I dont know for the vrm but we have to be logic here, if the gpu is cooler, the vrm will be...

I play yesterday with a 50 degres max in BF1... how can we imagine that my vram is more than... I dont know... 80 degres if I see extra large...

I think that there are several factors to take into consideration for the VRM temp:
1) case ventilation and overall temp in it - in my case I have a 20cm fan which blows air on my video cards - see Corsair Carbide 500r case
2) overclocking - if you put power at let's say 110% you will clearly force the VRMs (voltage regulators) - here at the moment I have "stock" voltage
3) fan curve - here I keep it on aggressive, which should help
 
I am not sure if one can measure VRM temp, in the normal operation, not by removing backplate and putting some thermal sensors on it an so on....
And, if I know correctly, the "exploded" scenarios happened only with GTX 1080 FTW and not with GTX 1070 FTW... even if both cards suffer from the same "wrong" thermal design.

No problem here either. Had a stock EVGA 1080 SC, for a few weeks before installing the hybrid kit and new thermal pads by fujipoly.

Great card. Purchased 5th of November. Or first. Idk anymore either the 1 or 5th lol.

Gaming in 4K, max load using the "K" symbol. I have an OC of 135/120 power/350 memory/80%fan and it's got a 99.7% stability on fire strike/extreme and ultra ran 3x each.

Highest temps so far are 49 Celsius. ( mucho fans and cold room)

Are we going crazy? This post is totally irrelevant, a correct operation is what is expected of a high-end product that costs about 500-700 €. It is not news that a graphic card works the way it is expected

Thing is that in case of VRM You dont se the problem untill problem occures. If You have problem with VRM it means Your card is dead.

1070 SC from BestBuy, 6173-KB since 10/11/16. 2101/8726/1.075-1.081v. Max temp 48C. Also fitted with new thermal pads/latest BIOS.

 

I originally purchased 3 1080FTW and 1 FE, all EVGA without a single issue on any card, I sold 2 FTW after benching, the FE is in my sons computer working perfectly, I recently installed the Hybrid kit on the FTW in my PC, EVGA really needs to improve the instructions with this kit, nice pictures but to many little details not addressed, I didn't have any issues with overheating before and now it runs even cooler and quieter

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Are we going crazy? This post is totally irrelevant, a correct operation is what is expected of a high-end product that costs about 500-700 €. It is not news that a graphic card works the way it is expected

 
 
read the @op, who are you to say what is relevant or not in someones thread, the relevance of this @op is very clear! 

My 1080 FTW sequence number is under 2000 (last 4 digits) so if there is anything wrong in terms of thermal pads, design flaws or popcorn resistors, it is probably in mine. FTWs are going kaput whether it is 1% or 10% of the cards..... it is worrying.
 
Yes my card is working great TILL NOW but I can't just sit back and crank up ultra settings knowing there is chance of a firework show at any moment. I like to do something about it!
 
Any equipment could fail and I accept that but:

• Increasing fan noise is not a fix for a card running on stock speed.
• Not sending an email to someone who registered their card from day one warning them that they should take action instead of discovering on Reddit a month later that their card is as good as a Note 7 is a problem.
• "EVGA has investigated these reports and after extensive testing" then after their "extensive" test, a forum user discovers some VRAM chipsets are floating cities .
  
• I still didn't receive my thermal pads and I can't install my own high end branded thermal pads because I could lose warranty*.
• Standard RMA a working card just to get another customer "refurbished" burnt card returned to me in a tomato box. RMA might take weeks. i7 5820k... no thanks.
• I respect that you stand behind your product, you set up a web page to address the issue, you will RMA the card in most cases*, you offered free thermal pads with free shipping and a bios update for the ones who don't mind.

TL:DR I'm grateful my card is working great but I'm worried it will break any moment. Prefer to avoid doing RMAs and I would like to enjoy gaming on it asap. Thanks.

Got a perfect 1070 FTW from Frys about 5 weeks ago, OC's great and no issues. I did receive the new pads from EVGA last week along with the Powerlink, probably going to install those today anyways.
 
Cooling wise with my desk design, there's 3 fans blowing right on the 1070 plus the acx keeps it super cool 21-60c.