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EVGA thermal paste is terrible

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AXiOM- New Member Total Posts : 6 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2018/05/13 11:04:16 Status: offline Ribbons : 0 2018/05/13 11:11:01 (permalink) i baught a 1080ti SC2 in july of last year. the temps were great at first, but over the lat couple months i noticed the temps were getting higher and higher (85c in witcher 3) i decided to open the card up and change the paste. when i opened it the thermal pasted was dried up and hard, i cleaned it off and applied thermal grizzly liquid metal...... temps dropped by 20 DEGREES now sitting in the mid 60's while playing. why would the stock paste dry up like that? i've only had the card for about 10 months. #1 17 Replies Related Threads
the_Scarlet_one formerly Scarlet-tech Total Posts : 24080 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2013/11/13 02:48:57 Location: East Coast Status: offline Ribbons : 79 Re: EVGA thermal paste is terrible 2018/05/13 11:46:21 (permalink) Using liquid metal is always going to net a big drop in temp. Shin Etsu tim isnt bad, it just isnt as good as it used to be. TSgt Matthew Schwartz SrA Bryan Bell A1C Matthew Seidler SSgt Joseph Fankhauser #2
Sajin EVGA Forum Moderator Total Posts : 49205 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2010/06/07 21:11:51 Location: Texas, USA. Status: online Ribbons : 199 Re: EVGA thermal paste is terrible 2018/05/13 12:41:08 (permalink) Bad thermal paste batch maybe? See my current build here: https://forums.evga.com/My-bench-rig-unlimited-power-m3596024.aspx RTX 2080 Ti 4-way SLI?!?!: https://forums.evga.com/RTX-2080-Ti-4way-SLi-set-by-yours-truly-m2954756.aspx #3
dlbsyst iCX Member Total Posts : 311 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2011/01/15 11:56:22 Status: offline Ribbons : 1 Re: EVGA thermal paste is terrible 2018/05/13 14:32:19 (permalink) AXiOM- i baught a 1080ti SC2 in july of last year. the temps were great at first, but over the lat couple months i noticed the temps were getting higher and higher (85c in witcher 3) i decided to open the card up and change the paste. when i opened it the thermal pasted was dried up and hard, i cleaned it off and applied thermal grizzly liquid metal...... temps dropped by 20 DEGREES now sitting in the mid 60's while playing. why would the stock paste dry up like that? i've only had the card for about 10 months. Nice! That's a pretty huge drop in temps with the new TIM. My 980ti runs at 76-77C under load and seeing your results makes me want to replace mine too and see what happens.:) #4
Ranmacanada SSC Member Total Posts : 993 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2011/09/22 10:44:47 Status: offline Ribbons : 3 Re: EVGA thermal paste is terrible 2018/05/14 14:39:23 (permalink) Congrats on voiding your warranty by using liquid metal. Hope it was worth it. ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) AMD Ryzen 2700 Fold for the CURE! EVGA 1080 FTW EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid #5
HeavyHemi Omnipotent Enthusiast Total Posts : 13887 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2008/11/28 20:31:42 Location: Western Washington Status: offline Ribbons : 135 Re: EVGA thermal paste is terrible 2018/05/14 15:41:54 (permalink) Ranmacanada Congrats on voiding your warranty by using liquid metal. Hope it was worth it. It doesn't void your warranty. Please don't spread disinformation. While it is riskier to use, it falls under the same warranty as using any other TIM. EVGA X99 FTWK / i7 6850K @ 4.5ghz / RTX 3080Ti FTW Ultra / 32GB Corsair LPX 3600mhz / Samsung 850Pro 256GB / Be Quiet BN516 Straight Power 12-1000w 80 Plus Platinum / Window 10 Pro #6
Much2Pink New Member Total Posts : 12 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2018/05/13 20:51:01 Location: Beverly Hills Status: offline Ribbons : 0 Re: EVGA thermal paste is terrible 2018/05/14 17:35:19 (permalink) It bothers me to think why they would use the most generic tp and turn around and ask us to spend 1000 on it. <knowing most of us are going to pop it and replace the paste> HeavyHemi Ranmacanada Congrats on voiding your warranty by using liquid metal. Hope it was worth it. It doesn't void your warranty. Please don't spread disinformation. While it is riskier to use, it falls under the same warranty as using any other TIM. I agree, disinformation is cancerous. When the Creator thought he had finished coloring the flowers, he heard one whisper "Forget me not!" There were no colors remaining except a very small amount of blue, and the forget-me-not was delighted to wear it. #7
Ranmacanada SSC Member Total Posts : 993 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2011/09/22 10:44:47 Status: offline Ribbons : 3 Re: EVGA thermal paste is terrible 2018/05/14 20:45:10 (permalink) Aluminum heatsink, no? Which means the gallium will eat the heatsink. Or is it nickel plated like the FTW3? ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) AMD Ryzen 2700 Fold for the CURE! EVGA 1080 FTW EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid #8
HeavyHemi Omnipotent Enthusiast Total Posts : 13887 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2008/11/28 20:31:42 Location: Western Washington Status: offline Ribbons : 135 Re: EVGA thermal paste is terrible 2018/05/14 21:58:32 (permalink) Ranmacanada Aluminum heatsink, no? Which means the gallium will eat the heatsink. Or is it nickel plated like the FTW3? Any how, like I said, it is more risky but using it alone won't void your warranty. EVGA X99 FTWK / i7 6850K @ 4.5ghz / RTX 3080Ti FTW Ultra / 32GB Corsair LPX 3600mhz / Samsung 850Pro 256GB / Be Quiet BN516 Straight Power 12-1000w 80 Plus Platinum / Window 10 Pro #9
squall-leonhart CLASSIFIED Member Total Posts : 2904 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2009/07/27 19:57:03 Location: Australia Status: offline Ribbons : 24 Re: EVGA thermal paste is terrible 2018/05/14 23:55:16 (permalink) theres still no point to lm between die and heatsink like this, the TG grease will do the job well enough. hell that IC graphite pad will do it just as well. EVGATech_JosephLLM will eat away at the die over time and nail polish or any materials, other than TIM, applied to the chip/PCB will void the warranty. post edited by squall-leonhart - 2018/05/14 23:57:33 VBA-M \| XBCD 0.2.7 CPU:Intel Xeon x5690 @ 4.2Ghz, Mainboard:Asus Rampage III Extreme, Memory:48GB Corsair Vengeance LP 1600 Video:EVGA Geforce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, NVidia Geforce GTX 1060 Founders Edition Monitor:BenQ G2400WD, BenQ BL2211, Sound:Creative XFI Titanium Fatal1ty Pro SDD:Crucial MX300 275, Crucial MX300 525, Crucial MX300 1000 HDD:500GB Spinpoint F3, 1TB WD Black, 2TB WD Red, 1TB WD Black Case:NZXT Phantom 820, PSU:Seasonic X-850, OS:Windows 7 SP1 Cooler: ThermalRight Silver Arrow IB-E Extreme #10
HeavyHemi Omnipotent Enthusiast Total Posts : 13887 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2008/11/28 20:31:42 Location: Western Washington Status: offline Ribbons : 135 Re: EVGA thermal paste is terrible 2018/05/15 02:14:57 (permalink) squall-leonhart theres still no point to lm between die and heatsink like this, the TG grease will do the job well enough. hell that IC graphite pad will do it just as well. EVGATech_JosephLLM will eat away at the die over time and nail polish or any materials, other than TIM, applied to the chip/PCB will void the warranty. Yes, unless you have a bad TIM application, you won't see more that a few C at most using LM. There's many folks who have used LM on both GPU and CPU dies and beyond the the slight surface etching, which isn't any worse than what IC Diamond does, there's no damage. The advantage of LM is it's good until you take it apart unlike regular TIM which does degrade over time. And personally I find it easier to apply to get pretty much as close to perfect bond layer as possible... all of 5 minutes. What's not to like? Any how, it's a matter of preference and folks can quibble over it forever. EVGA X99 FTWK / i7 6850K @ 4.5ghz / RTX 3080Ti FTW Ultra / 32GB Corsair LPX 3600mhz / Samsung 850Pro 256GB / Be Quiet BN516 Straight Power 12-1000w 80 Plus Platinum / Window 10 Pro #11
AXiOM- New Member Total Posts : 6 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2018/05/13 11:04:16 Status: offline Ribbons : 0 Re: EVGA thermal paste is terrible 2018/05/15 08:50:21 (permalink) Ranmacanada Congrats on voiding your warranty by using liquid metal. Hope it was worth it. Thanks! Does the XOC bios i flashed on the card void the warranty aswell? #12
AXiOM- New Member Total Posts : 6 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2018/05/13 11:04:16 Status: offline Ribbons : 0 Re: EVGA thermal paste is terrible 2018/05/15 08:52:10 (permalink) Ranmacanada Aluminum heatsink, no? Which means the gallium will eat the heatsink. Or is it nickel plated like the FTW3? well the card still works, if it was aluminum the card wouldve been dead the next day. Gallium does its work on aluminum very fast post edited by AXiOM- - 2018/05/15 08:54:13 #13
Sajin EVGA Forum Moderator Total Posts : 49205 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2010/06/07 21:11:51 Location: Texas, USA. Status: online Ribbons : 199 Re: EVGA thermal paste is terrible 2018/05/15 08:53:45 (permalink) AXiOM- Thanks! Does the XOC bios i flashed on the card void the warranty aswell? Are you talking about the asus xoc vbios? If yes, it does void the warranty if you send the card in for rma with the vbios on it, but if you flash the card back to the original vbios before sending it in for service your warranty won't be void. See my current build here: https://forums.evga.com/My-bench-rig-unlimited-power-m3596024.aspx RTX 2080 Ti 4-way SLI?!?!: https://forums.evga.com/RTX-2080-Ti-4way-SLi-set-by-yours-truly-m2954756.aspx #14
AXiOM- New Member Total Posts : 6 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2018/05/13 11:04:16 Status: offline Ribbons : 0 Re: EVGA thermal paste is terrible 2018/05/15 08:55:03 (permalink) Sajin AXiOM- Thanks! Does the XOC bios i flashed on the card void the warranty aswell? Are you talking about the asus xoc vbios? If yes, it does void the warranty if you send the card in for rma with the vbios on it, but if you flash the card back to the original vbios before sending it in for service your warranty won't be void. i was being sarcastic ;) #15
Cool GTX EVGA Forum Moderator Total Posts : 31311 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2010/12/12 14:22:25 Location: Folding for the Greater Good Status: online Ribbons : 123 Re: EVGA thermal paste is terrible 2018/05/15 09:17:55 (permalink) lesson learned - if fans work and temps are high - check the TIM Learn your way around the EVGA Forums, Rules & limits on new accounts Ultimate Self-Starter Thread For New Members I am a Volunteer Moderator - not an EVGA employee **Older RIG projects RTX Project Nibbler** When someone does not use reason to reach their conclusion in the first place; you can't use reason to convince them otherwise! #16
AXiOM- New Member Total Posts : 6 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2018/05/13 11:04:16 Status: offline Ribbons : 0 Re: EVGA thermal paste is terrible 2018/05/15 15:01:12 (permalink) Cool GTX lesson learned - if fans work and temps are high - check the TIM ikr lol the card was hitting mid 80's with BOTH fans set at 80%, the temps were fine when i first bought it and the following months, when i took it apart there was even coverage on the gpu, was just all dried up :S #17
AXiOM- New Member Total Posts : 6 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2018/05/13 11:04:16 Status: offline Ribbons : 0 Re: EVGA thermal paste is terrible 2018/05/15 15:07:46 (permalink) squall-leonhart theres still no point to lm between die and heatsink like this, the TG grease will do the job well enough. hell that IC graphite pad will do it just as well. EVGATech_JosephLLM will eat away at the die over time and nail polish or any materials, other than TIM, applied to the chip/PCB will void the warranty. i dont think LM will eat at the die, have had it on 6700k for over 2 yrs. how is one block of neatly stacked silicon different than another? #18

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