RTX 3090 (and 3080) Owners! CHANGE Your Stock Thermal Pads! (Guide, Tips, Results) w/ Dr. JimRPG

[@deadlyace2260]

8:55 Remember boys, rule #1 when showing thermals: always give your ambient temperatures also.

[@JimRPG]

Did I mention 25 degree ambient in the video? I don't remember. I thought I did. But there you go. Also btw - its just a guess - I don't have a measurement for my room, but it shouldn't be more than a couple of degrees off.

[@3DThird]

This was amazingly documented! Thank you so much for taking the time and effort in doing this! I have an MSI RTX 3080 Ventus 3x OC edition and now I'm curious to check my memory temps and see if I have to make this mod for my gaming (and folding@home) sessions. 90C or higher isn't comfortable for the long run. Once again, thank you!

[@JimRPG]

You're welcome! I think the procedure for the MSI RTX 3080 Ventus 3x should be very similar! Check the temps, you never know, maybe the temps are ok! Also check with other sources/videos on the thickness of the thermal pads so you know what to buy. GL!

[@kendragon2827]

@@JimRPG the 3080 doesn't have vram on back though

[@funghazi]

100% agree, I went from TJunction temps consistently hitting 110°C at ~200W to maxing out around 94°C at 400W just from switching out my crap thermal pads for 12.8W/mK pads. Highly, highly recommended, especially for people running GDDR6X.

[@JimRPG]

They have to put in $10 of high performance thermal pads for these $3000 GPUs... they're ruining them if they dont.

[@XnxxD]

@@JimRPG It's actually rally sad that the consumer has to fix their crappy thermal pads. If the manufacturer would buy good quality thermalpads in bulk, they would probably pay less then 5$ for them.

[@swizzler8053]

Which card do you have? Let me guess. A gigabyte?

[@funghazi]

@@swizzler8053 Ha, yup, Gigabyte Aorus Xtreme 3080

[@swizzler8053]

@@funghazi 🤣👊

[@moldoveanu8]

Most cards do 110C on VRAM with stock. 84-86 seems ice cold by comparison, I wouldn't have even bothered to mod it. But good job and great video, thank you for your insights.

[@abb0tt]

110C is outside of operating spec.

[@greggreg2458]

Man that's awesome! It makes me mad when a product so expensive has cheap *** stuff in it, you are almost forced to "void" the warranty.

[@JimRPG]

It is imo almost a design fault... its just not quite a 'fault' but 90 deg+ is not really acceptable.

[@MrMooMoo89]

@@stevemisfit1 The problem at least for me is even if my GPU temp says 74C it thermal throttles because the memory temps are so high.

[@Fate025]

Yup and there are videos online which speculate that 90-100 degrees is the degradation temperature of GDDR6X memory modules. Without these mods I really can’t see the 3090 surviving the 2-3 years of warranty period.

[@greggreg2458]

@@MrMooMoo89 What model do you have?

[@MrMooMoo89]

@@greggreg2458 Ventus 3080.

[@Wingnut_]

Awesome guide. Finally did my first repaste and got the kind of results I was hoping for. Honestly never knew it was this easy before watching this video

[@JimRPG]

Great job! I've done a couple of other ones which didn't go as smoothly so if you got it done and it works, you did a great job!

[@Wingnut_]

@@JimRPG well I first put it together with 3mm pads for some reason and then took it back apart to swap for 2mm pads.

[@stevenx9830]

After how many months of use did you repaste?

[@Wingnut_]

@@stevenx9830 if I put a card into a rig and it's not able to get close to it's potential no matter how much I tune it... Immediately. Otherwise maybe once a year. But I take my rigs apart and clean every 3ish months

[@Hyperion1722]

Zotac 3080ti has the worst thermal pads. Mine is less than a year and the VRAM temps is slowly rising to the 90s level while gaming. So I did copper shim modding (risky and you should know what you are doing) with combination of thermal pads (the thinnest - 0.5mm). Vram temps now stable at 68C while playing. Did a GPU stress test using furmark/MSI Kombustor and peaks at 75C.

[@robreich6881]

In the same scenario, I went from 110C to 82C on my Gigabyte Gaming OC RTS 3080. Did front memory pads with 2mm and added back ones with 3mm.

[@vessiel8337]

also heatsinks and fan?

[@JimRPG]

Yeah everyone on youtube is changing out their gigabyte gaming! 😄

[@car.gems.]

what pads did you use? brand

[@wanglelife]

I was able to drop by Mem Tj by 14 degrees (88 to 74) after the thermal pad change. Core Temp went up 1-2 degrees. Totally worth it! And the MSI RTX 3080 and 3090 are very easy to take apart.

[@aczech12]

what paste did you put for core ?

[@wanglelife]

@@aczech12 Kryonaut Thermal Grizzly

[@Rhino1188]

Thanks a ton for the video, gave me the confidence I needed to do this on my MSI RTX 3090 Ventus 3X. I used Thermalright 12.8 W/mK pads and it dropped my memory temps while mining from 100C down to 82C! I only changed the pads on the memory, front and back and on the heat pipe where it makes contact with the heatsink! I didn't worry about changing the pads on all the other components. Lots of the pads on the caps and other components seemed to be around 3.5mm and I did not feel like stacking pads and figured I'd see how it turned out. An 18C improvement is good enough for me, saved some expensive pads as well it seems.

[@JimRPG]

This is great to hear. Yes 18 deg is a huge drop - and it doesn't get much better than that. To get any better you would have to start using a waterblock and that costs a lot more.

[@mememimobrasil]

@@JimRPG do you any brand that sells water block for the Ventus 3x? I’m using one of the Corsair (only one I found), but I think they might have sent me the wrong model because the temperatures are worse with the loop.

[@pepin8277]

You shouldn't be mining to begin with... I hope your card will catch a flame!

[@ksp1278]

@@pepin8277 Why? It's his card, he can do with it what he wants to. (I'm not a miner, and have no interest in doing that to my 3080).

[@dr.henryjones616]

2:20 - (great video JimRPG) - I see you answered @ end. Thanks!

[@jasonlei2323]

This is such a great video! Thanks for making this Jim! My 3090 (Aorus Xtreme) was running 106C at 115mh mining. After doing the thermal pad swaps on both sides of the card, I can do 115+ mh now at no more than 88C going for hours. (25C ambient) Very helpful!!! Keep up the great work!

[@JimRPG]

Wow very nice Jason. I think that's a great result! Those gigabyte cards seem to have high temps out of the box.

[@GhostMotley]

What thermal pads did you use and what thickness?

[@Shingo2611]

Thanks for the video! I am about to start working on replacing the thermal pads on various Geforce RTX 3090 of different brands: MSI, Asus, Palit, Gigabyte... I would like to make sure that the thickness of the pads will be right for those cards, considering that they come from different brands. I read online that (1,5mm) is good enough for both sides of the cards. What do you recommend? Thank you!

[@maplemiyazaki]

Changed my 3090 fe thermal pads, vram temps went from 106C to 84C under load

[@JimRPG]

Why do they put such sh!tty thermal pads! Congrats btw.

[@terryyu9382]

Hi, may I know which thermal pad you use and how thick they are?

[@minus3dbintheteens60]

It makes you wonder why the thick "unspreadable" pastes like Phobya Nanogrease or Thermaltight TFX perform better than the thin ceramic pastes, even with the huge conductivity difference

[@bukx21]

I bought used RTX 3080, and thought the loud fan is normal when gaming and the hotspot being 100+C is normal. Till like few months later it starts to overheat and turn off the PC in moderate gaming session. First thought it was CPU or SSD thermal paste needs changing, then I decided to brave it and open up the GPU to find out how crusty the thermal paste already is. Change only the paste and not the thermal pad, but now the hotspot is going even barely 90C. Not sure how the warranty gonna be, but at least this looks like it could last another 3 years.

[@owensharp8568]

knifed the warranty sticker off like a boss🤣

[@RobertJene]

thank you for providing the pad thicknesses, most videos don't go over this

[@JimRPG]

No worries. Also the pad thickness in this video is just for the MSI card, its different for every card.

[@RobertJene]

@@JimRPG I have a 3080 ti ventus 3x, so it is very important that I found a video that measured the pads before I bought them.

[@nizar_arena]

@@RobertJene did you use the 2mm or 2.5mm, I bough the arctic TP-3 1mm and 1.5mm variants and I will use them in the weekend.

[@RobertJene]

@@nizar_arena for my 3090 I used the same thickness that was already there, but it didn't fix the problem. I later found out that the problem is that on the 3090, half of the vram modules are on the back plate side, and they don't have any cooling

[@OviWanKeno9i]

Thanks to your video I changed the pads. Preliminary settings, 1140 core, 10801 memory, mining at 121 MH/s at 94°C. I have not reached max OC for memory, but have to go to bed. Got lucky for the first time on the silicon lottery. It's 94 too high? Hynix updated their website to say their GDDR6X memory is good to 105, with 95 being safe, but I'm worried the thermal paste will start getting worse again. 315 watts power draw. Wow.

[@JimRPG]

Congrats. most of the time it is not too difficult to change out, but when there are problems it can be frustrating. I just did a video on safe temps - its the latest video on my channel. 95-105 deg celsius is where they say you might get errors or throttling of memory. 94 is on the border, but if you've already changed the pads out, just try it out for a bit. Not sure its worth getting it down a few more degrees. Myself I lowered the memory a bit and doing 115Mh/s - you can lower the temps a couple of degrees that way.

[@redxvii2024]

I have the same card, I initially used 2mm GELID ultimate pads (harder version) for both front and back. No improvements and actually got worse, retried with 3mm GELID extreme pads (squishy version) front and back, still not good... after a few retries I ended up with: 3mm GELID extreme at the back, 2mm GELID ultimate + arctic thermal paste on top of the pads in front, with arctic thermal paste for the GPU chip. About more than -5C improvement

[@BboyCorrosive]

Hey man thanks for the video, am doing my 2080 Trio soon so bingeing these types of video :)

[@Florian24]

Just did my 5 3080's rig today. Mining ETH jx temps went down from 98⁰ to 78⁰. Finally peace of mind 👍🏼

[@JimRPG]

Whhhhat! wow. thats a huge improvement. Haha yeah it is a huge relief.

[@paulngo4631]

Just bought the same exact card. Didn't realize the temperature would go up after a couple months. Going to have to decide if I should return this card or learn how to change the thermal pads.

[@RandyV2max]

just a tip ;) for that "warranty seal" use break cleaner to remove it easily in one piece :)

[@swizzler8053]

Hello. Can you explain this tip some more please?

[@RandyV2max]

@@swizzler8053 All you have to is to wet that seal with a brake cleaner and it will come off in one piece

[@AngryChineseWoman]

I won't risk doing that, I always screw up something lol, and I don't mine anyway. When gaming vram temps are hot but still within safe range

[@JimRPG]

Yep i felt that way. I only did it because I saw mine getting worse in mining. Gaming is still ok imo (though has gotten hot in some situations, like maxed out Skyrim and MS Flight Sim)

[@Barsymatik]

Bro i feel you, i replaced my thermal pads and chipped a part of one of its plug casing. Good thing just that and now it works great, mining 120 hash at max 96 c

[@JimRPG]

@@Barsymatik damn that's a close one!

[@Barsymatik]

@@JimRPG yeah warranty definitely voided lol

[@AngryChineseWoman]

@Strider What card do you have ? Because 108°C sounds insane, my 3090 only hits 90 max in RDR 2 (room temp is 24)

[@chrisknight1263]

Awesome Channel! Great demo! Will be sharing your posts! Thank you! 😎🤙💥

[@JimRPG]

Thanks!

[@madmoicano]

My memory junction temp is at 104 constant mining Raven. with a MSI 3080. I'm going to swap thermanl pads with Extreme Odissey 2 - 14,8W/mK - 3mm hope it will bring it down to the 80ºC at least

[@michaelrestiaux6365]

Bro this video was unreal. This is my next project since I am indeed having high junction temperatures. Mine are 98-100 as I type this. I was also thermal throttling while mining and I didn't know why! I will update when I do mine!

[@JimRPG]

great! report back if you do it, but also check out my other videos on my channel, because its easy to run into issues doing the mod. One of my other cards a 3080, I had to get exact thickness for thermal pads, otherwise it didn't work, and another card I cut fan cable and had to get outside help to fix it.

[@arian40]

good video, but there is an alternative which i decided to do. just stick a small USB fan behind OR on the side of the GPU (side pointing towards the back). that will do the job without you having to open your god knows how much you paid for YOUR 3090 and at least it wont go out of warranty.

[@RedHaloManiac95]

I would not recommend changing your thermal pads at all. If your card is getting hot enough to hit 110C and thermal throttle, contact the manufacturer first. Nvidia says it’s normal for it to run that hot, which regardless of what we think, it’s covered under warranty if it fails. Changing the thermal pads on founders edition cards will void the 3 year warranty and it’s not worth it IMO. If you wanna risk it, fine but don’t cry when they don’t RMA your card because you modified it.

[@furieux6742]

My ventus actually repaste to gelid hestphaste ultra + vram gelid extreme. Mqx fan speed 66% at 74 celcius and 85 hotspot, vram 96, when 70% 70 celcius hotspot 81 and vram 94 celcius, but after 67-68% its much louder. Autofan ita maximum 1750rpm. But over 1800 its much louder. I recomended mod backplate vram. Add fan and big radiator.

[@dylanloo9856]

Some people have experienced much higher GPU temps, especially GPU hotspot temps after changing their VRAM thermal pads to better ones with a much higher thermal conductivity. This issue is more noticeable when gaming as GPU temps are higher here when compared to mining. Did you experience this same issue after changing the VRAM thermal pads on this RTX 3090? What were your before and after GPU temps (including hotspot temps)?

[@InsaniaTHEGREATONE]

Actually thru testing from what I done in my life it doesn't matter even if you put on too much thermal paste, the heat cycles will smooth it anyway since metal expands and vise versa

[@JimRPG]

yeah I just dont like to put too much because I want just enough metal contact and just enough where the paste fills some voids, rather than a thick layer of paste and have it all squeeze out the sides. But sure technically it'd be mostly fine i think.

[@ehusband]

I replaced the thermal pads on my MSI 3090 Gaming X Trio and observed a 3.5 degree improvement in Memory Junction temps, which was probably not worth the time, effort and money. Not to mention, probably voiding my warranty - or at least making it a point of contention should I ever have to RMA the card.

[@JimRPG]

I feel like if you're already in the 80s while mining, you're good. but gaming should be mostly fine. Id only change them if its 95-100deg...

[@schwaulen]

Hey I got the same card, what thickness of pads is right for that model and how many did you need? Thanks!

[@357-e2r]

Good videos man, thank you. Got a zotac 3090 running at 84c 100mh. Been thinking about doing this.

[@JimRPG]

if its 84c id leave it... though i suppose you prob want it to go higher 120mh. See what temps you get at 120mh, and then decide if its 90c its ok... 100c id do the thermal pad swap. I think an extra 20% profits are worth it. :) just my two cents. I don't know if its difficult on the zotac or not.

[@Drumaier]

But was economy power turned on before the mod? I think those pads are too thick and so the contact of the gpu with the plate wasn't good, could it be?

[@solomoon777]

Thanks a lot, man! Really useful review! Good luck with this channel.

[@loveislife77]

I used 1.5mm thermal pads and loads of thermal paste. Dropped my vram from 110 to between 98-102 fluctuation, averaging 100 as per Hwin. I have the dell rtx 3090 so not sure if using 2mm pads would have been better or worse

[@eddieyu80]

2.0mm is worse. thinner is better. But keep them in contact is manadatory.

[@originalityisdead.9513]

I've just checked my 3090 and the card is red hot, it's getting sorted out tomorrow.

[@davidg487]

I have read that with better thermal pads on the memory modules, the additional heat removed from the memory and 'seep' into the GPU.

[@JimRPG]

its ok the GPU core is usually 20 deg below the memory anyways in mining. otherwise you can underclock your GPU core a bit during gaming if its too hot. but that's really good to know! thanks.

[@Pandemonium088]

Try using thermalright TFX for your GPU, cross pattern with blobs on each edge in the middle. TFX is known to be better for GPU due to its being a very thick paste optimized for low mouting pressure on GPU

[@JimRPG]

Great, I hadn't heard of TFX - and I'm going to check that out. Thanks!

[@JimRPG]

@Earl hey I just checked it out, its $10 for 2g, and about $40 for 6g. I think I paid $10 for Artic MX-4 for 8g. I'll definitely check it out at some point, it looks awesome. Thanks for the recommendation.

[@toxy3580]

@@JimRPG Arctic mx4 lasts about 2 weeks in a gpu. TFX however...

[@JimRPG]

@@toxy3580 Ill look into it! :)

[@ea6427]

The intro was hilarious

[@austinchasteeny]

I've got my 3090 down to 70C memory temps on air with a pad swap and some heat sinks

[@TheGridMedia]

Dang, nice improvements

[@Ciel069]

Sheeesh

[@lordhumungous7908]

Thanks. Great video. Always nice to hear an Aussie accent on youtube.

[@JimRPG]

Haha - I get the same feeling when I watch Netflix and find its an Australian show with Australian actors.

[@dr.henryjones616]

Looking for feedback please. Running a 3090 in a wide open case that is never closed with multiple aftermarket cooling fans for GPU. The CPU is water cooled. The temp never exceeds 50 degrees and my VRAM temp stays between 90-94 degrees max while under 100% load with 115 MH/s range and power wattage 280ish with MH/j efficiency of 0.40. The GPU fans fluctuate between 60%-90%. When I end up speaking with folks who had massive success with swapping thermal pads, I find it is often they were really pushing it or using OC or they lowered the VRAM temp by 20 degrees but were landing in the 110 degree range in the first place. Any input greatly appreciated. Cheers!

[@JimRPG]

Yep I generally agree - if you're already in the 80s, its not worth changing out. 90-94 is getting to the hot end. I'd consider thinking about changing it out around 95-100deg. The problem is getting very little gain for the effort you put in. And some cards like for example the Palit RTX 3080 which I just changed was a real pain with very tight tolerances on the thickness of the pads or the whole card wouldn't work.

[@yakivpopavich]

I'm just worried since NVIDIA said this would void the warranty. Do you think if I kept the original thermal pads and put them back on before an RMA NVIDIA would be any the wiser?.

[@JimRPG]

Pads can be disrupted easily even just by opening the card - think sticks of chewing gum before you chew it. It really depends on how good a job you do keeping the old thermal pads. If you're outside the US you could void the warranty, so do it at your own risk. In the US you can open the card and it won't void the warranty. It's not a complicated procedure though, nothing electrical here, just some screws and some fan headers (be careful with those). Important to get the thickness of the thermal pads right otherwise it won't work and either the GPU core or memory won't be touching the heatsink properly.

[@Clomo92bk]

How do you get the GPU Memory Junction temp? I just opened this app and I'm only seeing GPU Temp and GPU Hot Spot Temp, nothing about Memory Junction. I'm running a 2060 Ventus OC.

[@SleepingElephant]

Thanks for sharing these tests and putting in the work. I probably won't be replacing thermal pads on my MSI 3090 since it runs like a dream but does get hot. I will probably replacing my 3090 Fe which thermal throttles like crazy which I can barely stand. We'll see how long my MSI lasts playing games and mining. It does have a bit of coil whine now...LOL.

[@JimRPG]

Yep I felt the same way. I didn't want to do the mod, but i was basically left with no choice, it was going to get worse and I already bought pads anyway. If you're happy with it - don't have risk anything and keep using it.

[@chancekalugyer2376]

@@JimRPG I'll be sure to check for this while mining with my 3090 Vision. Have you heard of any other AIBs doing this or just the MSI one?

[@JimRPG]

@@chancekalugyer2376 Lots of other people have changed pads so its not just MSI, but its possible some companies use better pads than others, thats why I said in the video just to monitor temps to begin with, maybe you're ok with temps on your card.

[@Jordi_SP]

6:57 sobra la mitad de la pasta térmica... has hechado muchísimo! con echar tan solo el pegote del medio y bien extendido, hubiera valido de sobra. Si hubieras echado menos de la mitad en el gpu-core, te digo yo que hubieras bajado mas de 5 grados el el gpu-core. Por eso en los test prácticamente te da el mismo valor que antes. En cambio en la ram si que se notan los nuevos thermal-pads, ahí si te han bajado 8-10 grados. Lo dicho, abre de nuevo la tarjeta y vuelve a renovar la pasta térmica, y esta vez procura echar un poco menos de la mitad de lo que has echado antes, y extiendelo bien antes, una capa fina.

[@Outdoorshuntingshooting]

I have 4 rtx3090 cards, and one was thermal throttling badly, So I changed the front pads and got a small drop in ram temps, however the core and hot spot went way too high. So I removed all paste and tried a .5mm pad, much better but still higher than where i started. Its an inno3d ichill x4, and the back plate is a crappy design,. not flat so won;t take an additional heat sink, (my palit gaming pro's dropped 10 deg del with an old pentium 4 heatsink placed on the the back plate. I think I'll try the thermal paste you used and replace the rear pads as well. my 2 palits so 124 mh/s at 290 watts, and the gigabyte can do 127mh/s but can pull upto 340 watts to do so. oh yeah, those thermal pads in UK are three times the price you pay in Oz. p.s. I freak out when hot spot goes over a 100 lol.

[@dorukkaratas1475]

Hey i used thermalright odyysey 2.0 on my rtx 3090 suprim x but nothing change after that i stack 2.0 and 0.5 odyysey pads it was very thick and gpu temps increased so how can i find best thermal pad any advice can you give me ?

[@RJRiemensnider]

Thanks for this! I have an MSI RTX3090 in front of me now that is actually missing one of the VRAM pads.

[@JimRPG]

ok you definitely need to put in a pad! 😄

[@AlenBabacic]

If one RAM chip dies the whole card is a paperweight.

[@chris-jg9rz]

i did this on my 3080 ventus and it made an absolute huge difference. thermapads on vram and new paste dropped my temps significantly.

[@JimRPG]

Nice job!

[@half923]

What were the dimensions for the thermal pads?

[@chris-jg9rz]

@@half923 i used 3mm pads on the whole cards

[@AmuckPVP]

Great informative video. I found it very funny you wore a doctor's outfit initially.

[@JimRPG]

haha i watched it back, i could probably do it better now!

[@AmuckPVP]

@@JimRPG I have waited over a decade for someone to make a video about heat pads. You always see thermal paste being talked about but not thermal paste.

[@XxDarkrazor1997xX]

I bought 2x Gelid Extreme 2.0MM for GPU side and 2x 3.0MM for backplate side for a RTX 3090 Suprim, you think would be good?

[@JimRPG]

I haven't seen any videos for the RTX 3090 Suprim so I'm afraid I don't know... try and find someone who's done it before online to confirm the pads otherwise you have to open the card up first.

[@DardaniaLion]

So we buy a gpu so expensive and it’s actually a faulty gpu? Why aren’t we sending nvidia to court to sue them?

[@jayzon00]

I applied an EK water block cooling system on my 3090 and get lower GPU temps but higher memory junction temps. I replaced all thermal pads and the instructions told me to put 1mm thermal pads on the memory. I'm thinking that they need to be replaced now with 2mm thick pads now.

[@JimRPG]

which 3090 do you have? you should get slightly lower memory junction temps. how much higher did you get? Maybe the heatsink is not touching the memory temps. Don't want to suggest too much more in case I lead you off in the wrong direction. Hope you get it sorted!

[@jayzon00]

@@JimRPG I have the 3090 Ftw3 ultra. Junction temps are 5-10 degress warmer. Hopefully 2mm pads help.

[@JimRPG]

@@jayzon00 Cool - GL with that.

[@chrischeung98]

Do you think this is necessary for a ROG Strix 3080?

[@JimRPG]

From what I've heard most people with a ROG Strix has been happy with their temps, but the best thing is to download HWinfo64 and check out the memory temps.

[@BDOGreatSaiyanMan]

I did my Gigabyte RTX3080 Gaming OC.. 3mm for memory. 1.5mm for everything else.. Absolutely nerve racking turning it back on, wondering if i missed anything or poor contact was being made... Then testing it, i was waiting to hear a POP or something. Memory Junction went from 104c to 82c whilst mining as recorded by HWinfo. Very sad how Nvidia can produce such a great product, for manufacturers to go and spoil it using trash components like cheap thermal pads...

[@JimRPG]

Haha congrats mate. But same for me, lucky it worked first time on the MSI card. But on my Palit 3080 Gaming Pro I had to do it 9 times before it finally worked and I thought I screwed up the card I paid $1500 for. Agreed - they didn't know it was going to get hot and they just made it like how they all their previous cards without taking into account the new GDDR6X memory temps. It's not just a mining issue, its a gaming issue as well.

[@humanityerror404]

Hi I have a 3080 ti ftw3 and I want to change the thermal pads. Which is better in hardness and conductivity and which will not cause me any issues on my graphics card?

[@JimRPG]

There are a lot of different brands out there. First I would look up videos of FTW3 owners changing their pads and see what thickness and brands of pads they are using and see if it works for them. This video I used a MSI Ventus 3X, and I used Thermalright Odyssey pads which are fine, but obviously I don't know what thickness your card is.

[@maxit1082]

ello gentleman, could you please help me choosing the right card, I write down my choices: These are the 3070 Tis with price tags (after tax) in my region: Asus Strix: $1030 Asus Tuf: $900 Zotac AmpHolo: $900 Gigabyte Aorus: $885 Zotac Trinity: $825 Thanks

[@JimRPG]

Save money and go with the Zotac Trinity. Performance is very close on all the cards

[@maxit1082]

@@JimRPG I want this for mining. do you think I can solve the mem temp issue with repadding?

[@JimRPG]

@@maxit1082 I don’t know what the temps will be for each card… you’d have to ask around. But It’ll be pretty clear if you have to change or not. If it’s 95C and under don’t worry about changing. Change when it’s 100C

[@maxit1082]

@@JimRPG You're amazingly good. thank you for helping me. do you think it's worth paying a little bit more and buying the OC version because in the OC version TDP is boosted from 290w to 310w and the core clock from 1770 to 1800.

[@JimRPG]

@@maxit1082 1770-1800mhz is about 1.7% diff in clock speeds so you might get about a 1~1.5% diff in perf in gaming. In mining you’ll undervolt which will lower your clock speeds anyway. so it does not matter. If you want to spend more money, you want to spend it on higher quality components like higher quality capacitors and VRMs like the Asus Strix and TUF. But you have to work out if it’s ‘worth it’ to spend the extra. I’d just go with the cheapest, most miners get whatever they get their hands on. Actually hardcore overclocking is a good KZbin channel that goes deep into GPU component quality

[@nachols17]

i have a single fan 3090 Gigabyte rtx video card. How many millimeters of thermal pads corresponds? Greetings from Argentina

[@JimRPG]

Hola, yeah Im sorry but I don't have a Gigabyte 3090 so I don't know. The best thing is to search for someone opening up their Gigabyte 3090 (make sure its the same model as well) and check what thickness of thermal pad they are using.

[@samjooma7]

What does it mean when your gpu is working, after you change the pads, it only produces a black screen?

[@handyjam7411]

hey Jim, how many packs of thermal pads did you end up buying?

[@JimRPG]

Hi Handy. I bought 2 packs of the Thermalright Odyssey pads for the MSI RTX 3090 Ventus 3x. They're 85mm x 45mm i think (off the top of my head). Depends if you have a 3080 or 3090 and what pads are needed on either side. Definitely check a video before buying pads, pads can be different on the front and back and 3080 has 10gb of vram and 3090 24gb!

[@handyjam7411]

@@JimRPG cheers brother, thanks for making the vid

[@Smurf-Exploding]

My issue is it don’t have a back plate was the front is water cooled from egpu, so backend will get warm thinking of ram heat sinks

[@JimRPG]

I think ekwb back a back plate water block. Linus video on this - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqC3iJSQqayCoJo

[@Obi-Wan81]

I've got a 3090 Suprim X - what thermal pad sizes do I need to get for this?

[@JimRPG]

Best to ask someone with a 3090 Suprim X - I wouldn't go by the Ventus 3X, different class card. Suprim could have different pad thicknesses.

[@kendragon2827]

Is this thread still live? I wonder if those thicknesses will work for the byski dual sided ventus waterblock? RTX 3090 ventus , so ram chips on back also

[@JimRPG]

I don't know about the byski dual sided waterblock! That's not a bad idea, but for mining if you can keep your mem temps below 95 its good enough. GPU core is usually lower because its undervolted.

[@kendragon2827]

@@JimRPG I used 1.5mm if i recall. I don't mine, I'm a gamer. But that byski block keeps my ram super cool. Gpu still gets to mid 40s while gaming, but ram stays cooler than when i had a one sided corsair block

[@holden486]

Good video mate. Appreciate it. 10/10

[@JimRPG]

Cheers!

[@Steffenborge]

Am I blind? :) Did you share WHICH thermal pads you bought to change it to?

[@JimRPG]

At about 3:58, Thermalright Odyssey pads. Also after 6 months usage - still the same temps! very good pads!

[@christiansmith7391]

I had the same thing happen to me with higher GPU temps after replacing pads and paste. I also used MX-4. I've tried messing around with pads and replacing the paste again, etc. I'm wondering if I somehow got fake MX-4. Anyway, I did initially buy some cheaper pads so I've decided to order some Gelid Ulitmate 2mm pads as well as some Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut paste and I'm hoping that will fix my issues (even though I wasted $30 on the prior round of getting stuff).

[@JimRPG]

Fake MX-4! Interesting. Well you can always order a few from other suppliers and test it out. Most of the thermal pastes actually are within a couple of degrees of each other so you can buy whichever really, the kryonaut is supposed to be pretty good though. Have you put the gelid ultimate and themal grizzly kryonaut paste? I was lucky to get it right the first time with the MSI Ventus 3x, but my other card a Palit 3080 took 9 tries, because tolerances were really tight.

[@yxxx3718]

what if 1.75mm so 2mm is the best choice? Thankyou!

[@adriantunaru5877]

For GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X PLUS 12G OC LHR To be the same thicknesses on the thermalpad as it is on 3080 3090 ??. If anyone knows, please let me know. Thank you

[@RedaSabouni]

If you use the 3mm and it happens not enough contact with the GPU dis. What will be the impact?

[@yourfriend8700]

Hello sir, do you have any ideas what are the thermal pad sizes used in gigabyte eagle rtx 3060ti

[@atruceforbruce5388]

Got some of that pink grizzly kryonaught extreme paste for my card but not sure on which brand makes the best thermal pads.

[@JimRPG]

go with the bigger brands like Thermal Grizzly or Thermalright - don't worry about the no name brands.

[@benoittheminerandgamer]

This is very sad to see compagnie doing this. We pay a lot of money for that top GPU, they should give us the best component.

[@JimRPG]

Exactly - I bought the 3090 for $1800 and it has $2-3 pads when they should have given $5 pads. Skimping on one of the most important parts of the design.

[@eiffel2985]

I have same card as you. but i bought the 3mm thermal pads. is it ok? or I should buy another 2mm pads?

[@JimRPG]

2mm definitely... you can try 3mm, but what i expect will happen is the gpu core won't touch the heatsink and your gpu core will be hotter. That's what happened to me on another card.

[@eternalbeing3339]

I have the aorus waterforce 3080 with the waterblock. Does it have the same thermal pad problems? Or is it just air cooled?

[@JimRPG]

Well considering you have the waterblock you should be better off than most people, but download something like HWInfo and you can check the memory and GPU core temps. I'd only worry if you're over 95 deg on either.

[@eternalbeing3339]

@@JimRPG okay i will check it with that program thank you.

[@aleemmohammed7794]

I tried changing the memory pads , I used Thermalright pads and arctic 5 paste. In my before case, when I mined at the settings I use, I had a GPU temp of about 54degC, , memory ~106 to 108degC, my fan speed was set to auto and it would max out to 100% (3400 rpm). After case, the GPU is now about 67degC, memory 92 degC, fan speed still on auto is now around 56% (1250 rpm). What do you think? Does thermal paste need to set or did I do a bad application (or an arctic 5 issue)? If I manually set the fans to 90%, the GPU goes to about 62 and memory 88. So I do have an improvement on the memory... just my GPU temps have gone up.

[@aleemmohammed7794]

:D figured out my error, the fan sync setting was not on. With fan sync on and fan speed set to 100% I'm getting 53degC, 1 deg better than before. At 90% fans, I'm getting 54degC. I'll change the fan curve so it operates at higher than 56%, I'll shoot for about 65 to 75%.

[@JimRPG]

Your thermal paste is not supposed to set (its not meant to dry out, you would be waiting forever). Ok sounds like you fixed your problem if you got 67 deg for gpu and mem 92 deg and now your GPU core is 53 deg (i'm assuming your memory temps is also much better). If you're mining run your fans at 80-90%, fans are cheaper to replace than a GPU ;).

[@nfo19]

friend you can leave the link or name of the heatsink or heat fan ... where did you get it?

[@JimRPG]

I just picked up a no name brand heatsink off shopee. It's a malaysian online webstore. It's this one - shopee.com.my/Extruded-Aluminum-Heatsink-For-High-Power-LED-IC-Chip-Cooler-Radiator-Heat-Sink-i.171380262.4533480084 I recommend a high quality one which might pull off a bit more heat - but in general I don't think it does that much, and probably isn't worth the trouble.

[@kevinbrook7033]

Thanks for this. I have 3090 Ventus and have been worried about my temps. Playing Microsoft Flight Simulator my GPU stays in the low 70's, my memory pretty much settles at 80, but I have a hotspot that can go as high as 104. I am not at all technical so really worried about doing this, but wondering if my temps are more of a risk than not doing something? If it's just a case of not getting the best performance, then I don't care as my system is perfectly stable, doesn't crash and game performance is superb. But if it could damage my GPU then maybe I should do something?

[@JimRPG]

In HWInfo if you put your mouse over GPU Temperature and GPU Hot Spot Temperature it'll say what they are. The GPU temp is the average temp on the die. The GPU hotspot temp is the hottest spot on the gpu die. Mine is 12 deg hotter on the gpu hotspot temp right now, just mining. I could potentially see it as high as 20 deg difference. There's probably nothing you can do except if you really want you can put new thermal paste on the die, but I bet everyone's GPUs are like that. Still I'd try to keep that hotspot temp down under 100 deg if you can. Turn your fan up, undervolt it a little (it'll be more efficient anyway). Also more reading. www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/nvidia-gpus-have-hotspot-temperature-sensors-like-amd.278606/

[@eproacgamer8439]

I am happy to report that by replacing the thermal pads in the NVIDIA RTX 3090 Founders Edition graphics card, I managed to improve the temperature from 92-94C to 74-76C while playing Monster Hunter World Iceborne at 4K@100 fps. Good advice!

[@JimRPG]

YES! Congrats!!! that's a great improvement. And you did the FE as well, which is super annoying to pull apart.

[@eproacgamer8439]

@@JimRPG Right you need to find the right torx and philips screwdrivers for different screws.

[@motiongraphics15]

i have gigabyte rtx 3080 gaming oc , and i ordered 2.5mm thermal pad ,,now my question , is this perfect for my gpu ,, or i go with 3mm thermal pad

[@JimRPG]

I don't have that card so I can't say... but i think a lot of people have changed the pads for that so check around.

[@kebongski]

would this help gamers? or just miners? because I've read accounts of people changing their thermal pads, getting lower temps, but getting decreased gaming performance (lower fps/micro-stutters)

[@JimRPG]

it can help gamers. it depends on what games you play... some games result in very high memory temperatures, Tom's Hardware says Metro Exodus at 4k with RTX on can be over 100deg on a RTX 3080. Where did you see that it decreased gaming performance, that doesn't make sense logically, the gaming performance shouldnt change, its just lower temperatures, which would protect your graphics card longer term.

[@kebongski]

@@JimRPG not sure, somewhere on reddit, and i took it with a grain of salt hence i asked you, because you seemed to know what you're doing. for what it's worth, i'm asking because i was thinking of doing this to my brand new msi 3090 suprim x (which i don't use for mining at all)

[@rokusaburo6257]

Good video, still can't get myself to the void the warranty on my 3090 Strix, hah.

[@JimRPG]

Keep monitoring the temps and see how you go. No need to feel like you need to unless you're uncomfortable with the temps.

[@bravocharlie24]

@@JimRPG is 69c safe?

[@JimRPG]

@@bravocharlie24 For memory temps? Yeah, its fine.

[@patrickm2191]

I wrote their support department and they gave me authorization to do it. Just tell them you want to do it and ask for permission and they'll give you written permission to do it. I haven't needed to send the card in for warranty but I imagine if they tell me void I can just take the written permission from the support dept and send it to them, or I would just print it out and put it in the RMA box.

[@JimRPG]

@@patrickm2191 Nice one! Yeah that's a good idea for ppl who are concerned about it.

[@SaccoBelmonte]

Can you tell me what the Hotspot temperature is on the core while running a game?

[@JimRPG]

Cyberpunk 2077 about 77-80 deg. That's probably the highest I got. Hotspot is generally 10 deg hotter on avg... so 90 deg.

[@Hyperion1722]

@@JimRPG I took the risky dive into copper shim modding. Cyberpunk gaming hot spot temp is only 70C. GPU temp at 64C and VRAM max temp at 69C. Not bad but a very risky mod if you do not know what you are doing. I did a thorough research before doing this mod.

[@bett0diaz]

Awesome video. I followed your steps, but the nicehash quickminer now goes to 80c in the GPU(but the mem temp dropped). I applied the mx-5 thermal compound in the gpu. anything else I should check? thanks!

[@JimRPG]

yes something is wrong - GPU core shouldn't go that high. I think what happened was the thermal pads on memory are too thick, so the heatsink is not touching the GPU core. I had the same thing happen on another card - the Palit 3080, where my mem temps were fine but the GPU core was really hot. This video here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJuqh5araZefaZI Normally if you've done it right, the GPU core is between 45-65 deg, and the memory is like 20 deg hotter, maybe 30 max if its GDDR6X. Also I don't use nicehash quickminer so I don't really know how to help there. I just use MSI Afterburner and Nicehash program. But I don't think its an issue of the quickminer.

[@bett0diaz]

@@JimRPG it was exactly that. Thanks!

[@kenshinhimura9387]

You're dead wrong about the arctic MX-4 thermal paste. It made my card run super hot and thermal throttle. So bad that I as getting 14fps in games that I normally get 90+ fps. I don't know if I was sold garbage paste of what but my GPU now runs ruper hot. It was ice cold before the upgrade. My VRAM was running hot and thermal throttling but now it runs pretty cool but my GPU chip is now stupid hot for some reason and I followed the upgrade guides exactly.

[@JimRPG]

Actually you're wrong 😄 the MX-4 paste is no better/no worse than other pastes on the market. What you've actually done is your thermal pads are a bit thick so your heatsink is no longer touching the GPU core. That's why its hotter. You have open up the card and fix it again. Don't leave it like that because your GPU is now not getting enough cooling. Your Vram is cool now because heatsink is touching it. I did the same thing for my Palit 3080 - and you have to get the pads + or - 0.1mm in order for it to work. ie both the mem and gpu core have to touch the heatsink. Here's my video on this - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJuqh5araZefaZI

[@kenshinhimura9387]

@@JimRPG I've redone this card at least 7 times now and the best I can get is GPU 84C hotspot 104C and memory 102C. My card keeps thermal throttling and I can't find the hotspot. MSI afterburner will throttle the GPU if it hits 83C or higher but I can bring that higher. The card is still thermal throttling even though the GPU is only at 83C and isn't going any higher than that. I have it set to 86C for the GPU but it won't even get that hot. Before I did this upgrade my memory would reach 108-110C and be thermally throttled. Now the memory is staying cooler but somewhere else on the card is getting too hot now.

[@JimRPG]

@@kenshinhimura9387 Hey mate - I understand where you're coming from. I had to do mine 8 or 9 times and I was pretty annoyed as well. But by about the 7th time, I figured out I had to get the heatsink to touch the gpu core and memory. Otherwise one is going to be hotter than the other. Ideally you want the gpu core around 20 deg cooler than the memory, it'll be something like 70 deg and 90deg... I believe your gpu core is too hot at 83 deg particularly for mining where it should be undervolted....

[@danielzynn7795]

Great video with good detail. For some reason I've tried this twice to the tee and my card is 10-15 degrees hotter while mining the factory results. If anyone knows why please let me know. I have an EVGA ftw3.

[@JimRPG]

Yeah it can be like that with different cards - but when you say factory - u mean the standard settings? You have to use optimised settings and undervolt the 3080 and 3090. You can use between 280-300W and get 120mh/s on the 3090. Standard settings out of the box would run the 3090 at 350W.

[@danielzynn7795]

@@JimRPG Yes, i am aware of how to edit settings on MSI afterburner.

[@AakashSingh_]

Can u tell me about how to change thermal pads on Inno 3d ichill x4 3080 its design kind of complicated. Thanks by the way great video

[@JimRPG]

Hi there, I don't have any experience with an Inno 3D card. I think you're right - its probably trickier to open up. That said if you go slowly you can do it. But monitor your temps first - unless you're over 100 degrees I wouldn't worry about changing the thermal pads. Have you watched my video about max temps - MICRON RESPONDS! What max temps should you run your G6X GPU at? RTX 3090 / 3080 Ti / 3080 / 3070 Ti kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppmXkIaobb6Bjqs

[@fpshooterful]

Hey, can someone please help me out. I just ordered Thermalright brand 12.8w/mk, but 2.25mm, I should've just gone with 2mm. But, when I contacted EVGA about thermal pad size, they indicated to me 2.25mm. But, now, my GPU DIE doesn't seem to be making proper contact. I am getting close to 81c as my hotspt. Before it use to be WAYY less then that when it comes to mining. I just ordered 2mm Thermalright brand 12.8w/mk, but, I am concerned about size. Should I just order 1.5mm instead?

[@JimRPG]

If 2.25mm doesn't work, try 2mm. If that doesn't work - adjust your thickness by squashing the thermal pad slightly. You should measure the pad with calipers that came out of your graphics card. One card I had, I had to redo 8 times because I couldn't get the thickness right. The gpu core temp and vram temp should be approx 20-30 (max) apart when mining. Like 50/70 or 60/80... not 50/90 or 80/80 (if its too far apart, or too close) one of them is not making proper contact.

[@fpshooterful]

@@JimRPG HEY! Thanks so much for the info, very helpful. Appreciate it. I think my biggest mistake was getting rid of my EVGA stock pads. I mean it was still soft, and I was getting like 42/55. Which I think is good as it gets. The only thing I should've replaced was the paste. Because the paste was ROCK HARD. Right now I have ordered the ThermalRight Pads as shown in your video. 12.8w/mk. But, this time 2mm. Whereas before it was 2.5mm, and I think that was the main issue. I was thinking of getting GELID, which I hear better performance, but I am afraid if I end up with some STIFF pads? I can still cancel my order and get GELID, but just not sure if it is worth it?

[@JimRPG]

@@fpshooterful 42/55 is really good! Well i did that as well on my Palit card - it was perfectly fine, and i made it worse when I opened it up... it took as i said 8 goes before getting it back to where it was.. no improvement just back to same temps. Btw - your EVGA card will have different thermal pad thickness to mine, i had a MSI card in this video. I haven't used GELID - either is honestly fine. I got it to work with thermalright so I think you can try that again. But I bought a lot of pads (of lots of different sizes) so there was a bit of a trial and error process and can get a little expensive and wasteful.

[@fpshooterful]

@@JimRPG Yes, i contacted EVGA, and their staff indicated to me that I needed a 2.25mm pad. But, here in Canada, we can only get 2.5mm or 2mm. And on reddit, plus couple of other users i contacted, they indicated to me 2.5mm should be fine, since i can "squeeze" into place if it didn't if. Once i got the 2.5mm pad it actually looked the same as EVGA PAD, but ofcourse "eyeing" it isn't the best i idea. And EVGA pad felt more heavier and softer. HOPEFULLY, the 2mm i just ordered by ThermalRight does the trick. It did feel soft the first time i ordered it, hopefully the 2mm size makes a difference. I am afraid if i order GELID it might be stiff. And i am about on my 6th try lol. It will 7th when I get the 2mm pad, and hopefully my last. The main reason why i did this because i was crashing when I OC'd my memory clock to 1100 when i first got this card, for gaming. Eventually ended up memory OC at 850 after 7 months, for gaming, otherwise i would crash if i went higher. So, i just assumed that the pads were getting worn out? Since i MINE on top of that. I was hoping for better temps by replacing the pads, and better OC results for gaming. For mining i was perfectly fine with the factory pads.

[@evilmode100]

Thats normal i thingk for the gpu to be hotter as the temps from the memory now goes to heat sink so the gpu must get little higher if the job done right and the mem temps go almost 10 c down. So good job

[@JimRPG]

Cheers. Yeah it was good to see the mem temps go down finally.

[@MrFree123abc]

You are making dreams come true

[@PaulFCB1899]

MSI still has those warranty stickers but at least their GPU is functional, my Gaming OC from Gigabyte can’t handle gaming without the memories hitting 110.

[@JimRPG]

Really? Yeah the gigabyte thermal pads are really bad from what i've seen from people opening their cards. The Pads get oily and leaks all over the PCB. Consider changing them out.

[@XnxxD]

I've got a Zotac 3080 and zotac even encourages you to open the GPU from time to time to apply new thermal paste/pads. By the way those warranty stickers don't actually mean anything. You should check your legislation to see if you are allowed to open your card.

[@australienski6687]

Does this void warranty?

[@johnmark2014]

Hi, thanks for this video but when you replace the pads it's too fast for me. Do you have the unedited complete process on how to change them? You put a big heat sink after you added a thermal paste what was that?

[@JimRPG]

Hi John, sorry about that - it was because I tried to match the script to the footage so I sped it up 10x. I've found the original footage, I'm going to post up the whole thing though its over an hour long. I'll link once I've done it. To answer your question though - to replace the pads, you undo the screw on the back of the card. Just make sure you have all the screws undone, then the heatsink and fans should only be held to the GPU by the thermal paste. You can try to pry it off slowly, if it doesn't come off you still have screws attached. When its off, be careful there's very short cables attached which you must pull out if you can (or look after them). Replace the pads. After that, put thermal paste on, then put the heatsink and fans back on as you found it (including cables you detached and attach them). Put the screws back in.

[@johnmark2014]

@@JimRPG thank youuuuu sooo much

[@JimRPG]

Hi John - the full video is here - MSI RTX 3090 Ventus 3X Thermal Pad Replacement - Full and Unedited, (Guide/Results Video Check Desc) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaiyfGVmgsSGeZo

[@johnmark2014]

@@JimRPG You are the best!!!

[@sadistical5787]

I'm having such a hard time finding the thickness of thermal pads for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080. For both the front and back plate. :( I estimate 2.0 mm in front, 3.0 mm in back. not sure

[@JimRPG]

is this for the founders edition? There's many AIB brands for the RTX 3080 as well as the original Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080 Founder's Edition. There should be many videos out there for the 3080 - its one of the most popular cards out there.

[@gecolive]

i tried to do this and one of the 4 screws that hold the disipator stripped and i can't remove it.... any ideas on how to take it out?

[@JimRPG]

Get professional help for this. Don't ruin your 3090!

[@dennisrosenberg4157]

have a question, do you know what size of thermal pads it is on gigabyte 3060 eagle? :)

[@JimRPG]

Sorry i dont, also i think you should be ok, unless you feel like the temperatures are too hot. Temperatures are only a big concern on the GDDR6X cards - so just the RTX 3080 and 3090, runs at least 15-20degs hotter than the GDDR6 in the 3060.

[@Teleswagz]

my 3080 tuf get's to 80 MH/s and then hits 100c junction temps. any ideas why? power limit 59% mem clock +300 core clock -400 fan speed 80% gpu temp 43 c

[@JimRPG]

if GPU temp is only 43 - your thermal pads and heatsink aren't touching the memory is my guess if its so hot, have you opened the card up before? Is it a new card or did u get it used? Either way you have to watch a video and see the thickness of thermal pad that other people used and try that. Sometimes a tolerance of + or - 0.1mm can cause problems like this. I went through a very similar issue where the GPU temps were cold and the memory was hot, but i opened up the card and put in thermal pads that were too thin. WATCH THIS! Before Changing RTX 3080 and 3090 Thermal Pads. (Especially Palit Owners) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJuqh5araZefaZI

[@Teleswagz]

@@JimRPG i haven't opened it yet but am definitely looking into it because of the temp disparity between the card and its memory. it's used from a buddy who got it from a prebuild for like 2 weeks thanks for the link i'll check it out