Predator Orion 3000 P03-620 Temp fix I am thinking about adding a top fan to see if I can improve.

NiSimo said:

Hi all.

First of all English is not my native language so sorry in advance. I got the P03-620 with an Intel core I7 10700 and a RTX 2060.When i first got my pc the temps(both cpu and gpu) would reach 85 - 90 degrees while gaming. I upgraded the stock case fans with noctua 92 mm case fans. And I also upgraded the cpu cooler to a Noctua L9×65. At first glance I was happy because you could deffinetly see a improvement. The cpu temps would only reach arround 70 but gpu temps were still arround 80 - 85. One day I decided to play Warzone with this setup and both my CPU and GPU would reach arround 90. So I decided to do some more improving.

I finally upgraded the cpu cooler to a NH-U9s Chromax Black. I also figured that airflow in this case is pretty bad. The original intake fan is mostly blowing against my HDD so i decided to add an other intake fan. Above the original intake fan there is a spot to add a 80 mm fan. I used an 80mm holesaw and mounted a 80mm Noctua case fan. I added a magnetic dustfilter on the inside. 

I played Warzone again at the same settings. And after an hour of playing CPU temps Did not go above 60 degrees and GPU Arround 80 - 82. When I run MSI Afterburner  I get as low as 78 degrees.

So overall I am happy with these upgrades. I am thinking about adding a top fan to see if I can improve it further. Warzone generally runs pretty hot so most other games that i play wont even reach nearly as high enough.

Look NiSimo, with cooling the CPU can handle temps of above 90c and dry cooling but, the GPU is the weaker component of any setup. GPU’s are the most expensive part of any computer setup and are prone to extensive heat especially with gaming rigs where the GPU’s mostly fail. All high end GPU’s and the RTX 2060 is not one of them (but its up to you if you want to water cool your RTX 2060?) as keeping your RTX 2060 at a lower temps especially with modern games where they inflict some tremendous temperatures onto your GPU card that destroys many  GPU cards, especially circuitry components and the actual motherboards material, they virtually burn them out as circuitry components get so hot that they burn themselves out and the motherboard. What I would strongly suggest is that you water cool your GPU and never ever use a liquid metal paste as they don’t work and are a very dangerous paste that destroy and cause most of the GPU’s shortening of components and failures, as the paste leaks outside the GPU and heatsink when applied and the metal paste gets into the surrounding GPU circuitry and shorts them out and makes your card inoperable!

Yes I know that, the theory is that a “low tier GPU’s don't usually get liquid cooling”  from the manufacturers or from water cooling manufacturers because of their lower power draw and their high cost but there is one cooling , see this link for installation >> "RTX 2060 + KRAKEN NZXT G12" or go to this link for the "Kraken G12" web site that this water cooling setup will work for your RTX 2060 GPU and its not expensive also, the Kraken G12 has been successfully applied to many RTX 2060 with no issues so it’s up to you if you want to apply it. Good luck and hope this helps you out if you want to protect the modern GPU’s costly investment!