Steve please consider applying the entire tube of thermal compound in a future video. Don't mention it and act casual. I really want to see the reactions from the comment section.
I just applied my 1070 FTW mod using your tutorial. I'm an avid watcher and greatly appreciate all of your content. Thanks this made it fool proof. People, it was very simple and btw my thermal pads arrived within 5 days of placing the order with EVGA. THANKS AGAIN GN
Likewise, thanks for putting this up. Just bought 2 1080s and then heard about this.i have not taken them out of the box yet so I'm waiting for the pads before I install.
fast forward to 2021.. I just bought the EVGA 1080 SC from my least fav auction site. I just flashed the BIOS and have contacted EVGA for the pads. thanks for the video.
For direct die cooling, I would recommend making sure all of the die is covered by thermal paste and that it touches the heat-sink as hot spots on the die can cause weird issues such as crashes since the temperature probe does not report the temperature difference on the die. This is also more true because of the fact that silicon is not a good heat conductor.
Thanks dude. Just added the thermal pads on mine. Your video was very helpful. The instructions that came with the thermal pads says to take out ALL the screws at once which seemed daunting.
Great way to show people on how to add the thermal pads to the video card, but the real question. How long did it take you to grow your hair that long?
Had this card for 6 years now with no issues and now at idle its 50c, usually it sits around 30-40c. I'm gonna try this fix and hope it works! I could turn on MSI fan control and turn up the RPM but I'm trying to make the fans last as long as they can. Wish me luck!
justanalt whaaaaaat ? Dude, that makes no sense whatsoever, when we talk about temps AMD vs nVidia it's always comparing the cards in the original form (Founders Edition) and that's were AMD fails.
Hey Steve, thanks for doing a video on it. I thought i would be installing the thermal pads blind but with this video, I should be ready. I'm wasn't willing to botch up a 700 bucks piece of hardware because of breaking apart the card.
I always notice when you handle graphics cards that you have a habit of touching the fans. Those fan bearings aren't really designed to be load-bearing, they're only designed to hold a light plastic fan, not the weight of the whole card/cooler. Probably better to not touch the fans at all when lifting a card/cooler. It's unlikely to cause major damage but can cause them to spin off-axis and make noise/heat/wear/etc.
That's an entirely different type of force at an entirely different vector. There's no point comparing them. They are designed to spin around the way a fan does, not to be pushed down on one side. What the comment above yours basically says is that he's being careful not to push them too hard. Better still, is to not touch them at all. It's not like you'll harm the card by not touching the fans, but there is a risk of harming the fans by handling them. Why take a risk if you don't need to?
Because there is no risk of damage here. There is a huge difference between "push" and "touch." Being overly sensitive about this level of touching a product is needlessly worrisome. Flipping the card on its face doesn't put force on the fans, either. That's on the faceplate. And touching them while presenting is harmless.
I never said anything about flipping the card over because of exactly that. And yes, there is a difference between 'push' and 'touch', it's the amount of force exerted, and that's not visible on a video. I'm not being overly sensitive about it, I'm just mentioning it. You seem to be overly sensitive about me saying so. I've repaired a lot of devices with fans broken by people mishandling them. We'll have to disagree.
Should've had that anti-static band on before you took the card apart and esp before you ran your finger over the chokes. Your ESD practice is shocking, no pun intended.
Alcohol is not the best cleaning agent for this sort of work but it is the most often recommended. The best agent is Ronsonol Lighter fluid. It is what a lot of electronics technicians use in circumstances similar to this.
no this is for cards people already bought + like he said it is optinal you can also update your bios but that will make the fans run a little bit less quieter. and new card will have that bios by default
No, EVGA stands behind their product. This is just something they are offering to customers who want it. EVGA says it is NOT necessary. They are simply doing these to appease the crowd-mentality. Whether you do this mod or you do not, if your card fails, EVGA has clearly stated they will replace the card under the standard warranty procedure. That's why it's worth buying EVGA branded products. A warranty means nothing if the company is hard to reach or has terrible customer support. Kudos to EVGA for responding quickly and appropriately to a 'mole hill' that the internet has created into a 'mountain.' Absolutely ridiculous mob mentality from people on the internet.
CareyHolzman carey, the card failing is one thing, but if it takes out the mobo with itself or any other component in my tower then we have a problem. But hey, I don't OC or run furmark for hours so here's hoping.......
The fact that a product so expensive isn't flawless out of the box is weird... Looking back at the very short delay between the 1080 reference and the third party designs reveals, it makes me wonder how many of those designs were rushed è_é
tbh i was reluctant at first buying my 1080 ftw as it was cheaper than most other after market 1080s, that kinda didnt sit well with me as usually evga cards are rather at the top of the prices, now I know why this time it's not the case, they pretty much cheaped out on everything and only made the gpu die iteelf have direct contact with the cooler, everything else is indirectly and insufficiently cooled because the vram and vrm are seperated by the midplate. They thouht they could get away with it cuz gpu monitoring only reports gpu die temp and not the rest, this is my first and it will be my last evga card, never gonna trust that brand again I assure you.
I had no idea why by 1080 sc was so crap till I saw this.. it was constantly being throttled playing BF1. From here I managed to order the mod and a few days later it arrived. 20 mins to apply. Temps immediately dropped from 84 > 55ish Thanks for the heads up!!
If your affected card has more than two months of heavy use without the thermal pads the vrm is probably stressed. It's a 50/50 chance. It is better to do a bios update and hope for the best. If the card is brand new or has low hours, then do the pad mod. Or if you are loosing sleep over it. It takes two weeks for it to arrive in the mail. Keep the card shrink wrapped until the kit comes. Takes some patience. You can check to see if your card is affected by registering with EVGA. Use Artic Silver 5 on the chip to reassemble. The kit has a packet of Silmore thermal compound. Don't know how good Silmore is. Just went with the good stuff.
I did the mod on the 1070 SC version. I noticed there were no pads for VRAM in this video. The kit that came for the 1070 SC has pads for VRAM. Hopefully EVGA didn't find coolong issues with VRAM as well. This is going to completely suck for those who have done a pad mod without VRAM pads in their kit.
Nice tutorial steve, thank you. I have just the regular 1080 ACX 3.0 gaming card and just waiting for my thermal pad order to get approved by EVGA so I can get this done. I've been running a custom fan curve since I bought the card because it was set too low to my liking based purely on my GPU temps which may have unknowingly helped to alleviate this issue.
Called EVGA they said it was only for when the cards were new to make people feel better and isn't a big deal. Was told to go out and buy 1mm thick thermal pads and apply them if I felt I needed them.
mine came with this from the foctory and when i took it out of the box after a whiule i noticed that the pads seem to have deposited a sticky grease like substancce everywhere
of course I will criticize your paste application. saying it doesn't matter, then you thermal throttle with slower fps, then yes it matters a lot. Use the tip of your finger in a surgical glove people, his method leaves a large area around the corners uncovered, and can lower the graphics temps by 15 degrees at least. So yes, it matters a lot.
What exactly is the thin TIM strip on the front of the card contacting once applied? When the main cooler gets mounted it looked like the heat will transfer directly to some of the fins and not a plate.... strange? It might help a bit, but there is no metal surface area to dissipate the heat to... The back strip makes more sense.
I agree totally. I dont understand how this isnt the question everyone is asking themselves. Where is the metal mating surface the termal pad is making contact with like the older acx 2.0 coolers had.
This video was very well done! I'm impressed and will use this as my guide to do a similar video in my style on my channel. Thank you! If you ever want to collaborate on a video together, let me know!
lol,, true. however i think evga will do it for you. what they should really do is send you a card that is free of any defects and a box to send them back your defective gpu.
feelingtardy it's the type of situation where people move off of a brand for good. the lack of quality control here for a device that is 1000 canadian dollars (each) is appalling.
TwiceBakedPotato the only acceptable fix is a refund. you don't pay thousands of dollars and then do a "repair job" on it. this situation is gross negligence.
All you have to do is download the VBIOS update, the pads are optional and free. Why should they give you a full refund when they are fixing the problem, if they really wanted to they could had said FU and did nothing, they have all the rights in the world to do so.
I want to buy an EVGA GTX 1070 FTW in the next few months and I asked my self whether my card is going to have these thermal pads already installed or not? Thx for help!^^
tbh I do think the method you showed for the thermal compound is more adapt for the CPU (since there is a heatsink over the die) If you need to cover a naked die, like a GPU, you should spread it out. OFC the difference is not so big, but still a bit :P
I just did this today and my GPU load temperature is up from 75C to 80C with the fan ramping up to 2000 RPM (rarely went above 1800 on the same tests before), and with the core clock getting pushed lower. Strangely the 3dmark scores are consistently marginally higher. Idk what gives here but I'm not a fan of the louder card. I think the thermal paste they send out may actually be liquefacted garbage.
Well I took my 1080 sc acx 3.0 heatsink off and found the thermal pad on top of the black shield and not on top of the VRMs like it was supposed too. Edit: The thermal pad was next to vrms, not on it.
If you look at the way EK says to put thermal paste on you have to put it in an X then a cross to make sure you cover the entire card. So honestly for a GPU that isn't enough :P
There really isnt a "correct" way how you apply thermal paste but in the case of gpus dies which differ from cpu is that the full metal you see is the die itself, as cpus have a cover plate above the die, the cpu die itself is smaller than the surface you see, so it's always recommended to apply more than enough paste for gpu dies to make sure it's proper.
I dont know why, but i watched this for entertainment. would love a Strix overview(/teardown) tho, what's good and what's not so good about the coolers (like does the vrm connect with the cooler), been looking around on the internet to check the most common issues about them, and couldnt find all that much. (yea, i look at the products i like, just to find bad stuff about them, just to be prepared i guess).
I didn't find a teardown by Steve for the Strix here so hopefully he doesn't mind this link. It's a German site but you get a good look at the cooler underside and a pretty beefy thermal pad on the VRM's. www.computerbase.de/2016-05/asus-geforce-gtx-1080-strix-oc-test/ No one does as thorough a teardown as GN though :)
are the pads on the 1070 sc already applied? & i would like to know if the led´s on the logo are naturally super weak? it almost looks like they´re not even turned on despite having the led power on 100%. thank you :)
So on the flip side, it's the back plate that now serves as a heat sink for the VRMs? Seems it's not very well designed for that. If, as you say, the back plate is trapping the heat then just remove it. As seen in your previous video, the cold plate configuration used on the EVGA hybrid would do a better job, even if it was air cooled. If another cold plate could be extended to the flip side (the back plate side) and connected to the front side cooler, then all the hot spots would be taken care of.
QUESTION: Is it bad to OVER TIGHTEN the Spring loaded Screws for the heatsink? Awesome subtle tip there I suspect... Note to future self, DO NOT touch linty-tissue to sticky pads! It leaves behind: LINT! (I just did that to my Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1060 6GB 9GBPS Rev 2, and am now awaiting some K5 Pro Viscous Gel to ,... 'Heal' my Pads LOL it comes tomorrow 'by 8', WHEW!)
Even with all the screws undone, removing the front plate was impossible for a friend and I. Lots of force was used (the card is fine and in use) and the plate never came off so we skipped the vrm pads.
When majority of your money goes to the marketing department, this shit happens. Gainward should start supplying their products on the NA market, their cards are great for price/performance ratio. And great overall quality.
+Gamers Nexus, what is the nominal thickness of the pads that EVGA provide? I have 17W/mK pads that are better than the one supplied but I need to make sure that I get good compression. By the way why did you install the pad on top of the heat plate? Is there good thermal contact between the MOSFET QFNs and an the plinth on the bottom side of the plate? Adding a layer of any pad between the heat plate and the fins of the heat sink will probably introduce another layer of resistance. Thanks for reporting this so quickly! Good job!
I broke the wires connecting to the 4 pin with the orange wire; They were very brittle. Any idea how i fix this? Are these just LED wires or for the fans?
I am really regretting the evga 1070 ftw rgb i just bought. Comes Tuesday I wonder if I should send it back without even opening the box and buy a different card. selling you card and telling consumer to fix it has to be one of the most messed things i have ever heard. Going to look into the return policy right now
I didn't see you remove the 8 thermal pads and put on the other 3 strips. You shoulda checked the gpu temp in games before and after the thermal pads. I think I'm getting 3-4 celsius less than I was before. Might be the thermal paste replacement though.
You need to update the video or put in the description that this is not the complete mod . Your missing the 3 vram pads that they send with the kit . I had to redo the whole mod because I relied on your video and not the instructions .
Thanks for the vid, Steve. Went out to get some thermal pads and applied them as well as updated the VBIOS. Just played some BF1 on my 1080FTW and did not get any hotter than 69° C with fans ramping up to max 1787rpm (Open Hardware Monitor). Keep up the good work!
Can someone tell me what the heck is going on with step 5 it ? should we skip to step 10 because all of that seems to be ignored in every tutorial on youtube?
Steve , Can you also explain us about the VRAM not making contact with the thermal pad ... should we be concerned about this reducing the cards longitivity .. what is EVGA doing about this issue ...Thank you ...
