3080 fe thermal pad replacement reddit Title says it all really. I saw you used Thermalright Extreme Odyssey, but do you know if Gelid Ultimate 3mm pads would work instead? i've just upgraded from a 3080 and planning on reinstalling the stock cooler to donate it to my kid I followed this guide to install thermal pads Guide to Nvidia 3080 FE Thermal Pad Mod | by Will Norris | Medium when i installed the card the fans ramped to max and i killed the power, disassembled the card again and found the cooler is not making contact with the GPU, so clearly the thermal Have you changed thermal pads on your 3080 or 3090? I am writing an article about 3080 and 3090 thermal pad thickness and would value your feedback on what thermal pad thickness have you used for your model. 5mm or 3mm on the back. Hello, I have been reading many success stories from people replacing the thermal pads of the FE cards. Nice! I just did a thermal pad replacement on my 3080 FE this weekend, and noticed about the same temperature trends before and after ( huge drop in VRAM, but core temp was ~same, and hotspot was a degree or two higher. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. 5mm/2mm guide using Gelid and I'm at 76C junction temp on the 3080 FE. 5mm pads, but also have some 0. 8 w/mK and was able to redo the entire GPU. Anything better than this? Obviously new thermal paste at the same time. 5mm, 2mm or 3mm? Install hwinfo, take a look at your memory T junction temps, for FE model they sit around 110° C with stock pads. All non-related comments will be deleted. My guess is that core and heat sink dont make enough contact anymore. It's possible Nvidia has changed pads over the last few months. I bought a single pack Thermalright Extreme Odyssey (85*45* 2. I canged pads on my 3080ti Fe and repasted and have seen temps drop a lot, from max 80°C to 64°C on the chip and max 110°C to 68° on the memory. 3080 FE Thermal Pad/Paste Replacement Finally got around to replace the thermal pads on the 3080 FE. ~19C improvement in games! Throwing my own results into the FE ring. I tried using only the rear pads first, but they only reduced the memory junction temperature by a few degrees. To start, quick shout out to u/SuperSmashedBro, u/falkentyne, u/Comrade14, and u/Vincere37. This was easily the most nerve-wracking and scariest experience of my PC building I just got a 3080 Ventus 3X OC (finally!), and I was looking into thermal pad mods to lower VRAM temps. PSA - 3080ti FE (and 3080 FE) Thermal Pad Replacement Discussion Success! 2. I was planning to use Gelid Extreme 2mm on the die side and 3mm on the back side, aside from the one part on the back which is 2mm. 0mm extremes eventually. 9mm to 1. With just the backside pads, I had to use a -500 memory offset to keep memory junction temperatures at 102C with the Just modded my 3080 with Gelid Extreme 2mm and Arctic MX4 on the front side, as thats what most people recommend. What’ve you all been using if you’ve replaced your pads on your 3080 or 3080Ti Founders Edition. Please use the comments below to write what pad thickness you have used. It was only when I went water that it is now hovering in 60C range. 85v undervolt core 70-75 VRAM 92-94 Hot Spot ~80 After thermal pad replacement with the same fan speed at 80% core 70-75 VRAM 84 Hot Spot ~80 I am not getting the amazing result where other posts were getting like 20 degree down. I left the 2. 5mm works better on the front and 2. Archived post. Just did this today on my 3080ti Fe, it would thermal throttle, did gelid solutions extreme 1. 0mm) at 12. 5mm pads from launch. Want to save my poor gpu from hell. 3080 FE here. I ended up throwing on the 1. . I just finished replacing the thermal pads on my 3080 FE with 2mm Gelid GP-Extreme pads on the front and 3mm pads on the back. Seems like older series of the 3080 FE fits well with 2mm on the front and 3mm on the back. Mem temps down at least 10c, hot spot down about 3-6, gpu went up about 2-5c. The front pads made a huge difference. They helped me out quite a bit in my previous post. However some of the newer series uses a bit thinner gaps where 1. It can be thermal pad brand dependent but I used only 1. From what I have seen, in many cases the RAM was hitting 100+ degrees whilst the fans were running at 100%. 4mm pads if necessary. I suspect it might because I have put too much thermal paste? I know Nvidia changed the thermal pad thickness for the memory mid 2021 for the 3080 FE cards from 1. Thermal pads only took off like 10C for me. 5mm all around and got the same junction temps you did. reaches 100°C Hot spot and throttles immedeately. 5 mm on front and 2mm on the back. I have an early drop 3080 FE and I keep seeing posts like this, but my card doesn't really get above 78 during 4k gaming (in something like Cyberpunk with all settings at max). Share Sort by: Best Open comment sort options Top New Controversial Old Q&A Before the thermal pad replacement while gaming with 0. 3080 FE NVIDIA – GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition thermal pad sizes Required thicknesses changed somewhere in 2021. Also an undervolt will help with temps and prolong the life of the card. Completed my 3080 FE VRAM thermal pad replacement. I decided to replace the pads anyway on the newer card since it still runs hotter than the older card does with the Thermalright pads. Unfortunately, my Core temps are looking quite bad now. 5mm, however I could not find any information if the 3080TI also had this redesign or if it shipped with the 1. I also replace the thermal paste with Coolermaster Mastergel Nano 11w/mK. 0mm gelid ultimate on backplate but will probably change that to 2. Following the 1. 0mm gelid extreme on die side. Seeing different answers for the thermal pads used, which one do I actually go with? 1. yigmtm uufulz akknd ckfu wvqd teoya mnpkaog lgxxur lqsf hhdh hpfudbh ysjw kmasjwq zhvbot cmnry