So I will not put pads I think , I ordered them I will see whats happen but for the moment there isnt really a problem... 

ONE picture from someone who  had a problem... only one f***** picture that's all !
 
I made my own agressive curve fan, 53 degres with GTA and BF1, I cant believe that my VRM (or VRAM I never know :D ) are in dangerous temperatures with a 53 degres GPU...

I will not be putting them on my 1080 FTW. I use a custom fan curve in Afterburner for my gaming, and am comfortable with the temps I am getting. I am not too concerned about it.
 
I won't be flashing the new bios either. My card runs pretty cool, certainly cooler than my previous 970 FTW did.

I'm not worried about my card as it is since I always run a fairly aggresive custom fan profile (60C @ 70% fan).  That said, I will install the thermal pads simply because it's free, easy to do, and if I can make things cooler, why not.
 
I won't be flashing the new vBIOS though.  I don't see it being needed when using my own fan profile.

Out of curiosity anyone have info on the VRM and Vram temps when not overclocked and not running benchmarks?  

dbosley
Out of curiosity anyone have info on the VRM and Vram temps when not overclocked and not running benchmarks?  

We dont really know but for me with a good ventilation, just play games and have fun :D

Why I'm thinking I'm gonna have no problem at all but if I read this forum, my house will burn soon...
 
Internet people... 

ilyama
Am I safe ? There is member here who wont put this  pads ?

the 1070/1060 have much lower power consumption i dont see any problem here, if i would highly overclock them, i would make my thoughts applying them. on the 1080 i would apply them, OC or not, just to be save.

So, we agree that no overclocking (I'm cpu limited so I wont overclock lol ) and an agressive fan curve and I'm fine without pads ?

Because others people here said I'm blind or ignorant... 

ilyama
So, we agree that no overclocking (I'm cpu limited so I wont overclock lol ) and an agressive fan curve and I'm fine without pads ?

Because others people here said I'm blind or ignorant... 

That's exactly what i have been doing. As long you keep an aggressive fan curve and avoid furmark you should be good. Gamers Nexus tested with only the vBios update (which IMO you should install) and it already gives some improvements:
 
http://www.gamersnexus.net/news-pc/2666-evga-heat-solution-thermal-imaging-of-vrm-1080-ftw
 
I ran an even more aggressive fan curve and my case has good airflow (Corsair 780T) so i expect to be getting sightly better results with VRM temps. If you are like me who uses headset and don't mind the additional noise, ramp up the fan speed a little more. 
 
HOWEVER, i recommend getting the thermal pads anyway because its free and it's easy to install, it's not any harder than building your own computer or changing a CPU cooler, seriously. But even if you don't install them you should be fine, remember EVGA got your back with your 3 year warranty, should anything happen just call them.

Another thing...

Imagine someone who pull all the pads... but who overclocks like a pig, at the maximum of the card, if he also use a "too much silent" curve... he will have the same temperatures than me with no pads ?