Aurora owners, regarding RTX 3070 FE

@r72019

It’s this card:  https://www.zotac.com/us/product/graphics_card/zotac-gaming-geforce-rtx-3070-twin-edge-oc

It fits if you very carefully remove the triangle metal support under the power supply.  I used tin snips and when I got to the rivets I twisted the final bit off like a spam can. You have to be very careful with the part the remains so as not to twist it off too. This card has the power connectors recessed-hard to get to but helps alleviate further height issues.  I downloaded the driver directly from Zotac dated 11-09-20. The card requires 220 watts I believe.

No problems so far except I’ve run several Benchmark programs. Some work but most say ‘The Direct 3D device has a non-zero reference count...'   I’m overclocking at level one through the 1.0.3 Bios? 

Why install a Zotac instead of Dell? Just wondering

Hello,

Before I put an 3080 in my R8, I eyed up the 3070 FE, it fits without cutting triangle and without replacing the front fan to 15mm. As for heat, that is another subject, an upper front fan will mix in cooler air with the exhausted hot air from the GPU. You will have higher CPU temps whatever you do, unless you get a blower GPU.