staypuft
Update:  Swapped the 3755 for the 3785 (only visible difference is the sticker) and have the following results:  The 3785 is 8.5% faster on average than the 3755 (canned bench Superposition, 3DMarks, BL3), runs 72C max core temp on stress test (vs 3755 @ 74C), and draws 280W max board power (vs 3755 @ 240W).  Cost difference was $70 at MSRP, $629->$699 (11% more).  I expected this thing to be a blast furnace.  Quite pleased with the thermals and power draw.

celcius
Mine is the 08G-P5-3785-KL model

atfrico
After carefully viewing your case, you have the option to place the PSU at the top of the mobo? can you please confirm on this? If so, it will be a good idea to switch the PSU up top and place some fan below the case pushing air up, where the PSU sits at the moment

staypuft
Info in my sig. Two front fans and one rear, one top. Temps were measured as max during Firestrike Extreme stress test. The room is 75F temp consistently.

Stock GPU fan curve.

atfrico

celcius

atfrico
After carefully viewing your case, you have the option to place the PSU at the top of the mobo? can you please confirm on this? If so, it will be a good idea to switch the PSU up top and place some fan below the case pushing air up, where the PSU sits at the moment

I think I could move the PSU to the top but that would be a really tight fit and I don't think I'd be able to route my cables through the top up there. Plus I'd have to buy more fans too... should all this be required to keep the card from being so hot and loud though (80% fan speed during normal gaming)?
My GTX 1080 Ti SC2 Gaming ran like 69C and was very quiet in this same case.
 

staypuft
Info in my sig. Two front fans and one rear, one top. Temps were measured as max during Firestrike Extreme stress test. The room is 75F temp consistently.

Stock GPU fan curve.

What were your temps like in Borderlands 3? I find that it heats up the card more than benchmarks. What do you think of the noise during gaming on the stock fan curve?

It is up to you, but i will listen to staypuft's suggestion, he already ran the test and can prove it. One last question, how old is your PSU, if I may ask?
 

staypuft

celcius

atfrico
After carefully viewing your case, you have the option to place the PSU at the top of the mobo? can you please confirm on this? If so, it will be a good idea to switch the PSU up top and place some fan below the case pushing air up, where the PSU sits at the moment

I think I could move the PSU to the top but that would be a really tight fit and I don't think I'd be able to route my cables through the top up there. Plus I'd have to buy more fans too... should all this be required to keep the card from being so hot and loud though (80% fan speed during normal gaming)?
My GTX 1080 Ti SC2 Gaming ran like 69C and was very quiet in this same case.
 

staypuft
Info in my sig. Two front fans and one rear, one top. Temps were measured as max during Firestrike Extreme stress test. The room is 75F temp consistently.

Stock GPU fan curve.

What were your temps like in Borderlands 3? I find that it heats up the card more than benchmarks. What do you think of the noise during gaming on the stock fan curve?

BL3 is crazy for temps if you let the game run at unlimited framerate... had issues on my old 1070Ti with getting hot in the launch and pause screens.  For my most recent 3070Ti test the temps hit 73-77C depending upon map area at unlimited FPS (Getting 170fps at 1080p while gaming, 200+ on launch screen). I usually run limited to 144MHz and then it runs 70-74C. Peak of 287W total board power consumption. Interesting tidbit, the PCI-E slot only sees 27W peak power draw. 8-pin #1 sees 137W and 8-pin #2 sees 123W, peak.  Boost clock peaks at 1920MHz.  I can hear the fans, but they are tolerable. No different than any of my 1000 series dual-fan GPUs from EVGA.
 
The 3755 and 3785 designs are actually different. The heatsink on 3785 is a 6 heatpipe, vs 5 pipes on the 3755.  There are other minor differences in the fin stacks if you look closely.  The PCBs have different part numbers.  EVGA237 (3785) vs EVGA229 (3755).