Question alienware aurora r8 running too hot after installing msi ventus 2x rtx 4060 ti

Dec 15, 2024
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cpu- i7-9700k @ 4..2
32gb hyperx ddr4 @ 2800
msi ventus 2x rtx 4060 ti 8gb
850w gold rated psu
one top, front, and rear fan

I recently upgraded to the 4060 ti from the dell 2080 single blower since I had to have a 2 fan model that is below 11" long and 4.8" high and that is all that is available right now. The performance is good but the card runs at a steady 60 degrees and the cpu has started hovering between 58-61 with occasional hotspots around 65-69. This is all when gaming hard at 1440 with ultra settings and usually ray tracing. The cpu is the stock dell AIO single radiator fan liquid cooler. I was able to OC my cpu to a steady 4.6-4.7 before with much lower temps. I have repasted the cpu in the past couple months so that is not an issue. The AIO works just fine. I can cool it a few degrees upping the front and top fan curve but these fans are far too loud to go as high as I think I need.
Can I replace the fans with better/maybe more fans? The proprietary parts make it a problem with some things dell. Which fans need to be the strongest? The card is horizontal to the bottom with the fans facing down away from the cpu. Maybe a case change if nothing else works?
 
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Due to the design of the case and how the AIO is mounted to the top exhausting internal case heat, your AIO's radiator is heatsoaked by the GPU's heat. IMHO, the RTX3000 series onwards are all power hungry and the RTX2000 was the last of the power efficient cards from Nvidia. This coupled with the fact that the case engineer's at Dell just wanted to cook their hardware so you'd ditch it for something new, once warranty expired.

Can I replace the fans with better/maybe more fans?
You could but that's just driving your investments on the prebuilt towards negative. Look for high static pressure fans but they won't be;
a| cheap
or
b| if they are cheap they'll be noisy.

An example;
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5r-rLC9tVk

Maybe a case change if nothing else works?

Don't bother. You're better off saving and building a concurrent system with a good case and avoid the front panel wiring conundrum;
https://www.dell.com/community/en/c...-in-new-generic-case/647f90a8f4ccf8a8de1f6fa2
 
thanks for your input. I think I am going to just start building a new system. I was just looking solution to hold me for 6months to build a new system. I've never tried AMD cpu or gpu. so maybe I'll see what they have to offer for 1440 gaming.