Question 3080 ti founders edition thermal pad replacement

[qwaszxman]

I have several 3080 and 3070 cards, Founders Ti edition.

The memory temps for the 3080 Ti's were getting really high, reaching 105+ and thermal throttling. So one on card i have replaced the pads, this has made a massive improvement on the memory temps, before 100% fans would reach 105+ on the memory, now i can run the fans at 80% and the mem temps doesnt go any higher than ~85 degrees with the same overclock settings.

My only problem ( maybe ) is that now the core + gpu hotspot temps have increased by ~10 degrees.

Is this normal? Or have i done something wrong? Should i open the card again?

I want to get it all correct before i go ahead and redo the thermal pads on the other cards i own.

I used a combination of 1mm, 1.5mm and 2mm 12.8w/mk thermal pads. And i used Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut for the paste, and spread it evenly on the chip

 

[jeanpaulbulozjelinek]

i have some of these, check space between CPU and cooling plate, if contact is poor temps goes up.

 

[qwaszxman]

Thanks, I will double check,

Is there a way of checking without taking the card apart? Becuase if i take it apart i will need to apply a fresh coat of paste again.

 

[jeanpaulbulozjelinek]

You don't have to repaste, simply reorder the actual paste ... but you can try to use a flashlight to see if goes through cpu side to side.