Nvidia's GENIUS RTX 3070 FE Thermal Design | Almost zero recirculation

The RTX 3070 Founder's Edition has a 220W TDP yet it runs cooler with a smaller cooler than the 225W TDP RTX 2080. How did Nvidia manage to do this? Certainly not magic, but some very clever engineering on controlling the airflow around the heatsink! Truly a 3000 IQ big brain time design.

Credits to Tomshardware and Techpowerup for the most detailed reviews with high-res photos.

[Icureditwithmybrain]

I purchased a 3070 founders card a few days ago and wanted to understand its air flow so I can place my case fans to work with not against it. Thanks!

[MrFishrr]

Great video! I’m thinking of getting a build with 3070TI FE and Lian-Li O11D XL - based on the GPU airflow would you recommend I mount the bottom fans of the case as intake or exhaust? Really hoping you can help with this one! Thank you

[rangegod]

Great vid! Would like to see more like this! Keep it up 👍👍

[dracolnyte]

love your shit, i wish there was a channel explaining the physics and aerodynamics of coolers. Do one for the radeon 6000 series as well

[djbrokoly]

Hi Sr.! just bought an RTX 3070 FE for my Alienware R9, Im concerned because the swing arm PSU migh block one card fan (there is 1cm of space between the card and the PSU swing arm. What do you think?

[zbigniew]

Eh why nobody makes design like it? Buy new ones is imposible and used ones are only from almost day1...

[KYSMO]

Hey, man, great vid!

I have a question. Why is the 3090 and 3080 FE backside fan on the opposite side? If I understand correctly, it pulls air through the fins instead of pushing them like a 3070 and 3060ti. So, what gives?

[kingofteen]

I have a 3070 nvidia with a Ryzen 7 3700x and for warzone I get 75 degree is it overheating or is it fine

[ruipatricio]

So would this be a blower or open air, because it seems like both rn😂

[mobgripchamanrogue]

Damm my graphic card is a piece of tech
I only use it for 20 yo games and i feel super dumb

[jocelynchalendard]

And yet it ends up terribly in your 3070 cooling tier list.