So , i know its summer, and its getting hot, evening time when my ambient temp is probably 30c in room, my hybrid is getting up to 74c, card is 6 months old only, and has been mining for 3-4 months roughly . has the thermal paste come to its end ? are the thermal pads dry ? are my LL120 CORSAIR fans no good at 1650rpm , are the stock fans at their max 2250rpm the solution ??  back in the winter when the hybrid kit was new, card wouldnt go over 58c
 
hair flow isnt a problem, as you can see my case has good intake fans and exhaust 

any idea what thickness thermal pads are these ? 

30c ambient temp? There's your issue.

Yea that 240 mm rad just really isn't enough. I get just over 60C with my 3080ti hybrid at 450w, but I'm running closer to 2k rpm. Still 74C seems a bit high even with 30C ambient (I'm about 25C).

The thermal pad thicknesses are out there. I've seen them posted. The VRAM is 2.25mm but I can't remember the others. A remount would probably be worth trying.

Of course when air conditioning goes on temps drop a bit , to 65-66, room is hot , I also have 4 cards mining on a rig in the room .

mrshrir
Extracting the heat out of the case is the better option ? I have a hex pattern top glass for ventelation , always knew the glass was restricting . If I take the front filter off and use the original fans for the rad , think it will improve ??

get the front hex panel as well. I have this case with both top and front hex panels and air flow is much better. I have my 3090 ftw3 hybrid rad mounted on top as exhaust with 4 corsair ml120s (Capellix) and gpu never goes above 60C. Fans max out around 2000rpm with my fan curve. My room temp now has been around 27C due to the heat. But gpu never goes above 60C.

So today i atleast removed the LL120 fans and put the original radiator fans on the rad, hope the higher RPM will help 

yea, i would say so, while gaming didnt go over 62-63c in a hot room . 

What fans came on the rad(or did you switch onto it)? If there aren't gains to be made there from better SP fans you may have to look into a less restrictive case. I would expect you to be able to chip away at the new lower temps if you want to tinker around with your build.

even when card is Oced to +118%, +100 core +500 mem, fans at 2200RPM, warzone at 3440x1440 max settings, was stable at 56c. the LL CORSAIR FANS are clearly not good radiator fans, i woud like to do push pull but i dont have space, and even when i got a pair of 120mmx15mm fans, they are kinda usless at 1500rpm.
 
i live in a very dusty climate, so taking off the filter is not an option, im sure it would help a little bit more, changing a case isnt an option, my whole rad config, and fans are built around the 680x , and i spent a pretty penny on LL 120,140 FANS and a 280MM NAXT Z63, ideally i would like a lian li dynamic XL, but economically, wouldnt make sense, id need to get 9 120mm fans and change my rad to a 360mm.
 
 

mrshrir
even when card is Oced to +118%, +100 core +500 mem, fans at 2200RPM, warzone at 3440x1440 max settings, was stable at 56c. the LL CORSAIR FANS are clearly not good radiator fans, i woud like to do push pull but i dont have space, and even when i got a pair of 120mmx15mm fans, they are kinda usless at 1500rpm.
 
i live in a very dusty climate, so taking off the filter is not an option, im sure it would help a little bit more, changing a case isnt an option, my whole rad config, and fans are built around the 680x , and i spent a pretty penny on LL 120,140 FANS and a 280MM NAXT Z63, ideally i would like a lian li dynamic XL, but economically, wouldnt make sense, id need to get 9 120mm fans and change my rad to a 360mm.
 
 

Been there and done that. Was it worth it? Yes. lol. 

KingEngineRevUp

mrshrir
even when card is Oced to +118%, +100 core +500 mem, fans at 2200RPM, warzone at 3440x1440 max settings, was stable at 56c. the LL CORSAIR FANS are clearly not good radiator fans, i woud like to do push pull but i dont have space, and even when i got a pair of 120mmx15mm fans, they are kinda usless at 1500rpm.
 
i live in a very dusty climate, so taking off the filter is not an option, im sure it would help a little bit more, changing a case isnt an option, my whole rad config, and fans are built around the 680x , and i spent a pretty penny on LL 120,140 FANS and a 280MM NAXT Z63, ideally i would like a lian li dynamic XL, but economically, wouldnt make sense, id need to get 9 120mm fans and change my rad to a 360mm.
 
 

Been there and done that. Was it worth it? Yes. lol. 

 

mrshrir
even when card is Oced to +118%, +100 core +500 mem, fans at 2200RPM, warzone at 3440x1440 max settings, was stable at 56c. the LL CORSAIR FANS are clearly not good radiator fans, i woud like to do push pull but i dont have space, and even when i got a pair of 120mmx15mm fans, they are kinda usless at 1500rpm.

Push/pull is definitely possible on the 680x. I have a 360 aio and the gpu rad both in push pull. You have to come up with a way to space the top fans further back. I used flat braces like these to push them further to the rear.

https://www.amazon.com/dp...3V7JKEEB4H48E2M9?psc=1

Link to pics of my build.

https://twitter.com/Maste...89634373390057475?s=19

eg1122

mrshrir
even when card is Oced to +118%, +100 core +500 mem, fans at 2200RPM, warzone at 3440x1440 max settings, was stable at 56c. the LL CORSAIR FANS are clearly not good radiator fans, i woud like to do push pull but i dont have space, and even when i got a pair of 120mmx15mm fans, they are kinda usless at 1500rpm.

Push/pull is definitely possible on the 680x. I have a 360 aio and the gpu rad both in push pull. You have to come up with a way to space the top fans further back. I used flat braces like these to push them further to the rear.

https://www.amazon.com/dp...3V7JKEEB4H48E2M9?psc=1

Link to pics of my build.

https://twitter.com/Maste...89634373390057475?s=19

THE gpu rad is in the front, i really dont see how i can fit a pair of 120mm fans behind the rad, there is no space, in your pic i see you have the 360m H150 corsair rad, maybe its a few mm thinner than the evga 240 rad that is with the hybrid gpu
 
edit, just read your corsair rad is 27mm, and the evga rad is 27.5mm

mrshrir
Of course when air conditioning goes on temps drop a bit , to 65-66, room is hot , I also have 4 cards mining on a rig in the room .

You don't want to just try to cool the room.
You need a way to extract the hot air from the room as well.
Because your mining rigs will overpower window and mini-split style AC units.
Period.

You want to get the hot air out, and cool fresh, incoming air.
Rather than trying to constantly cycle hot air through, hoping to cool it down.