ASUS Prime graphics cards are at the center of a new trend: fan replacement. For this purpose, some smart guys are offering alternative 3D-printed fairings for mounting 120×25 mm case fans. Changing fans is easy, and the results, depending on the type of fan chosen, are encouraging!
ASUS Prime: modded graphics cards!
On Reddit, we have the case of a user who has modified his RX 9070 XT Prime. He removed the original fairing (which incorporates the basic ventilation) and printed a fan support in transparent PCTG. Then, to further enhance the design, he printed a new fairing, this time in PET-CF. Unfortunately, his printer doesn’t allow the whole thing to be made in one piece, but never mind, the result is quite satisfactory with the two Arctic P12 Pro models.
Now on Makerworld, another user shares print files to change the fans on your ASUS RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 (Ti) Prime. The assembly here consists of several elements that will need to be mounted on the card’s heatsink and fans. Please note, however, that this option appears to be compatible only with Arctic’s P12 Pro.
In actual fact, this second solution, on RTX 5080s, stabilizes the card at 68°C after 10 min of OCCT with 50% ventilation at 400W load. By pushing the fan all the way, the temperature drops back to 60°C. Now at 300W load with noise stabilized at 39 dB, he reports that the original fan was running at 60% speed to keep the GPU at 70°C after 10 min of testing. With the P12 Pro duo, the fan runs at 34% of speed, but the temperature is lower: 64°C!
Of course, this change of fairing and fans may result in a loss of warranty. On the other hand, the footprint becomes larger, while graphics card ventilation is now handled by a PWM fan socket… So managed by the motherboard.
