job man! This idea should be main-stream by now! really comparable to the super expensive ASUS noctua callab. Would be cool to see the shroud with a slight lip overlapping part of the heatsink. how soon till someone buys this just to put rgb fans on?? j/k great mod!

Its always awesome to cool GPU with 12cm/14cm fans, been doing this for a long time, larger fans with lower RPM means less noise and better performance. Also the easier way to do this is to take off the plastic case of the card and attach 2 or 3 fans on a PCI cooler panel(very cheap) next to the GPU, there would be a slightly longer distance between the fans and the heat sink but no such a big deal cause it performs almost the same. In addition, an PWM adapter cable is required to transfer the fan to the smaller 4pin slot on the card.

This is such an underrated channel with plenty of informative content. What a brilliant design.

I need one of these brackets!!

Such a cool video, I want to try this with the new Gigabyte Windforce OC 4070 Super. Putting the Noctua slims on for an ITX build sounds great.

That's very interesting. Seems like the limiting factor is now the heatsink itself. I think Noctua X Asus cards have a purpose made rad for this. Still, I like it, and that is something worth considering.

That is so cool, should consider making one for the ampere asus cards so ppl can just make their own noctua 3080s.

so underrated!!

Enjoyed the video. Keep making more!

Really good content and editing, nice work! Hope you pick up some traction.

Guys it really works, I checked

very cool

Just what I'm looking for, awesome work. If you'd ever consider putting the STL file up for sale I'd buy it instantly.

Honestly, i dont repaste anymore. I slap on a kyrosheet. No more maintenance :) And i also turned off the 0dB functionality on mine. Because that fan ramping up the whole time will cause unncessary wear. I dont have a 3D printer, so i was glad what i made worked the first time. I used NF-S12's though, those are more suited for heatsinks.

this is why I put a Raijintek vga cooler on my 1080ti

Your fans will cool!

i got a that card and one of my fan bearing died so i'll probably go for something like you did, it's pretty cool, may i'll check if i can snuck in a lcd to see my system thermals on the side . Thx for the video

Awesome job. I've bought the Noctua 3070, but I like your mod even better. It's more clean.

This is why I have a accelero xtream 3 heatsink on a founders 1070 with 2 noctua fans Barely any noise and better cooling by 15-20 degrees. Any other aftermarket shroud cannot ahieve this low noise and temo combo. Sure it doesn't look pretty but I don't care about hoe it looks in a closed case under the desk

30 series fan shrouds for the asus dual would be interesting. I've been hearing my bearings hum at a certain rpm speed and i've seen a couple other videos with people having similar problems.

good content.

msi 3080 3080 ti 3090 suprim x are needed all use same heatsink. Subscribed and waiting for update.

OK, I got my package from you guys, now. Honestly took a bit too long to ship to Sweden, but it all turned out fine in the end. It installed well, and runs perfectly with a pair of EK Vardar fans. (Was planning to get powerful Noctua fans, but I might be selling this card to my daughter, instead.) (RTX 2080 Ti Strix) Anyway, thanks for the good work, it was a nice solution when the old fans start failing.

a test with the new be quiet silent wing 4 pro would be cool i want to strap 3 of them to the 4080

While kingpin is amazing thermally, it doesn't last as long as some others and its a pita to clean it off. Not bad for an enthusiast who applies new paste every other year but not fun. I also like ippc noctua fans a lot.

could be more efficient with 92mm fans, or with 25mm fans but with an offset shroud with funnel shape that makes the air actually hitting the radiator's fins properly. Here a lot of the air moved by the blades' tip is missing the radiator because the fans are much wider

Damn i want this too my RTX 3080 :O

I just installed the Carbon 25mm version on a Strix 2080 Super; I used a pair of Silent Wings 4 fans. At full fan speed it is still much quieter than the stock fans, additionally, the GPU temp is lower by about 5 degrees C. I haven't yet applied new thermal paste, that will happen soon. Unfortunately, the bottom center mounting tab broke off when I was installing the screw. It will be ok anyhow since my GPU sag bracket supports that position.

would this work for a zotac trinity 3090 or would it be possible for you to make one and me buy it off of you? also great mod btw looks sick

Is the 'Normal PETG color' the white one?

how bout 92mm noctua fans for evga rtx 3060 xc black if you have one ill buy it..

I just bought a second hand strix 2080ti like this, and the center fan bearing is bad so the fan is very wobbly(i got the card pretty freaking cheap because of that, and it was dirty asf). I'm considering of designing my own shroud and add two arctic p12 and new thermal paste. What scares me a bit is, do i need to replace the thermal pad under the heatsink, or is it reusable? Also this card is brilliant with thise external fan headers. No need for ugly plug adapters that take up space in my itx case.

Would like to see same tests on newer card

I wish I could do this with my GPU. But it has a standard connection only for GPU fans. You can't use a 3 pin or 4 pin. Is there a solution for this too?

I hace a pny 3070 dual fan gpu. I’m assuming the mount will fit, right?

I have loved soft all my life but felt trapped and muted by the fact that I couldn't create my own. Over the last or so years I've tried

I wonder how delta fans would fare out compared to these standard 120s you used in the video... I don't care about noise, I'm all about cooling/performance headroom.

This is so cool,would the Slim version work with a Asus Strix 2080Ti Advanced ? And do you deliver to Romania ? Thank you.

Hi again,I wanted to know,I have a pc service center in my town that can do the replacement with the custom shroud but he told me to ask if the gpu will recognize the new fans ? Like normally,it does it auto,and makes the fans go faster etc in terms of power draw when gaming etc,will it do the same with this custom one ,like there won't be any issues with the card's sensors ? Wanted to know before ordering it,so I can be sure. The gpu again is a Asus 2080 TI Advanced,I'm guessing the normal size custom shroud is the best one for it ? Thank you.

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Wait those 4pin fan parts just connected straight to the 4 pin port on the GPU??

Hello. I have 2x Artic 120 mm standard 1500 rpm PWM fans connected to my fan header of my graphics card Msi AMD Radeon Rx 480. And exactly the way the original fans were connected, i.e. 4 pins and 3 pins. Only one of the two fans gives the RPM level signal. Both have same colors and I thnink wire colors is standard for these 4 colors. But now the automatic fan control no longer works. By default the fans run at 100% all the time even though they are silent fans and should not run without load. In Afterburner I can switch from automatic to manual and control it between 25% and 100% and manual control works! And the measurement diagram also shows me 900 - 1500 RPM. It looks like the card can carry the load of the bigger fans running them at 100%, no problem. But somehow the automatic mode fan control no longer works and I can't understand why ? I see 2 options: 1) During the driver installation you will notice that the fans are being tested. It could possibly be that the installation detects an error because the fans do not spin up to 2000 or 3000 rpm like the original fans. And the installation then sets the automatic mode to permanent 100% fan speed. 2) You have to crack the firmware of the card and readjust the fan control of the firmware? I guess it can only be the first though. That means there's nothing you can do except use fans with the same RPM. That no error and bad setting occurs ? It's not a problem in itself. Since you can start Msi with Startup with 25% fan. And the fans aren't loud at 900 RPM. And before you start a game, set the fans to 100% with Afterburner. and after playing again to 25% manually. However, an automatic is better.

Do you sell a fan shroud for the MSI Armor RX 580?

Hi! Will this shroud work for zotac 3070 ti?

Bro u got shroud for gigabyte rx 6700xt gaming oc?

would a shroud like this fit a asus 3090 tuf oc?

Hi do you have any that can fit the STRIX-R9390-DC3OC-8G ?

I have an Asus ROG Strix 5700xt. Will the shroud fit it?

are the 3 D files also to purchase?

Could it work on MSI 1660 super ?

i neeed sherld for zotack3060

Is there one for a gigabyte rtx 3080

Any plans for a 3080ti Tuf version?

would this fit a asus 3080 tuf?

So will this work on a strix OC 3080 12gb?

Where can I buy these shrouds ?

I want to buy a shroud I live in Bangladesh can you ship it to me ?

anybody know if this would work on 980ti strix?

Hello, is still for sale?

Hello, would you like to sell the 3d print file?

bad fan choice, these are not the best for static pressure, these a re airflow fans, with that much gap between the blades and the resistance from the heat sink you are going to get a good bit of splash back resulting less performance and more noise than an ideal, would still be an improvement over stock fans for most coolers though. the black noctuas used are a much better choice

now test it on a 3080 pls

sir u can help out yr self a lot look zotcks are shit ,manny 3060 an 3060 ti or being sold as well as 4060 but not much heat for them card so tell me what wood u do keep 3060 ztock u spant 280 new for or sand it back i have 4days left ot make mind up help me out fast pleeezz i have a 2070 allso i have a 3070 i just got used msi x 3fan but this is freeking me the hell out win i look at zpu z win card 3060 an 3070 is idle 144hrz no gameing runing my mamery chip contler lode on gpuz is saying 30to50% but win a lod 3d lode gos throw card it drops i got a new3060 its doing it i got a used 3070 its doing it i got a new but old 2070 u used long time its fine i got a 1070 its fine idle that stet tells me 2to6% so in short is the memery contler in 30s diff than 20s an 10s

Very "cool" video