RTX 3090 FTW3 Teardown, Capacitors, Thermals, Power Draw

[@albin3399]

Congratulations on being first person to actually do a teardown of the FTW3 as well as discuss the thermals. I freakin hate it when the "popular" reviewers simply discuss the benchmarks and just say something like that its "fairly quiet".

[@3802er]

Fking A! been trying to weigh up what to go with and theres no side by side review of any of them, Have found the ASUS Strix OC 3090 leading the limited "reviewed" pack but nothing that lists all side by side. Really frustrating, have cash in hand ready to go - everything is selling out have no informed reviews of what's on offer or what's edging ahead. It's as if they want us to buy blind and hope for the best..

[@randall-lbc]

Just wanted to point this out for anyone referencing this video for a teardown to waterblock their 3090... I killed two of my FTW3 3090's trying to put EKWB waterblocks on them. I've built about 5 water cooled rigs and never had failure like this ever. The issue is seemingly that the PCB has a weak spot and very prone to failure if the PCB flexes. The putty that's used on these EVGA cards are so damn difficult to work with when removing the stock cooler. My recommendation is to pre-heat the card (use a heat gun on LOW) to help soften up the putty before working at shimmying it off. Do your BEST to not flex the card when removing the cooler. Good luck yall.

[@clausbohm9807]

Thanks for all the effort showing us how to do this and what to look out for, much appreciated! A month later watching the end of this video 22:53 "If you buy this model, don't touch it" ... music to my ears, I just bought the card before getting to this part of the video ...

[@Adam-hn2iw]

Im eating up all your content while not patiently waiting for my 3080. Thanks for making the wait slightly more bearable mate

[@musicismypassion7686]

one of the best tech youtubers out there and he is only getting started. has a lot of charism too

[@ChristopherOSU]

Those copper heat tubes are actually a really cool addition to the backplate! I did not know that was there. Also, neat to see that it comes with termal pads already installed on the back :)

[@billyhatcher643]

thanks for this vid ur the only one that did a standard ftw3 gpu while gamers nexus only did the ultra variant

[@martinw245]

The copper heat pipe is designed to spread the heat further onto the backplate. Adding a second thermal pad to it wont do anything.

[@charizard6969]

In 1 year your have over 50k subs, Mark my words

[@jdominguez2282]

1mm pads it is then, good to know, thanks!!

[@LuXifR]

13:16 ffs this almost gave me a heart attack

[@DragonRidersTV]

Good to know, Thank you soo much. Now I know that I dont even have to try dismantle it!!!!

[@Samuel-pf1kw]

If only Nvidia stayed with with TSMC... i wonder if they'll stick with Samsung, 7nm next?

[@happydawg2663]

Nvidia tried to make TSMC lower their price for their 7nm node, but they didn't budge. Then Nvidia decided to cheap out and use the cheaper node by Samsung, but the yelds for 7nm of the Samsung node are not good, so they got this 8N, that is basically a process built on Samsung's 10nm node. At least this is what I heard, there are a couple of articles about this from a few months ago.

[@ezas533]

Hell no, they'll do a refresh with the TSMC 7nm probably. Samsung 7nm yields aren't even commercially viable yet

[@BreezeOG]

13:17 gave me a heartattack.. just got a new monitor and thought it was already dying on me

[@jeffmccloud905]

came for the teardown. stayed for that sweet MS mouse.

[@paulneedham5900]

Thanks so much for this video, I don't think I would have had the balls to open up the card without it! I used Gelid GP-Ultimate 15W/mK, 2mm pads throughout + the 1mm you suggested. When I sealed it up and checked, I found that the row of components next to the 1mm pads you used, the pads were loose. I re-opened and applied an extra 0.5 mm pad on each of those rows. The results, well, I am quite pleased. See here, the first card on nicehash is the one I replaced the pads on, the second, is a card which is unmodified: GeForce RTX 3090 DaggerHashimoto: 115.98 MH/s Status Mining Temp. 58ºC VRAM T. 92ºC Load 100% MemCtrl Load 100% Fan 66% Power 270W Efficiency 0.43 MH/J MEDIUM GeForce RTX 3090 DaggerHashimoto: 115.98 MH/s Status Mining Temp. 57ºC VRAM T. 94ºC Load 100% MemCtrl Load 100% Fan 72% Power 290W Efficiency 0.40 MH/J MEDIUM I will likely now do all my 6 cards. Thanks again, I hope this also helps someone else. That first card above was running fans at 90% in lite mode, before the mod. I definitely could not run it in medium mode, fans would have been 100%. Possibly could have fitted a 3mm instead of the 2mm + 0.5, but was being cautious not to bulk it out/stretch the PCB.

[@tyness00]

Hi Paul... I need some help... I have changed my pads now 3times and I can get the temps down... I am using the GELID 3mm on the outside, then the 1mm next to the 3mm and then 2mm next to the GPU.... The side where the HDMI is located I added .5 to the 1mm so its now 1.5mm because I could see its not touching. On the backplate I am using 2.5mm.... Is this what your doing?

[@paulneedham5900]

@@tyness00 Did you get my reply ?

[@eddies7020]

This guy is awesome, keep up the good work.

[@C4RP3_N0CT3M]

Would have like some advanced measurements such as HxL of the board for those of us who plan on liquid cooling. Also, are you planning on doing a video in OC performance between the XC3 vs the FTW3? That would be greatly appreciated.

[@FrameChasers]

click on my channel to see all my other videos on the topic, lots of info

[@michalvanco3148]

that is one massive card :) I believe those headers (fan and rgb) could be perfect for hybrid kit or possibly some aio like alphacool which is using something like this

[@PastorwithoutaPulpit]

I've still been posting your channel on all the bigger channels I visit because I really enjoy the power modding and all of what you're doing. There's also the fact that you've found a way to stop at least some of these cards from constant crashing. I legit think that needs to get out to help those experiencing these issues with their brand new 3080's...

[@tresnugget]

The oc bios is an ever so slightly more aggressive fan curve

[@UruguayOC]

Great work man! Have the same GPU and does some magic without touching anything!

[@seanjones6683]

I got a small performance gain by switching the oc switch on about 67 points in superposition bench for the 3080 version ftw3

[@CamaroWarrior]

Just ordered a 3090 FTW 3 ultra for $1139 on Amazon.. replacing my current 3060 Ti

[@kimoosaw]

man you are doing awesome work

[@Abegnale]

"And she is slowly letting me get inside of her". Thanks for the tear-down.

[@GizmoMaltese]

That's the best feeling, right?

[@OpenSourceSlayer]

Hey man I need to put my air cooler back on my card removing the water block, which pads would you go with for this to get it back up and running. Love your stuff dude.

[@happydawg2663]

I'm suprised that no AIB called its card THICC-Boy or something like that. :)

[@Recon777x]

I'm probably going to have to replace my pads. As someone who has never done anything like this before, I'm nervous tinkering around in a $3000+ piece of hardware that will likely void its warranty and also require me to do everything perfectly or I could make it worse than it already is. I suspect it's my backplate pads that need replacing, so that looks easier.

[@coreymoyers]

You paid 3k for your 3090?

[@Recon777x]

@@coreymoyers $3000 AUD 8 months ago. When the cheapest you could get them for was $4000 AUD

[@charliewilson434]

LOL. Loved the heavy lift intro.

[@hamslice839]

Damn that PCB is impressive. So jelly!

[@ethanflores9063]

What size are the thermal pads that you didn’t replace?

[@RevansNightmare]

Tearing it down soon to see how the performance of EK block vs the Optimus

[@wh173]

3090 wasnt supposed to be a gaming card, its a titan, its for "amateur" workstations.

[@paul2609]

It doesn't have "Titan" or workstation drivers.

[@torqueroll1]

Clown lips. 😂😂😂 Man, I can’t wait to get my 3090 tomorrow.

[@raracuzz1358]

Thank God 5 months later they updated the new ones without the red clown lips. I got mine today and they are gone 🤘

[@christianm4459]

I'm going to buy that card

[@Clogroup]

i got one of these cards myself. thanks for the information.

[@danielzynn7795]

I am wishing someone actually had a good video on this. I thermal padded and pasted this card tonight. Previously the card was at 94-96 degrees while mining at a specific clock setting. After doing paste and pads at 2mm in most sections and 1mm in other sections the card is at 110 degrees while mining. This is a huge disappointment.

[@mrgngstr]

hahahhahahahaha unluggy

[@ghostid544]

Why would you put thermal pads on the heatpipes? They were supposed to dissipate the heat from the memory to the rest of the backplate not to the pcb.

[@guahcap]

13:15 I thought my computer was crashing...

[@buffpotatochua5147]

Same, LOL I thought my GPU have an issue.

[@LuXifR]

same

[@brandonbajc2084]

Where did you get the 3090? Newegg, microcenter??

[@FrameChasers]

Evga

[@ArkenShromAbuser]

Have a Gainward 3080 GS . the boost clock is all over the place . crashing in games all the time . im mad !

[@JaguarZT]

whats the thickness of pads I would need to replace the ones that comes with stock cooler?

[@adamjones4732]

OC switch changes fan curve, if switched to OC it disables fan zero rpm mode

[@nibelungvalesti]

Subscribed and liked for profanity. Thank you for keeping it real.

[@michaelkonen]

What size thermal pads did you use to replace the foam on the VRM? 1mm?

[@jebranalajmi5321]

I’m about to get this card with 5800x and hopefully some 3600 cl14 Rams ,, and thinking about getting a consult. Is this build good for 250+ fps for shooting games ?

[@clearlight293]

What is the VRAM pad thickness?

[@ripsimps]

Damn bro do you lift? Your arms 💕 lmao them aib cards got you 💪💪💪

[@FrameChasers]

I was way more jacked before I started youtube... a lot more takeout, a lot less sleep, I still lift everyday but my diet and training are horribly out of control right now until I get a stable rythm going with content output

[@tyranus7]

I disagree with you my friend. Something I like about American people is they are whiners, so in the long term that's actually a good thing because they get better customer support policies. In my country people don't say shit about bad/defective products and in the end most large companies just get used to deliver defective products and pretty bad customer support. Customers in the USA are in the glory and that's only because they make their money count

[@katherinesilens2994]

How did you get the one screw with the inset nut in during reassembly? Did you have to hold it with tweezers or something?

[@FrameChasers]

oh yeah I held it in with small pliers

[@carlosmarciales6418]

What is the size of the thermal pad? I have a 3090 and I must make the change

[@2629derekhale]

HOW ARE YOUR VRAM TEMPS DURING MEMORY INTENSIVE APPLIKCATIONS?

[@ezas533]

I like how you destroyed the nvidia fanboy meme kids by acquiring both a 3080 and 3090 probably half a year before any of them could even think of getting one and then coming to the conclusion that the 2080ti with the power mod is the real deal right now. Also lmao, almost everything bad about the Samsung 8N theories became true Keep hustling my friend

[@iperson13]

Wait, I should spend $1,200+ for a 2080ti and mod it to get worse performance than a 3080 @699? Sorry, if you bought a 2080ti you might just be the meme nvidia fanboy...

[@ezas533]

@@iperson13 Find me where I can get a 3080 at 699 right now at this very moment and I will be less inclined to call you an idiot. The last one that sold on Ebay sold for $1549.99.

[@iperson13]

I paid $729 for the one in my PC... 2080ti, unless bought it during the window when people were panic selling for $500, is a crap purchase, and if you paid north of 1k for one you're a special kind of fanboy...

[@2boostedsilverado]

You got me on "frames"...new subscriber

[@ChristopherOSU]

You have to install a new BIOS to get the switch to work, I think?

[@sonydee33]

What's the importance of two HDMI ports?

[@bubuluslustikus5557]

Does the ftw3 have the vrams temp sensors like previous models? So 450watt powerlimit?

[@FrameChasers]

yep check my latest video for ICX sensor and thermo couple temperature comparison on the vram

[@bubuluslustikus5557]

@@FrameChasers ah thx. Seems ftw3 beats asus strix in summary. Hmm maybe i go for ftw3

[@Gen_66]

“I started wiggling it from the centre and she is slowly letting me get inside of her.” Ah, a man of culture!

[@redeye259]

Dude how did you get a 3090!! All I want is one 3080 TUF smh

[@FrameChasers]

I made some phonecalls, haha

[@-MaxMax]

I like your way, greetings from germany 😉

[@FrameChasers]

Thanks! 😃

[@vangore2781]

Thx

[@opiumextract2934]

Subbed...getting a 3080ti ftw3 in a few days as well as an ekwb block. If anyone has any tips to help prevent killing the card, feel free to share!

[@amg63capybara]

How thick is the thermal pad? Im looking to replace them

[@2629derekhale]

Sweet mouse pad!

[@Wisdomisgood448]

What size are the pads for the rest of the PCB??

[@theslicefactor4590]

You're not concerned about voiding the warranty?

[@prestonvarner611]

this does not void the warranty lol

[@theslicefactor4590]

@@prestonvarner611 Lovely.

[@fency1097]

So, you used 1mm thermal pads in the frontplate and for the backplate you used 2mm pads. Is this correct ? just 1mm front and 2mm back, no others pads right?

[@davet7231]

did you find out what size pads??

[@fency1097]

@@davet7231 not yet, Im disassembling the gpu tomorrow. I bought some 3mm, 2mm and 0.5mm pads from gelid. Hope them fit ok

[@Multimeter1]

Did you find out?

[@keithcevasco2827]

@@fency1097 any updates

[@stercan]

I upgraded my psu from 1200 to 1500, before I got my Strix 3090 OC. Not a bad idea after all. But technically the card can have 720watt(3x240)+225watt(pci)?

[@FrameChasers]

you got a 3090 strix OC?? from where, I thought they werent released

[@stercan]

@@FrameChasers no still waiting for it

[@tupchurch]

Do you think a shunt mod would work using a wire and some kapton tape?

[@FrameChasers]

naw straight shorted shunts havent worked since Turing, to be fair I havent tried it but im 99% sure it would go into failsafe mode if you tried to straight short the shunts out. You gotta use the resistors

[@tupchurch]

@@FrameChasers OK, I wonder if two wires and a resistor would work, just so I could easily under it if I needed to. I didn't realize there was a resistor involved, I will have to watch the video. I thought it was just straight soldering the two shunts together

[@MrEndrius79]

I see....a warranty sticker on a screw?!?!? Evga also now seal his cards?

[@FrameChasers]

yep looks like it now, both cards had the sticker. They will still warranty if its in the US though

[@MrEndrius79]

@@FrameChasers Thank you!

[@fisheye3d1727]

The OC switch just takes fans off silent mode

[@meknowu1]

Why do they put such crap thermal paste on the die, i had thermal paste dry out on my 1080ti in a year and it was overheating and i was like wtf so I tried to replace it and put too much pressure on the die when i was screwing it in and my card artifacted all over the place

[@FrameChasers]

im not sure to be honest, I think they use the dry stuff because it lasts longer than the better stuff? So people dont have to take it apart and repaste? Just a guess. Or to simply save costs per card

[@hrithiksoni2986]

Have u experienced any coil whine under load?

[@FrameChasers]

A little, every card does tbh

[@ChristopherOSU]

That's FAN-tastic. :P

[@albin3399]

Is it possible to remove the red accent piece without damage? Gamersnexus mentioned that there is a clip holding it in place.

[@FrameChasers]

il take a look for you

[@albin3399]

@@FrameChasers ?

[@FrameChasers]

@@albin3399 yeah I cant find any clip or way to remove it, molded onto the plastic

[@albin3399]

@@FrameChasers Damn thats unfortunate. This picture makes it look like you can simply replace it with whatever color you want. forums.evga.com/download.axd?file=0;3082510&filename=EVGA%20new%20Accent.jpg Thanks for checking it tho.

[@Johnnyblazeee]

Hey i got a 3090 founders edition i have a 700psu is that enough? I’m also getting stutters when i play a game can you please help?

[@jakesmith5737]

i am wondering the same what power supply are you using now?

[@KorRrnBred]

I'm so Jelly right now😔 I wanted that one

[@jerodrogers42]

I have a tiny wiener, but your channel helps me forget. JK (about the 2nd part at least). Anyway...I did my 3090 FTW3 Ultra tear down pad\paste replacement last night and all went well...thanks to your vid. I agree that the temps didn’t improve much and therefore went forward with the $15 amazon gpu triple fan until EK does they thang yo. Love your content and agree that you’re heading down a good path for yourself here! Thanks!!

[@FrameChasers]

Thanks so much for the kind words man

[@maxsettings2906]

what's with that ugly red lip stick in the front of it

[@umerkha]

3 years later... NVIDIA didn't screw it, AMD didn't take the win! You were wrong!

[@ripsimps]

Good 💩!!!!

[@FFE-js2zp]

My 3090 FTW3 is 500% faster than my 2080ti in mindcraft with shaders. Its 2x in general.

[@zeddie5168]

Ew, that crusty stuff. I plan on replacing thermal pads and re-pasting my FTW3 Ultra 3090 sometime, and found your teardown video in my search.

[@FernandoAleman]

Sorry bro but I recommend you to edit first that mistakes and the upload

[@gusubu17]

you have cartoons on the walls and you don't like the red clown lips? I would think you would LOVE them... I do!!!

[@FrameChasers]

Needs googly eyes for sure

[@Afterthought_]

The amount of users that powermod a 2080ti is slim, the average user has a mild OC 2080ti, which the 3090 is like 45% faster than

[@diamond4829]

No tea bag ....... wtf. 🤣

[@tupchurch]

3090 reminds me of the Spruce Goose or from the Simpson's, the Spruce Moose... I said hop in, LoL! It's a oversized monstrosity

[@FFE-js2zp]

I love the clown lips!!!!!!!

[@diamond4829]

Your still blocking us all from enabling the notifications bell. 😎

[@FrameChasers]

I don’t understand where tf this option is, maybe I have to be partnered first? What does it say on your end

[@diamond4829]

That's your mortal combat special move for whiners ..... come on man ...... no tea bag ...... damn.

[@DarkAge69]

Everybody whining about that red accent ( clown lips ) You can simply take it off

[@petterderter6354]

Dont say the Lords name in vain

[@johndon2536]

HELP... why didnt my 3090 come with clown lips ??? did i get fucked ??? i bought a prebuilt btw

[@nenolaura2199]

Are you Iranian?

[@FrameChasers]

nope

[@brianlukas2868]

lol cat fart

[@musicismypassion7686]

woohooo first!

[@captainblackjon]

$2000 graphics card.. e-waste mouse.. makes sense

[@FrameChasers]

dont need a gaming mouse for a recording PC my friend

[@captainblackjon]

@@FrameChasers I get it, just loosen the purse strings a little, looks like you pulled it out of a dumpster, 20 years ago