I thought this GPU mod was going to be pointless... Boy was I wrong!
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Published 2021-09-12
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All Comments (21)
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How insanely tone deaf is it for Nvidia to cheap out on something that can only cost them a few cents to do right? That's just Nvidia making it crystal clear what they really think of their customers.
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For the cost of the GPU, the paste and pads 'SHOULD' be set correctly. The fact this wasn't, doesn't worry me so much, but makes me think the manufacturer no longer cares about the consumer.
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Once the plate is off and the chips/GPU are all cleaned, put a small amount of modelling clay on the chips and then put the backplate on. This will compress the clay to the exact thickness that exists between the components and plate. Carefully remove the plate and the compressed clay can be accurately measured. Pick the pad thickness based on that measurement.
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Jay: Says that the test bench is in it's best case scenario. Me: No that's a no case scenario.
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This is all well and good, but there's going to be a sizeable amount of people who just aren't technical enough to replace the pads. These GPUs should never have been released like this.
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nvidia: 'let's make most expensive gpu!' also nvidia: 'let's use cheapest cooling thermal pads'
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This mod is mandatory IMO. When I opened my 3090 I have never seen such a poor job done at cooling from factory. Absolutely shocking. If you read around on this subject you'll find a guy who did some investigating and found that this memory starts to degrade at a much lower temperature than nvidia would have you believe. Pretty much every 3080/90 founders out there is slowly dying if you don't do this mod.
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Imagine a company selling a 1000-3000$ high demand product and doing something as simple as setting up cooling on it correctly. Wouldn't that be wild?
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gelid EXTREME 2mm pads work great for this, gelid 2mm ULTIMATE are too big, i think its because the extreme are squishy, i dropped around 20-25c on my 3080 FE from doing this mod
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"It was hitting 105 at his place, and it's like 78 in the warhouse right now." That casual mixing of temperature scales without so much as a pause :P
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Best results i know - one russian miner did change RTX3080 thermal pads to 1 mm copper plates and memory temperature go down from 100C to ~66C. Not sure if it's his own idea but he did tried diffirent types of thermal pads/grease and all of them is nothing compare to copper.
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For anyone who wants to do this, make sure you actually measure the thermal pads using calipers to ensure you have the right size. some cards have 1 size pads, some have 2 different size pads, and some have 3 different size pads. you definitely want to make sure you have the correct size, saves you the trouble of having to re-open your card couple times and trying to figure out which pads might have been to big. just measure the the original pads, its better than guess work
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Jay launchin a GPU benchmark : "As anyone know, the RTX 3000 series 3080s run very hot" Jay after 10 min of GPU benchmark decides to touch the GPU : "Oh it's hot !" This man will never change ^^
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1:55 they are also "flip chip ram" so most of the heat is dumped away from the heat sink anyway... so thermal pads on the "tops" actually makes more of a difference than most think it will.
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Imagine if nvidia did this from the factory! This shouldn't be a necessary mod. Pretty frustrating
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Used 1.5mm pads for the mod. Worked perfectly on my 3090FE. Be careful of the led cable.
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Ugh, now I need to check mine. I really don't want to take it apart, but damn you guys got some great results.
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I had the same issue with the pads and solved it with a pasta roller. Rolled my 2.0mm pads for a bit and stuck them where i needed to use 1.5mm. Worked like a charm
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I found that you need to first apply the pads to the card, NOT the cooler. The contact of the pads made best on the memory transfers to the cooler better. Not sure why...but lots of trial and error confirmed that every time I placed the pads on the memory first, it did better.
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The Thermalright Odyssey Extreme worked wonders for my 3080. Saw similar drops in the 20C range. Amazing that manufacturers skimp on $10 in better thermal pads for cards that are $800+.
