Asus TUF 3080 Thermal Pad Replacement Guide | A Must Do Mod!

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A step by step guide on how to replace the thermal pads on your Asus TUF 3080 graphics card. I imagine 3080Ti and 3090 would be very similar. Test results are at the end of the video.
I decided to perform this modification when VRAM temperatures were sustaining 100 degrees Celsius with the NiceHash Quickminer in Lite mode.
Most pads were replaced, but I also added one pad that I connects the top of VRAM heatsink directly to the heatpipes. I believe that one pad made the biggest difference, these cards should come with it!
Some product links are affiliate links which means if you buy something I'll receive a small commission.
Required tools:
1) Phillips Head #0 and #1
2) Gelid Solutions GP-Extreme 12W-Thermal Pads: amzn.to/3NGdD3J
3) Thermal pad dimensions: imgur.com/kgqKgHm (credit to u/Skymirrh on Reddit)
4) Arctic MX-4 Thermal Paste: amzn.to/3lUUCyq
5) 91% Isopropyl Alcohol: amzn.to/38VHHJS
6) Paper towels: amzn.to/3PSIbRs
Nice to have tools:
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Compressed Air Duster: amzn.to/3LZwiGr
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Gelid Solutions GP-Extreme 12W-Thermal Pads:
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0:00 Intro
0:20 Opening the GPU
0:54 Remove heatsink
1:08 Replace thermal pads on the bottom of the heatsink
4:00 Cleaning VRAM modules and GPU Die
4:46 Prepare the top of the heatsink
5:28 Backplate pad replacement
6:44 Replace pads on top of the heatstink
7:17 Re-pasting the GPU die
8:01 Test Results (VRAM temp and hashrate)

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@IgorTFerreira 2 года назад

great guide! i have some 3080 tufs and made those mods some time ago, it works great! i can't understand why ASUS choose to place stickers over thermal pads between the memory heatsink and the heatpipes... thanks for the video!

@adam_tarantino 2 года назад

Appreciate the comment! I agree, with the engineering they have, you would think they could find a better place for those stickers. Even if you aren't mining, this little upgrade should prolong the life of the card.

@messionice 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much! Bought mine used and evidentially used for mining or something. Running 107c in certain parts of starfield. Now it's running 71c in the same spots. lol

@benchmark3332 2 года назад

I did not expect such low temps since asus uses good pads

@adam_tarantino 2 года назад

Looking back, I didn't notice anything particularly wrong with the Asus pads I removed. My best guess is that adding the pad where I removed a couple stickers on the heatsink made the biggest difference (4:56). Since I had extra, I decided to go ahead and replace most of them while I had the card open.

@V1lkas Год назад

i have over 100C on hot spot when gpu have 65st (tuf 3080ti) and i think to void warranty and replace paste

@Liquid_Mike Год назад

Damn, Asus polishes their heatsinks to a mirror finish!

@rayspeers11 Год назад

Thanks man. Same prob hete diff algo. Could never get that 100mh on eth, only 94. You have encouraged me to do it, for gpu health.

@adam_tarantino Год назад

Good luck! Let me know if you have any questions.

@canadiangoose1451 9 месяцев назад

My msi 3080 is starting to stutter and the memory temp looks a little high at > 90 playing cyberpunk for more than 20 minutes doesn’t make a considerable with the glass off ether might do this and hopefully it helps

@elvirmuratovic8772 2 года назад

Yesterday i changed my Asus Tuf 3080 with copper pads, temps droped alot! Before was 100mhs with 104 degrees celsius on vram, after 100mhs with 84 degrees celsus around 3 pm ( during the day temp is max 84, at night drops to 76 ). Btw nice video dude!

@adam_tarantino 2 года назад

Wow, nice job, that's a huge difference! Is it a piece of copper with thermal paste? Or copper thermal pads? Haven't heard of those before! And I appreciate it! 🙏🏼

@elvirmuratovic8772 2 года назад

@@adam_tarantino i put it this way: On vram paste, than copper pads, then paste again, and heatsink last one.

@kimohw Год назад

@Elvir Muratovic Hey, did you use copper 1.5mm or 1.8mm ?

@elvirmuratovic8772 Год назад

@@kimohw 1.5mm

@QueckSilber87 Год назад

Wow... Witch it's the name of this?.... I want do mod my 3080

@NonLegitNation2 Год назад

Thanks for the video. i just this exact card today and while using it noticed my mem junction temp at 110C and hot spot at 86C although general GPU temp was at 65C so i'm definitely replacing the thermal pads asap. Quick question. i got the dimensions from the jpg that you linked, but in the end how many of each size did you end up buying. LOL, i suck at math so I'm having a hard time figuring out how many I should buy of each size. Also am i right in assuming this is probably gonna cost about $75 in thermal pads?

@adam_tarantino Год назад

I actually had a friend who did the same modification for a different card send me his extra thermal pads. I'm fairly certain you would need one pack of 2mm and one pack of 3mm. Each pack comes with two pieces.

@NonLegitNation2 Год назад

@@adam_tarantino yep you are correct I ordered 1 pack of each. I replaced the thermal pads, ended up knocking two resistors off the pcb, died inside for 3 days, found a local shop that fixed it for $60 and now I have a nice chilly GPU, my temps dropped pretty significantly. Hotspot hits 70C max and thermal Junction only hits about 67C Max. Thanks a ton for this video considering before the repaste and repad my GPU probably would have cooked itself to death.

@gavmack11 Год назад

Tino Tech Tips!

@mattk.5258 Год назад

I got an overheating TUF 3070 TI, so many videos about them over heating, why are they so bad a pad placement?

@JustAThought916 Год назад

noctua mod it

@DaeveMc 19 дней назад

Quick question if i only repaste the gpu without changing the pads will it fix my hotspot being around 30 degree more hot or do i have to change the pads to fix that?

@adam_tarantino 19 дней назад

Is the hotspot temp like that even when the computer is idle? If it is, it might be worth re-pasting, just make sure to cover the entire GPU die. May as well upgrade the pads if you're in there already.

@DaeveMc 18 дней назад

@@adam_tarantino at idle It's 49gpu and 78 hotspot...

@FunkyTwn Год назад

Is this the 10gb or the 12gb? Also, you put like 3x as much thermal paste as you needed. That's a crazy amount of thermal paste.

@adam_tarantino Год назад

This is the 10GB version. Fair point. I errored on the side of using more than less since the first time I tried re-pasting, I did not fully cover the surface with thermal paste, which resulted in very high GPU hotspot temps even when idle. I did not want to risk having to open the card again and re-paste for a third time. Also the Arctic MX-4 paste is less viscous than others, which also could have contributed.

@FunkyTwn Год назад

@@adam_tarantino I'm wondering if they addressed that 'sticker on the heatsink' problem with the updated 12gb seeing as how it came out two years later. - Don't worry about thermal paste, no matter how you do it somebody would complain. :)

@adam_tarantino Год назад

@@FunkyTwn I would hope so! That sticker was such a pain to get off! No worries my friend, thanks for stopping by!

@HopletSplayserovich Год назад

On my tuff 3090, in order to reach 30 degrees 90 xw in the heat, you need to jam the core ((The map has already been modified (((Powdery cold, I regret that I didn’t fuck up the strix ((((

@HopletSplayserovich Год назад

By the way, memory chips an 3090 are more temperature resistant than 3080 (there was also 3080 tuff) I remember getting warm at 100 degrees and immediately the hash drops (((

@Matt-lf1ik Год назад

what size screwdriver do i need?

@adam_tarantino Год назад

#1 Phillips head and #0 Phillips head for the spring tension screws on the retention plate.

@mostnamesaretaken959 Год назад

are they the same as rtx 3070ti tuf oc?

@adam_tarantino Год назад

I don't have a TUF 3070 TI on hand to verify, but looking at another video, it appears it's very similar to the TUF 3080. I believe you could follow my video for your 3070 TI and still be successful. Here's the video I referenced. It's timestamped when the card is disassembled; you can see the memory modules and heatsink are very similar to the 3080. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f8f6ZHCPVpw.html

@mostnamesaretaken959 Год назад

@@adam_tarantino thanks a million Adam

@kotkrinik 7 месяцев назад

7:45 wow, I can service 5 processors with that amount of thermal paste!

@adam_tarantino 7 месяцев назад

Haha it's non-conductive, so it's not a problem. I mentioned in another comment, since the first time I tried re-pasting, I did not fully cover the surface with thermal paste, so it resulted in very high GPU hotspot temps even when idle. I did not want to risk having to open the card again and re-paste for a third time.

@kotkrinik 7 месяцев назад

@@adam_tarantino Just use 5 times less thermal paste and a match next time. The paste is carefully spread in a thin layer on the processor and that’s it. There is no need to spread it like butter on bread.

@adam_tarantino 7 месяцев назад

@@kotkrinik I'll know next time. Thanks for stopping by!

@Liquid_Mike Год назад

Plastic razor blades are 100% legit

@adam_tarantino Год назад

They're so handy!