[termie]

Compare the size of the new air-cooled 40XX cards and the iChill 4090, which is tiny by comparison. The simple answer is just to use liquid cooling if you have a card using 400w. Then all the absurdity just goes away.

[RL_Quine]

The water cooling on my 3090 is heavier than the air cooling for the same card, as you need a coldplate on both sides of the thing to get rid of the heat.

[15155]

If you give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, I will move the world.

The length of the 3090 with air cooling is what makes it so heavy on the PCIE connector - localized coldplate weight is not an issue.

[RL_Quine]

The water block is full coverage, the length of the card on both sides, and is a gigantic block of copper. With the water inside it’s even heavier.

[15155]

For the 3090 FE, at least, the card is half the length of the air cooler and an EKWB 3090 FE waterblock is the same length as the board.

[m463]

> Then all the absurdity just goes away.

and once you have liquid cooling, maybe you can go to 800w...