Water Cooling the RTX 3090 is... More Complicated

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Published 2020-10-25
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We want to build some water cooled PCs with the RTX 3090, but just how small of a radiator can we use and still have reasonable temps?

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All Comments (21)
  • Alex: Oh this machining is so beautiful! Alex literally 1 minute later: aggressive filing
  • @konstanius4067
    1:37 - Is SLI dead? - Yeah, it basically is Basically sums up the entire last Video in one second
  • @MattWyndham
    "This water block is $175 dollars, that's enough to buy yourself... a pretty decent GPU!" That didn't age well
  • @tomross9947
    Can we just appreciate that all of Linus’ sponsor bits are exactly the right length to double tap skip them
  • @DJ_Hub2000
    Amazing frame rate, sadly the human eye can only see "out of stock"
  • @fasthands1631
    4:03 literally fell out of my chair because i thought that was the pcb not the block lmao
  • @JustinY.
    Taps forehead You don't need to worry about cooling a 3090 if you don't own a 3090
  • @potatojz38
    Man I've seen these Ridge wallet ads for years and really want one but I'm NOT spending $80 on an elastic band and two aluminum plates 🙄😪
  • @adamsvette
    "uh oh...." "Should weeee...?" Linus: "yes." Cutscenes to grinding down the card
  • @Coverphile
    Linus, do a parody of Henry Cavill's pc building wearing a tank top.
  • @Torabaito
    has a Mill, "everything should be machined". Grabs a file.
  • @kurseng
    3:47 Verge guy will look like a pro the way he put thermal paste.
  • @alexanderbr8525
    "Just like I'll do whatever it takes to transition to our sponsor" - honest
  • @mr.dapper4747
    “I’ve never been so excited to take something apart” he says while holding a 3090 and there’s me looking at my 650
  • I'm currently working on a Cerberus X build with 2 Hardwarelabs 240mm radiators and a 120mm cooling a 3090 FE and 5950x. This was quite a helpful video to set temp expectations - thank you.