Maybe I have already lost it but in a different way hahaha. Oh well, time to hope I get this to work or then I will actually lose it

There is no overreacting, the mount was simply pretty bad for some reason. GPU DIE temp of 65C when GPU1 and GPU2 are 44C and 46C is alarming to say the least. I know that cause last time I let my GPU Die temp go to 80C I got weird glitching and screen flickering followed by 1/3rd of the die barely having any TIM/none. I am quite content with my GPU temp cause I will be getting 2 more 360 or 480 rads, depends on which case I get in the near future.... the gpu DIE temp was alarming as I just said, thats the whole problem. Right now with few hours of gaming and usage with a new mount the GPU DIE temp is no more than 5C above GPU1 and like 3C above GPU2. Which is good, anything up to 10C is acceptable.
 
I wish someone else made the WB (full cover ofc) for kingpin but sadly thats not happening.

Mcwrah
So, I took it apart just now and this is how it looks like: https://i.imgur.com/WXIb1Zq.jpg , https://i.imgur.com/QWJBqdz.jpg 

It yet again migrated down (vertical mount), so as per suggestion I did what I usually do which is an X (tends to work better for me than blob, used to do it before spreading). Screwed it down as much as it let me etc. Time to test and see how that ends up.
 
GPU temp is 44C, GPU2 temp is 46C and OLED extra Gpu die temp is 47C . Been running a game for past 30min and temps are this high. 21.5C room temp. 100% usage. Best temps I had so far especially at this room temp (similar to AIO on GPU but everything else is a lot better).

I just looked at this picture closer, are you using the stock thermal pads the hydro copper came with? There is not near enough of a memory imprint on the 3 memory pads that there should be if everything is tightened down good.

Whats the max temp you see under full load, wattage wise, with 800 and 1000 rpm ?

Mcwrah
Yes indeed I have noticed that too (like an 2 hours ago when looking back at the photos), so far my temps are not changing so I am not going to disassemble it yet... but if they do then theres something defo wrong lol, that pad had barely any imprints now that I think about it which is weird.

Theirs a guy in another thread stating he needed to sand down the standoffs on his hydro copper block 0.5mm to get good contact pressure or else the card would hit 80c.

https://forums.evga.com/m...82930&fp=1&p=4

That would be a pain to remove all those standoffs to sand them down.

Yeah don't sound too good.. but it could just be 1 standoff is taller then the others preventing the die from good contact. If it is the problem.

Have to measure the length of ea standoff to see. Unscrew any taller ones and sand them down.

I sure hope you figure it out as I'm sure knowing what's up will surely be a huge relief.

AHowes

4STAR
Whats the max temp you see under full load, wattage wise, with 800 and 1000 rpm ?

He's using a hydro copper.. not the stock cooler.

ya he said a 360 rad with nf a12 fans. was wondering what temps are at those rpms.

3 mem modules? Which ones? Is there pads that are being smashed big time on the block? As an indicator that maybe the block was milled too high in one spot preventing the rest of the card from making good contact?

It's like maybe time to add a thin drop of goop to ea pad and see what pads are touching and what's not maybe.

Not really big time, most have good contact but that one where 3 mem modules are on the kingpin (y know 3 memory modules near the pcie) had little contact with the pad. Thats whats weird. I'll try more tomorrow cause i was expecting my TIM delivery on saturday but due to some reason it will be delivered on monday.

Maybe the WB is slightly warped?  I think its time to RMA the block since its shown signs of being out of spec.

This thread makes me like my ekwb vga supremacy mod more and more each day.

altonadavid
This thread makes me like my ekwb vga supremacy mod more and more each day.

:) I hear ya.

Anyways.. maybe try different thermal paste. Grab a tube of GC extreme. https://www.amazon.com/dp...p_dt_b_product_details

If your goop is running maybe this stuff wont as it's what I've been using for years and ive had a vertical mount GPU for the past.. forever, actually. haha. Ever since the first vertical mount.

I've used this goop the past 3/4 builds now.

Man there needs to be some kind of material you can lay over the card and you then apply the block.. clamp it down and then remove the block to see all the areas on the card that are making contact. Just to see if it's something else that's hitting. Maybe 1 chip is somehow mounted wrong causing it to be higher and preventing the block from seating correctly.

I'm sure there is.

Pump speed? always on max for now for optimal testing, push/pull does not make a difference when temps start going full stupid (tried it), when GPU DIE temp on oled (the extra 3rd gpu temp option) starts going above 5C difference between it and GPU1... well it means the paste is migrating or thats what I found out these past few weeks.