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Aurora R8, EVGA Geforce RTX 3090 install results
I recently snagged an EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming, 24GB GDDR6X and tried to stuff it in the Aurora R8 case.
If you remove the front case intake fan it fits length wise. However, the width of the card prevents the power supply from fully closing the case. The little triangle piece on the power supply that has the cord holder gets in the way.
I could probably cut the metal piece off but wonder if there is a more elegant way of removing.
I've circled in the 2nd picture the part that is preventing case closure.
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Fits with front intake fan removed
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This triangle piece is blocking it from closing
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Almost closed! The pic is presented sideways...
Vanadiel
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September 7th, 2022 07:00
It's not a good idea to pair higher end video cards like 3080Ti and 3090 with an older and by today's standard lower end CPU.
eastsider2
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September 7th, 2022 18:00
When i was running this with the 3090, it ran with the stock psu in the r8.
shawn2022
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February 18th, 2024 02:45
I have seen this same PC run a 4090 with a GPU extension cable with an i9-9900k vs the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X on over ten different games, only 3 saw a difference in performance by a margin of error. I'm talking 3 to 4 frames out of 7 of 10 games. Only three games had a frame rate increase of 20 fps. This was one system running DDR5 Vs the i9-9900k DDR4. You will only see a significant difference if you drop down to 1080p, but why are you using a 4090 to play in 1080p? The Ryzen 9 7950X is way better at content creation, but this talk of bottlenecking on gaming is just consumers wanting the latest and greatest, which is exactly what's wrong with the market now. This is with a foot-long cable also.
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February 18th, 2024 18:49
I use a 5900X with a 7900XTX. And while there is a CPU bottleneck at UW1440P, I don't really care because the maximum refresh rate of my monitor is 165 Hz and I can hit that without breaking a sweat with all the games graphical settings cranked to maximum.
Even the latest games run flawless, and at a locked 4.6 Ghz on all cores that CPU is a beast in multithreading, while the GPU is a savage beast in anything but ray traced titles.
It's so savage it takes up 4 slots and came with it's own support bracket to prevent it from damaging the motherboard slot with it's weight and length.
It would definably not fit in an Alienware case as it is 344 mm long and weighs 5.86 pounds.
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