Thank you for taking the time to make this video. To put the gpu block easily you just fit the little notch in a hole that's close to where you put the thumbscrews on the motherboard and it lines up perfecty
For god's sakes man, this video is screaming for the temperature numbers, before and after! Anyway, despite the minor mistakes during assembly, good job! :)
I agree. From the tests I have put together vs other people and their FTW's, I believe you can expect to see anywhere between a 4-6C temperature reduction vs stock paste. Of course, the only thing this allows is for your boost clock speeds to remain higher for longer periods of time. GPU Boost appears to reduce clock speeds by 13mhz per 5-10C.
TeeEquals Absolutely. I recently made some changes to my build and I'm currently running NT-H1 and have been very happy with it for my CPU. I imagine you would get equally good results applying it to a video card as well.
you can just leave the screw near the io shield, the reason you might think that need to be taken out is that there is a plastic square from the cooler itself that needs to be lined up with one of the square cutout from the metal io shield, and you just need to pull the cooler away from the rear once you remove the 4 screws for the gpu die
Dude, you left all kinds of flecks and little pieces of dried paste on the PCI connector when you were brushing. I kept waiting for you to blow it off but you never did. Now you got little pieces of TIM down in the PCI slot on your mobo!
I just did all the thermal pad replacement from EVGA and on the Aggressive fan setting I'm Getting 60c under full load. Prior to replacing thermal paste full load say on battlefield 1 or Witcher 3 was 61 to 68C.
Josh Carter Same. Prior to thermal pad replacement, in an ncase m1 under full load 71c. After EVGA bios update and thermal pad replacement I'm at 64c. Huge improvement considering the case I have.
I was using a cotton swab/q-tip and accidentally scratched mine when cleaning the old paste off. Thankfully it didn't affect it's performance, but was still scary as heck.
I prefer using a toothbrush dipped in the isopropyl Alcahol.. I have two of these 1080 Ti's.. Mine are not the most efficent cards, but still hashing away making a BIT or two..
so i just did this with my ftw card. overclocked too 2126. 5 min run stock tim 65C after swap 62C so 3c drop not bad for how easy it is to swap it out. gc extreme used
the thermal paste on mine was so bad there was almost nothing on it. just a tiny dry spot in the middle all the corners of the dye where clean. i put some mx4 on it and now it runs 20c cooler
I need help.Hi, I have a R5 2600 @3.8ghz and my video card is a EVGA Nvidia GTX1080 FTW. The card seems to be overheating a great deal with certain games(GTAV, Doom) and I'm not overclocking. My RAM is 16gb 2400, and I have 1 fan in back, and 1 fan on top, with my Liquid cooler 240 on front. My temps in game get up to 75-88c! I've cleaned the fans on the GPU so what else should I do?
I found if I take the Fan Connector off first less likely to damage it when the card is closed was worried I would rip it out with my fingers. Replace my 980ti with some Tuniq TX-2 I had laying around it's suppose to be good. Was getting temps top out at 84 c which was too hot for me cause it says in EVGA precision that card will shut down and throttle at above 83. I spread the thermal paste around with a Guitar Pick I got a bunch on ebay years ago.
I got it to drop 7 degrees Celsius in Heaven benchmark at 1440P was at 83 tops now it's 76 best fix it up I've done in months. I noticed the air coming out of the case was so damn hot I knew it wasn't air flow I have a cooler master Enforcer. Cause it was still hot with the case cover off and I live in WI.
None. I actually didn't test it with stock thermal paste before doing this. It was an error on my part, and in the future I'll make sure to do a before and after test.
So, I'd like to change my paste on my EVGA GTX 980 (backblower style). I have some IC Diamond, and was wondering if it was safe to use on my GPU? I used it on my i7-3770K, and got a 15°C decrease in idle temps (from 55°C to ~38-42°C), so I know the paste is a very effective heat dissipator. The issue is that I've recently read about IC Diamond causing pitting on the heat spreader and heat sink. The posts, however, were from 2012-2013, so I'm not even sure if that's still the case. For my CPU, I'm not too worried because I doubt I'll need to change the paste again before I upgrade, since the chip is already five years old. But I don't foresee myself upgrading the 980 any time soon. Aside from that, GPU paste is applied directly to the die, rather than a heat spreader, so it worries me further. I've seen Linus use IC Diamond on LTT in the past, so I'm wondering if perhaps their formula has been improved? I bought the compound on their recommendation. If IC Diamond is dangerous to my GPU die, which paste would you recommend I use instead? From the research I've done so far, it seems IC Diamond has a higher conductivity than most other pastes, even the good ones, with the exception of liquid metal, which I do not feel safe using. Would it even be worth replacing the paste with one that has a lower conductivity than IC Diamond? Currently my temps easily max out (80°C), even with an aggressive fan curve, while playing PUBG at 1440p with maxed graphics. I occasionally dip below 60fps, and so any extra performance I could squeeze out of this card would be ideal. Even a few extra degrees could help my overclock and stabilize my fps without needing to turn down graphics or resolution. Sorry about the essay, I very much appreciate any responses, thank you!
Isn't that so much compound that it will inhibit thermal conductivity? I keep reading that too much paste will act like an insulator. Which is why we remove the factory / stock paste to begin with, isn't it?
you'd have to empty half a tube to cause an insulation issue. i'd be more afraid of using to little honestly. Most of the pastes on the market wont effect anything. Check the paste first though, it will say if it's non conductive or not. Usually a large pea size blob is enough.
Can I use my own thermal paste & thermal pads to mod it myself instead of the evga ones? Also are thermal paste with nano/micro particles/diamonds in them a good thing for GPU or will that damage the GPU chip by causing scratches & tinny bumps ? Are these thermal paste ok to use: Thermalright Chill Factor III. Cooler Master Gel Maker Nano. Gelid GC Extreme. Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut.
I'd stay away form pads, they aren't as effective as paste at higher temps. Gamers Nexus did a video on this. I'd use anything non conductive, Thermal Grizzle Kryonaut is a very popular paste for both cpu and gpu applications. you only need metal type pastes if your doing big overclocks with Co2, but honestly the top end thermal pastes don't break down very easy so you can probably use them with co2 also. Use Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut or the artic silver variants, they are proven to work at all temps, easy to apply, not very expensive, last for over 5 years if you aren't doing EXTREME overclocks
I actually use Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra between my CPU die and the heat spreader. I saw drastic temperature drops from that. It requires delidding the CPU, though. I won't personally use it for a GPU, but I'm sure others will, and they will likely see great results from it. That stuff is really good.
Tests were done at a constant 20C room temperature. Conditions are not ideal. It's in an ITX case with only one exhaust fan, and two intake fans on a 2x120 radiator that don't help cool off the GPU. Heaven was run at ultra settings, 1920x1080, not full screen. Overclocks are 120% Power, +124 base clock, +500 mem clock. Stock - Max 1974mhz, min 1936mhz - 77 Celsius - Heaven score: 2566 OC - 50% fan speed. Max 2114mhz, min 2050mhz - 73 Celsius - Heaven score: 2849 OC - 100% fan speed. Max 2114mhz, min 2088mhz - 59 Celsius - Heaven score: 2860 When it comes to thermal paste I would never recommend AS5 because there are better options out there. Look into Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut and Gelid Solutions GC Extreme. They're very close when it comes to performance, so I'd recommend getting whichever one of those is cheaper.
Most reviews shows around 76~77 Celsius in a case with good airflow, very curious to see what (if any) effect the thermal compound has. Can you run a test with the case open?
+FantaFuture92 You're at higher risk of an aio leaking than you ever are of bricking a part through static electricity. How many times have you ever been shocked by a paint brush? Yeah, me neither.
+Shottie Gaming and yet here I am having to rebuild an entire PC because Corsairs h110i GT broke and leaked over everything. Shorted out my psu, fried my ssd's, my mobo, my ram and my CPU. GfuckinG
How old is it? Depends on the shelf life of that paste. I'd say 3 years max if it's been opened. New top of the line Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut paste is $12. To me, $12 is worth a few degrees cooler and you don't have to worry about taking it all apart again and do the entire process over if you change your mind. Plus, you have fresh paste and enough for 2 more uses even with the 1 gram syringe of the Kryonaut.
Lower temperatures. From what I can see and from what I've read, temps go down by around 3-5c. This can essentially give you +13mhz on your overclock. It's absolutely not necessary as I have never seen this card hit 80c, but it can give you a few extra MHz with gpuboost.
Don't use a paint brush. Use a q tip with a little alcohol and don't brush the thermal paste towards the pcie lol. Wtf? All the ham fisted attempts at changing thermal paste.
D4Doom Q tips leave behind bits and pieces of crap when going between those points. Been there and tried that. Paint brush, toothbrush, whatever brush you have will clean it off spotless. Wipe off the debris and it's fine. Don't be so dense.
