do you have any suggestion with the heat sink itself? I also have a 2080 from galax (the 2080 oc white with the clear acrylic outside) but the heatsink just stupidly not efficent for dissipating heat, also 1 fan died but I replaced it with something else but it did work better than the original one
You can theoretically replace it with a different one. The problem is that most manufacturers use different mounting, so if you want to use a larger heatsink from another model, you’ll need to find one that fits perfectly over the VRAM and power section and find a way to mount it. Additionally, galax dual-fan and triple-fan heatsinks are likely to be different, even when made by the same manufacturer. From experience, I know that the RTX 20xx series runs extremely hot. If you decide to keep the stock heatsink, you can replace the fans with custom, more efficient ones and use liquid metal instead of thermal paste (At your own risk. I have video on my chanel with 1070ti on liquid metal). The difference will be huge, but you’ll need to do some research to avoid damaging anything. Alternatively, you can use software like MSI Afterburner to set a temperature limit of 75°C and create a custom fan curve for better thermal management + do some undervolting.
do you have any suggestion with the heat sink itself? I also have a 2080 from galax (the 2080 oc white with the clear acrylic outside) but the heatsink just stupidly not efficent for dissipating heat, also 1 fan died but I replaced it with something else but it did work better than the original one
You can theoretically replace it with a different one. The problem is that most manufacturers use different mounting, so if you want to use a larger heatsink from another model, you’ll need to find one that fits perfectly over the VRAM and power section and find a way to mount it. Additionally, galax dual-fan and triple-fan heatsinks are likely to be different, even when made by the same manufacturer.
From experience, I know that the RTX 20xx series runs extremely hot. If you decide to keep the stock heatsink, you can replace the fans with custom, more efficient ones and use liquid metal instead of thermal paste (At your own risk. I have video on my chanel with 1070ti on liquid metal). The difference will be huge, but you’ll need to do some research to avoid damaging anything. Alternatively, you can use software like MSI Afterburner to set a temperature limit of 75°C and create a custom fan curve for better thermal management + do some undervolting.