# Strapping 11 fans and a 360mm AIO to an RTX 3080 sounds crazy until you see the 30°C temp drop — modded GPU delivered less than 5 FPS uplift at turbojet noise levels

> TrashBench recently decided to test whether adding more and more fans to what used to be one of the best graphics cards would improve its performance.

- **Source:** [Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cooling/strapping-11-fans-and-a-360mm-aio-to-an-rtx-3080-sounds-crazy-until-you-see-the-30-c-temp-drop-modded-gpu-delivered-less-than-5-fps-uplift?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a5bc28daca34b98122bc750)
- **Published:** 2026-07-18
- **Category:** Gaming
- **Tags:** #asus #geforce #rtx #rtx-3080
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a5bc28daca34b98122bc750

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