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Does anyone here dislike the new 30 series cooler design?

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2021/01/03 16:38:42 (permalink)
I'm not talking about aesthetics.
 
Previous EVGA coolers you just need to take 4 screws off the main cooler for the GPU silicon and it frees up the main cooler, the VRM/VRAM which most of the time is fine with the standard thermal pad.
 
New design for 30 series make the the VRM/VRAM plate is connected to main heatsink and you end up removing thermal pads along with it. Not to mention that you have the thermal putty / sponge that's non replaceable on the inductors...
 
 
 
Anyone else dislike the new coolers for this reason? Granted not a lot of people want to replace thermal paste on a new GPU but still :|

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    Re: Does anyone here dislike the new 30 series cooler design? 2021/01/03 17:01:16 (permalink)
    Previous designs had a total of 4 screws holding the cooler on, which meant all of the stress was focused directly around the die, which is not optimal.

    The mod plate was nice to have, but was never the most feasible option as it could spread the heat, but never had direct connection to the cooler, meaning it couldn’t cool as well. While it was much easier to remove just 4 screws previously, now the entire cooler is attached, and provides a much more rigid structure as well as direct connection for the cooler.

    I liked the old design for changing paste, but I like the new design for performance.


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    Re: Does anyone here dislike the new 30 series cooler design? 2021/01/03 17:16:20 (permalink)
    The thermal putty is the worst. They 100% need to stop using it and go with thermal pads that can be reused.
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    Re: Does anyone here dislike the new 30 series cooler design? 2021/01/03 17:21:20 (permalink)
    Nope...I'm fine with it...it spreads out tension on the board.
     

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    Re: Does anyone here dislike the new 30 series cooler design? 2021/01/03 18:01:20 (permalink)
    I think the cooler (XC3) could be better but is okay. The heatsink contact for both GPU and VRAM is due to heat being trapped in the previous designs from what I hear, but wish it could have a separate heatsink for VRAM though. The fans are quiet enough and the height remains low enough to fit in different setups. The thermal interface, while non-reusable, is good quality that re-applying with other thermal paste or pad didn't improve thermals.
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    Re: Does anyone here dislike the new 30 series cooler design? 2021/01/18 04:32:43 (permalink)
    Nope
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    Re: Does anyone here dislike the new 30 series cooler design? 2021/01/18 04:39:27 (permalink)
    It seems to be doing a good job on mine and I don't really dislike the design.

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    Re: Does anyone here dislike the new 30 series cooler design? 2021/01/18 04:49:20 (permalink)
    oh my god, i cleaned 2 cards yesterday of this, its terrible, and not possible to completely remove
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    Re: Does anyone here dislike the new 30 series cooler design? 2021/01/19 03:51:27 (permalink)
    I think the look nice
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    Re: Does anyone here dislike the new 30 series cooler design? 2021/01/21 04:13:39 (permalink)
    I think it looks good, I can accept the new design.
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    Re: Does anyone here dislike the new 30 series cooler design? 2021/01/21 04:20:57 (permalink)
    Yeah, the nvidia 3080 FE is awesome looking & works great
    & the EVGA FTW3 coolers look much better than the black ones  ( minus the red lips now ) 

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