Replacing Thermal Pads of Oil leaking Gigabyte Aorus RTX 3070 Master 8GB

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00:00 Disassemble Aorus RTX 3070 and cleaning
09:29 Measuring the bought thermal pads in lazada
18:19 Measuring the thermal pads of Aorus RTX 3070
24:27 Removing the old pads and installing the thermal grizzly
39:12 Turning on the mining rig and start mining. Checking the temperature of Aorus RTX 3070
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@fredrikg934 2 года назад

Perfect way of peeling of protective film from one of the cooling pads (without touching the glue).

@Gustzer0 2 года назад

Nice work. Good job!!

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@taykonmg7991 Год назад

insane work, may I ask if I can only remove the plastic plates to clean the heat exchanger?? without touching the thermalpads

@genos2719 2 года назад

wow nice! just what im looking for!

@ItsRajjzy 3 месяца назад

I think this is the most helpful video I have ever seen, thank you so much!

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 Месяц назад

I'm so glad!

@delience6165 2 года назад

Order the same card, and youtube give me this vid. Hope stock pads will live for some time. XD But this video is great, very helpful and understandable. Thanks a lot for this work!

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

Glad I could help!

@MShazarul 2 года назад

Excellent work! For rev 2.0 however, the cores are either 2.0 or 2.5 mm thickness. Currently, I have my thermal pad installed at 2.0 mm thickness, works great but I’ll be swapping to 2.5 mm to see if there’s any significant improvement else I revery back to 2.0 mm thermal pad thickness. I’ll be adding 3.0 mm thermal pad for the backplate and a couple of miniature heatsinks to see if I can further improve the temperature. Also, you got too much thermal paste!

@blackzouldier Год назад

Hello Mohammad, how was the 2.5mm on your vrams? and for the long ones near the port, have you used 1mm only?

@emmanueljose100 9 дней назад

Hello, how did it go with the 2.5? I have a v2 and I don't know what the best measurements are.

@MShazarul 8 дней назад

@@emmanueljose100 Omaigoodness. Sorry, I missed your comments. Sorry I didn't change to 2.5 mm, I got lazy, perfectly fine with 2.0 and oh yea, heat sink does help a bit.

@cancer_sucks 2 года назад

hi there, i see there is a massive variation between pad brands.. if this guide was followed but using cheaper pads are the tolerances likely to be different? i see the more expensive pads can squash out more, is this likely to be the reason? thanks

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

Yes, exactly. buy atleast branded

@SabilAlRachad 2 года назад

Hmmm, i was looking for a video of a 3070 aorus master to see if a kraken g12 would fit the pcb. From what i've seen it does seem like it would fit. Not sure about how efficient it's going to be but i might give it a try. Thank you for the video

@st3yn Год назад

Thanks for the sizes of the pads and the very well made video. At 36:50 the thermal paste dripping hurts to the eyes :D You can use about 20% of what you actually used. But other than that, nice job! I'll use your guide to repad mine, so thanks for the great guide. How are the thermals? Improvement on hot spot?

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 Год назад

been 5 months, working good so far.

@3deezprints 2 года назад

Appreciate the vid bro! Got one of these on the way to the mining farm. Much love fam

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

Thank you!

@znurrad1480 2 года назад

Having the same card i thought i could use your measurements but 3mm on the core was to high and resulted in very little contact and temps of 105 at load. Luckily i had enough 1mm left so i did a 1+1 stack around the core and got my normal temps back. Glad to be rid of those leaky stock pads but i saw no change in temps. I have the Rev 1.1 model, that might be it.

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

good thing you got it... maybe some expensive pads?

@znurrad1480 2 года назад

I actually used the same grizzly pads as in the video. Oh well temps are inline with stock (69-72core and 79-82 hotspot after looping timespy for 20mins at autofans ending at 82%.

@KoenderNL 2 года назад

@@znurrad1480 same here. Did replacement with 3mm on center. But temperature was above 80. Replaced again with 2mm. Now temperature back to 40 under load. I've got rev 1.1.

@znurrad1480 2 года назад

Either it's a Rev difference or maybe OP is only mining with his card, mining hardly heats the core.

@TRC98 9 месяцев назад

I have a Rev 1.1 and I can confirm the VRAM needs 2MM thermal pads, not 3MM

@GarageBandSuperheros 7 месяцев назад

1 mm and 3mm, thank you so much for this info. I'm just gaming but my computer is on standby almost 24/7, so it's a couple years in a temps are starting to rise for me. Something might be drying out so better change to make sure another 3 years goes by smoothly. (Also am I the only one who didn't see pads being stacked? idk what comments are mentioning, we must have different videos.)

@techluvin7691 Год назад

Good job, but a little heavy on the thermal paste. That stuff will squish out everywhere after assembly.

@Nickinatorz Год назад

Just to confirm, I got in contact with GIGABYTE, for the exact measurements for the Rev1.1 They send the following: The thickness of thermal pads are 1mm, 1.25, and 2.25mm. 78*7*1mm 80*5*1.25mm 83*9*1mm 91*7*1mm 27*10*2.25mm 42*14*2.25mm 28*14*2.25mm 42*14*2.25mm

@mightyst3v 4 месяца назад

do you think its enough to get 2mm for the huge ones

@Nickinatorz 4 месяца назад

@@mightyst3v no, it will not touch the copper correctly and overheat. Always use the exact measurements

@mightyst3v 4 месяца назад

@@Nickinatorz there are no 2.25mm on the market so you suggest getting the 2.5mm ?

@Nickinatorz 4 месяца назад

@@mightyst3v no, to thick. Just contact the support

@mightyst3v 4 месяца назад

@@Nickinatorz do you really understnd this

@kopate08 2 года назад

Hello, thank you very much for your video, excellent work! I have the same board and I wanted to ask you, from what I understand does any part of the vga use 3mm pads? or did you only use 1mm and 2mm? thanks for your help!!! greetings from Argentina!

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

please check this image, raw.githubusercontent.com/ollolollollooloo/thermal-pad-sizes-for-gigabyte-aorus-rtx3070-master-8g/main/blueprint.jpg

@esadof12345 2 года назад

Hi, you didn't measure the original memory thermal pads. Are they also 3mm ? Thank you.

@storedcoin4026 2 года назад

Gelid/Thermalright/Frosty Thermal Pad 12.8/Fuji Poly/ Thermal Grizzly -> These appear to be all good for changing pads except maybe the thermal grizzly lags behind by about 4 W/MK (thermal conductivity measure). Can we use any or what should we use?

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

yes you can use any

@storedcoin4026 2 года назад

@@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 Thanks for the reply, I went ahead and bought the 2 cheapest ones to test them out. It's on Amazon so if anything happens guess I can always return it XD. Thanks again.

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

@@storedcoin4026 sure, glad i could help

@jerequan1282 2 года назад

Any particular reason you used cheaper pads on the mosfets and capacitors? Also what was the w/mk of the cheaper pads? Your temps are insane. Got to do this to my gigabyte gpu as well. I assume you need firmer pads back there seeing as they are only 1mm or maybe it was just a money thing lol

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

not a money thing, for mosfets and capacitors I used 1mm because that is the required thickness any higher than that would cause a problem. the Thermal Grizzly brand is not cheap as well. im not really sure but thermal grizzly pads are around 8.0 W/mk. Also, I run out of thermal grizzly so one of the 1mm is a cheap pad.

@systemdom8509 2 года назад

hello, how are you? I have the 3060 ti aorus Master just like yours, only that it is the 3060 ti version, are they the same measurements as the thermal pads? thank You

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

no this one is 3070, i dont know the measurements of the 3060, i recommend you buy the measurement tool so that you can measure any gpus

@qubes8728 Год назад

I found with thermal grizzly I needed to go thinner as they weren’t as soft as the stock pads and the die wouldn’t make properly contact the heat sink.

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 Год назад

good to know, thanks!

@markmorto Год назад

I had this same problem. 3mm was way too thick, as was 2mm. My card - an Aorus Master RTX 3070 - like in the video, was a Rev. 2. I don't know if that matters, but I had to use 1.5mm to get good contact with the heatsink. My temps dropped 4-10 degrees once everything was said and done.

@GG-mm9hf 2 года назад

i aint gonna lie,buddy did, the,most.

@TRC98 9 месяцев назад

I have a Rev 1.1 & whilst my thermal pads hadnt turned flacid and oily they had turned brittle and disintegrated upon removal. To make things worse, there was essentially NO thermal paste on the GPU die and what little existed, it was completely dried out and rock solid...

@pestiadam4624 2 года назад

how much thermal pads did you use? can you tell me in mm2?

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

you can see it all here, the details github.com/ollolollollooloo/thermal-pad-sizes-for-gigabyte-aorus-rtx3070-master-8g

@santiagolysek5836 2 года назад

in how much time of use? I just bought 2 but it is the only thing you can get in Argentina

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

they say its 6 months to 12 months or until it shows sign of dripping, im still about to find out

@user-qp6cj1eb4m 2 года назад

OK a couple of notes here...always use the thermal pad in one piece never stack them, it's not the same...and you used far too much thermal paste, you need a thick layer, just to fill up the small gaps..THX for the video

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

thank you :) ill do better next time

@kaneda4 2 года назад

you missed the opportunity to put thermal pads on the backside of the vram to spread heat better to the backplate. nice vid but not sure i'm going to buy this model anymore xD

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

i was told its fine not to put some. agree with you, avoid gigabyte gpu's, lots of people talking about they are using cheap pads

@mazharkhan9595 2 года назад

I want to buy Aorus Master 3070ti does the oil leak on thermal pads is a common issue on these cards should i avoid buying this particular variant. Please guide, TIA.

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

if i were you, ill buy it and keep the temperature lower than 50c. The reason it happened to me is I ignore my gpu running at 70c for days.

@SuperKittenfister 2 года назад

are the pads the same on the 3070 TI?

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

im not sure, i dont have that gpu in my rig

@Zeltroix 2 года назад

The plastic on the thermal pads adds 0.2mm, so if yours show 1.4mm you're really only getting 1.2mm once applied. I had an over heating issue due to this.

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

i see, thanks for this

@jackson159 2 года назад

So I should add only 1.2mm am I understanding right

@Zeltroix 2 года назад

@@jackson159 Well in my case I ordered 2mm pads where exactly 2mm was required. The pads came squished in shipping I guess and half the pad was about 1.6mm and the other half exactly the 2mm. You have to measure your pads with a digital caliper to know exactly what you're putting in your gpu, if your entire pad came compress from 2mm to 1.6mm you need to send that back and reorder, or order and additional 0.5mm pad to make up for the difference.

@romanhul621 Год назад

@@Zeltroix never stack pads. Its uselless then

@Tgpm91 Год назад

Does it have any kind of warranty seal inside?

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 Год назад

it has, warranty is voided

@techenstein5519 11 месяцев назад

Do you know how this would differ from the 3070 ti master? I'm trying to replace the pads on mine and gigabyte won't give me their thermal pad specs because it's still "under warranty " 😡

@celeriumlerium8266 4 месяца назад

Hello, I have the same card, the 3070 ti master GV-N307TAORUS M-8GD and found the sizes are different to this video. I'd suggest not only use a measuring tool (super cheap on ebay/amazon etc.), but if you have the money, buying the same pad thickness from multiple brands so you can put them side-by-side, as they are incredibly inconsistent and using the incorrect size can make the card significantly worse.

@tuanshafiq 2 года назад

so how much diff after replace pad?

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

from 90c to 50c

@derduke9485 2 года назад

why should the pads leak? my rig does not get hotter tham 75°c... should i be worried?

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

this only happens to those who mines

@Jalopymedia Год назад

Yes 75c is too hot

@LionTheTeacher 5 месяцев назад

@@Jalopymediaits not idiot

@Jalopymedia Год назад

I have had nothing but problems. 2mm seemed better than 3mm. I used Gelid extreme and i think they are too dense. Trying 1.5mm next with gelid. Or next just getting thermal grizzly pads. 2mm probs. 3mm my core temp was 90c

@RaibuTheRipper Год назад

Hello, i wanna replace my 3070 Aorus Master Rev1.1pads too, what sizes of Gelid Extreme worked best?

@Jalopymedia Год назад

@@RaibuTheRipper 1.5mm all around, Seemed to do it. I also orderd replacement screws from amazon. Temps are 53c when gaming MW2 now.

@RaibuTheRipper Год назад

@@Jalopymedia holymoly thats amazing temps! Im having 86c (106c hotspot) while playing CP2077, no overclock whatsoever, gonna try to replace those thermal pads and see if it will work.

@RaibuTheRipper Год назад

Btw whats your rev version?

@Jalopymedia Год назад

@@RaibuTheRipper yea that's hot!. Mines with an OC. At 53c 100% revision one. After i broke my gelid exteme pads. I bought more budget oriented owltree ones from amazon. Goodluck!

@kaykay10able Год назад

Same thickness for 3080 Master?

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 Год назад

i havent done 3080, but you check it out here www.nicehash.com/blog/post/thermal-pad-thickness-for-rtx-3080-and-3090-gpus

@fredrikg934 2 года назад

Please explain leaking oil issues for me, oil from where (?)

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

that's a really good question, from the thermal pads itself

@djoffski5712 2 года назад

Engine engine number 9 on the NY transit line

@Cam-i Год назад

I haven't noticed any oil leaking from my gpu and under load it runs at about 60 - 65 C

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 Год назад

will i tried mining without aircon, it was running at 70-90c i wasn't monitoring it that time

@Cam-i Год назад

@@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 oh yeah that does not sound good

@arktez9307 Год назад

When i use 3mm pads on vrams i got 100C on the core in FurMark after 10sec!

@RaibuTheRipper Год назад

Hello, i wanna replace my 3070 Aorus Master Rev1.1pads too, what sizes of Gelid Extreme worked best?

@arktez9307 Год назад

@@RaibuTheRipper i used Gelid extreme 2mm and it works very good. Better check thickness of original pads when you dissasemble the card.

@RaibuTheRipper Год назад

@@arktez9307 oh... does it vary even though we have the same Rev? The 4 long lines are still 1mm right?

@RaibuTheRipper Год назад

All in all then the 4 big ones near the GPU Square are all 2mm, whilst the 4 long ones are only 1mm, right?

@arktez9307 Год назад

@@RaibuTheRipper yes, these 4 long lines is 1mm. I don't remember which rev i have.

@abdurrahmancabuk1779 Год назад

which one should i use 1mm and 2 mm ?

@Nickinatorz Год назад

I got in contact with Gigabyte, they send the following specs/sizes for the Rev 1.1: The thickness of thermal pads are 1mm, 1.25, and 2.25mm. 78*7*1mm 80*5*1.25mm 83*9*1mm 91*7*1mm 27*10*2.25mm 42*14*2.25mm 28*14*2.25mm 42*14*2.25mm

@mightyst3v 4 месяца назад

is it better to have soft 3mm or normal ?

@VeritasEtAequitas 4 месяца назад

Don't do any of this. He did so much wrong, it's ridiculous

@mightyst3v 4 месяца назад

@@VeritasEtAequitas so instead of 3mm ?

@wdowa94 Год назад

That thermal paste has to be a troll

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 Год назад

Good to know, thanks!

@DenpetroY 2 года назад

Где пинцет? для проведения такой операции...

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

i did not use tweezers

@hequaqua5341 2 года назад

What revision was this card?

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

the non lhr one, v1

@hequaqua5341 2 года назад

@@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 Thanks. I have the Version 2. Was looking for a waterblock for it. It appears that the PCB layouts are the same, just cooler changes from what I can tell.

@David-rv9kj Год назад

so only 1mm and 3mm used?

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 Год назад

yup

@RaibuTheRipper Год назад

Is this rev 2.0?

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 Год назад

rev1

@jackson159 2 года назад

Which mm should i buy ?

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 Год назад

stock up from 1mm 1.5mm 2mm 2.5mm 3mm

@Nickinatorz Год назад

So can anyone confirm which size pads you need to use for the Rev 1.1? I see so many different comments that 3mm is to thick, others say 2mm others 2,5mm Which ones are the correct ones? Should be the same around the same versions right?

@patczuch Год назад

I used 2mm and they are fine

@Nickinatorz Год назад

@@patczuch thanks man, 2mm all around? Which thermal paste did you use? Im thinking about MX-6 paste

@patczuch Год назад

@@NickinatorzYou need some 1mm pads too. I bought 50x90x1mm and 120x20x2mm and it was enough. I actually used arctic mx 6 and its pretty good.

@Nickinatorz Год назад

@@patczuch thanks mate! Which brand pads did you get?

@patczuch Год назад

@@Nickinatorz Gelid, they are pretty cheap and good value I think

@TRC98 9 месяцев назад

I have a Rev 1.1 and I can confirm the VRAM needs 2MM thermal pads, not 3MM

@harveythwaites5920 9 месяцев назад

Do you think 1.5 would be okay too?

@yanoliau1956 Год назад

Look like u use less thermal paste..

@JBlNN 2 года назад

Whats the point of this? 3070s memory doesnt get hot like gddr6x

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

that's a very good question, well it did, mining

@JBlNN 2 года назад

@@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 How do you know it did? It has no thermal sensor on the memory. Would like to know since I'm not sure if mine is having heating issues while mining, I dont believe it's since 3070's dont run as hot as 3080's and 3070 ti's. Thermals shouldnt be an issue on 3070's unless its the Ti, so jw how you knew thermals were bad on your 3070?

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

@@JBlNN it was leaking oil and in hiveos dashboard temp is going 93c and turning off my rig. The reason because I've tried mining without aircon for a month.

@JBlNN 2 года назад

@@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 ah so its use error... gotcha

@derduke9485 2 года назад

@@JBlNN nice one

@yanoliau1956 Год назад

Dude use all my thermal paste stock for 1 years..

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 Год назад

buwahaha

@datthanh819 2 года назад

33:27 omg what you doin???? so muchhhhh!

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

its fine haha

@LeCzarny Год назад

everything is great but this amount of paste.... :D

@user-cw8ll5yk2p 2 года назад

너무 많은 양의 써멀...인것 같네요?

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

yes, you are correct

@MXPRNOSCAR Год назад

34:46 OMG ! Wtf !!!

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 Год назад

did not make contact in the board

@zara6787 Год назад

I have a v1.1 card. 3mm Gelid Pads are too thick when applied to the memory modules around the GPU die. Temps were unstable with those. If you have a v1.1 card use 2mm on the memory modules. 3mm on the backplate if desired. (I used 3mm on the backplate - temps dropped 2c on load).

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 Год назад

nicee, good to know zara, thanks

@robertomt1 Год назад

Still using 2mm? Im about to change mine and wondering what o order. Gelid dont have 2.5mm in ultimate 15W only extreme 12.8W

@zara6787 Год назад

@@robertomt1 I'm still using 2mm's yeah. Temps still stable.

@RaibuTheRipper Год назад

Hello Zara! I have no experiece on replacing thermal pads, but my Aorus Master 3070 rev 1.1 always reaches 86c (106c hotspot), do you think that i need to change my thermal pads?

@RaibuTheRipper Год назад

@@zara6787 Hello, i wanna replace my 3070 Aorus Master Rev1.1pads too, what sizes of Gelid Extreme worked best?

@devin7224 2 года назад

thats WAY too much paste!

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

oh hell yeah! hahaha

@cancer_sucks 2 года назад

also it sucks ass after just 8 months i need to change out the pads wtf gigabyte

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

that's okay, charge to experience, atleast you'll know how some parts of gpu works

@mightywizard7212 2 года назад

For such an expensive card i prefer to do not touch at my graphic card that has 5 year warranty and wait till it die and receive a new one when it will instead of disassemble it and lose my warranty and receive nothing when it will die, just think about it.

@hardcoreprogrammingwarrior7036 2 года назад

that is the best option to go

@Aquve 2 года назад

I kinda envy that you live in a place where 5 year warranty is a thing. If you ruin your card by mining it's 95% it won't be covered anyhow here. Since it's easy to say what was the cause. 24/7 mining has it's signs. So imo it's better to take care of your card yourself. If it has no issues first couple of weeks then it's not defective and the rest is on you.

@mightywizard7212 2 года назад

@@Aquve lol you think that playing 4-6 hours per day is better for the card? It will heat many more with game playing as with mining and I doubt that they will see the différence between gaming a lot and mining, and who said that i mine 24/7 lol, and yes il will do what il want and not touch my card and don't loose my warranty. Did you ever have to return a dead graphic card in your life?????

@Aquve 2 года назад

@@mightywizard7212 I had a dead rx480 and couldn't do it coz it was bought as a present in US. Believe it or not but in a lot of countries the warranty is covered by the shop you buy it in. If you send a dead card they will try to diagnose the problem. If it's been mined on 24/7 it'll have leaked thermal pads and other signs that it wasn't just used for casual gaming. In that case they state that you used it in not appropriate way and they can't replace it. And that's over for you. Manufacturer will always say to contact local reseller for warranty and you're out of luck. Gpu shortages and price increase doesn't help either. That's why you see these videos of all over the place for the same reason. It's easier to take care of it yourself than let it die and expect it to be replaced.

@Aquve 2 года назад

@@mightywizard7212 And by the way thermal pads replacement is very easy. People are actually forced to replace them with hand made copper pads on hot cards(3080,3090). That could easily short circuit your board if done incorrectly. And guess what, it's still worth doing in most cases. Provided you're actually mining 24/7 ofc.

@VeritasEtAequitas 4 месяца назад

OH my god, there's so much wrong with this, it's hard to know even where to start. Don't do this. 1. "leaking oil" lol, they're fine. 2. Wrong thermal interface material. Congratulations, now it needs to be changed because you fell for marketing. I know exactly what the factory TIM is, and it never needs to be changed. 3. Way too much, but that's not dangerous. Just stupid. The whole point is to have direct metal contact on most of it. 4. NEVER and this is THE key rule with pastes, NEVER try to "spread" it. Just put a dab in the middle. It spreads completely on its own. Spreading only introduces the chance for air gaps to be trapped as the surface CANNOT be flat. This has been proven countless times with glass tests. 5. Wrong pads, despite what you think. That affects mounting pressure and evenness of the copper cold plate. Watch GamersNexus testing of that on CPUs to see what problems you're causing. Watch Northwest Repair to hear about why you don't use the wrong pads.