Overview

As soon as I saw Noctua's announcement about a partnership with Asus to make a GPU, I knew I had to get one because I had been wanting to do a Noctua build for quite some time. Unfortunately, scarce availability and inflated pricing made it impossible to buy one, but I was incredibly fortunate to take advantage of a local trade and the rest is history.

My PBO settings are an all-core -20 voltage curve and limits of 100 PPT, 80 TDC, and 100 EDC. For GPU settings, I'm running +130 core and +600 VRAM.

For testing, I ran Unigine Heaven and Superposition as well as 3DMark Fire Strike and Time Spy benchmark tests, which gave me the maximum temperatures and the clock speeds. I then let my PC sit on the desktop with no programs open or running in the background for about 20 minutes to get the idle temperatures. Results are below.

Be sure to check out my other builds and take a look at my matching Noctua themed keyboard based on the KBDfans Tiger Lite!

Specifications

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

CPU Cooler
Noctua NH-D15 Chromax
Noctua A15 PWM (x2)

Thermal Paste
Arctic MX-4

Motherboard
Asus ROG STRIX B550-F Gaming

Memory
G.Skill RipJaws V DDR4-3600 C16 2x16GB

Storage
Western Digital Black SN750 1TB
Teamgroup MP44L 1TB

GPU
Asus RTX 3070 8GB Noctua OC Edition
upHere GPU​ ​Brace

Case
Lian Li LANCOOL II Mesh Performance

Case Fan(s)
Noctua A12x25 PWM (x4)

Power Supply
Seasonic FOCUS PX-750

PSU Cables
CableMod PRO ModFlex Cable Kit - Black/Silver

Clocks and Temps

CPU Clock
4.45 GHz

CPU Idle Temperature
41° C

CPU Load Temperature
81° C

GPU Core Clock
2.01 GHz

GPU VRAM Clock
7.6 GHz

GPU Idle Temperature
36° C

GPU Load Temperature
68° C