As long as I had my XFX 6800xt, I had some temperature problems. The GPU temperature went up to 80°C and the hot spot temperature usually stood at 105°C, but occasionally went up to 110°C. So the fans were screaming as if they were being slaughtered.

So I removed the shroud, replaced the 90mm fans with 120mm fans, which I had lying around in my “tech box” and which are now hanging on the heatsink through zip-ties. And a 100x100 3mm thick thermal pad between the backplate and the back of the board.

Result: Furmark (as an extreme example) just manages to bring the respective temperatures to 57°C GPU temperature or 75°C hot spot temperature.

I would never have thought that an investment of €8 could make such a difference

  • IrrelevantLeprechaun@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Repasting and remounting a GPU is far cheaper and far QUICKER than having to RMA it and wait weeks for replacements.

    Personally, if you’re into PC building then you should already be used to tinkering with your hardware. Idk why people get so uptight when it comes to fiddling with GPUs.