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2026-07-19
Strapping 11 fans and a 360mm AIO to an RTX 3080 sounds crazy until you see the 30°C temp drop
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tomshardware.com 2026-07-19
TrashBench conducted an extreme cooling modification experiment on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, attempting to further reduce GPU temperatures by increasing fan count and integrating a 360mm AIO cooler. Starting with the stock cooler, the team progressively added more fans, including Arctic case fans
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2026-06-07
Ludicrous overclock slams 1.7 volts into 6700K in an attempt to stop CPU from bottlenecking an RTX 3080 — 5.2 GHz on aging four-core pushes GPU utilization from 60% to 74%
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tomshardware.com 2026-06-07
In 2026, the Core i7-6700K, once a top-tier gaming CPU, is no longer an optimal match for modern GPUs like the RTX 3080. Nevertheless, YouTuber TrashBench attempted to overcome CPU bottlenecking by pushing the 6700K to its limits through extreme overclocking. Despite exceeding safe voltage threshold
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