vgerik1234
Intake is perfectly fine. Mine never breaks 60*C and before on air I was around 76 max. 

Are you sure you have full contact with everything? It sounds like it isn't seated correctly with proper pressure.

vgerik1234

qrau40

vgerik1234
Intake is perfectly fine. Mine never breaks 60*C and before on air I was around 76 max. 

Are you sure you have full contact with everything? It sounds like it isn't seated correctly with proper pressure.

I can check again at some point, but frankly I really wish that wouldn't be the answer since my lack of experience, the poor instructions provided by EVGA, and the overall difficulty telling if it's actually seated since it's so enclosed makes it all quite difficult for me to actually do. It did feel like everything was seated though when I tried doing it the second time.

When you take it off, make sure the thermal pads have indents on them ensuring proper contact. If no indents exist, contact wasn't full. Also, same with the gpu chip. Make sure the thermal paste was properly spread, similar to a CPU. You don't want too much paste or too little. Also, if you didn't clean ALL the previous thermal putty that might be part of the issue too. It could prevent proper contact due to "bumps" causing air gaps.

komicaaa
your temp is too high
you can try to reinstall the hybrid and using new thermal pads like the Thermalright ODYSSEY THERMAL PAD(12.8W/mk) and make sure the pcb is clean off before repaste pads, you can use WD-40 Specialist Electrical Contact Cleaner Spray to wash your pcb that would be quick and easy to remove the old putty ,i have used almost 1 can(10oz) ,and just make sure the pcb is dry before you install the hybrid kit
 
Room temperature is 24C in september
on air 

 
 
Room temperature is 20C today
on hybrid kit idle
 

 

 
on hybrid kit run powermax x64 1.0
 

 

 

vgerik1234
When you take it off, make sure the thermal pads have indents on them ensuring proper contact. If no indents exist, contact wasn't full. Also, same with the gpu chip. Make sure the thermal paste was properly spread, similar to a CPU. You don't want too much paste or too little. Also, if you didn't clean ALL the previous thermal putty that might be part of the issue too. It could prevent proper contact due to "bumps" causing air gaps.

shoumpavlis
Definitely reseat the hybrid kit. I too was having 83 to 85 deg temps with the 3090 ftw3 ultra. I then got the kit and I do not go higher than 60 degrees in cyberpunk. I did replace the fans with Noctua's that have good static pressure. 

I have a question, with the thermal pads, do I need to put thermal paste on and the thermal pad, or just the thermal pad? I'm using just the pad and nothing else. I could always get a different brand of thermal pad (like the ones you linked) and thermal paste, but it feels really really odd that even the stock stuff is giving me a 15-20 degree difference compared to other people.
 

komicaaa
Move CPU-AIO(maybe 150W~250W) to front intake
and move Hybrid(430W~500W) to Top exhaust, the air is very warm, should be exhaust as fast as quickly

qrau40
 
I actually just posted a couple posts above yours about the fact that I did reseat it and I'm still having issues, I can't tell if I just misunderstood something in the vague instructions provided. I'm worried I forgot to plug a cable in, or didn't plug one into the right spot (for instance I don't know where those 3 pin connectors both male/female went so I just plugged them into each other).  I also couldn't tell if you needed to put thermal paste under the thermal pads as well or not, I ended up just not putting any.

komicaaa
you should download the powermax x64 1.0 and run benchmark CPU+GPU
Put your hand on the yellow square and chassis top
To check which location is hotter
 
Ps: Most time ,the CPU won't reach 100% load while gaming 
 

 

qrau40
 
I understand the logic behind the suggestion, but wouldn't it actually be worse since I'd be pulling the hot air in the case created by everything else through the radiator thus either making it worse or at the least not any better? As an intake my thought was it was pulling in cold air through the radiator, thus cooling it the best. I can always try it though at some point.

komicaaa
your temp is too high
you can try to reinstall the hybrid and using new thermal pads like the Thermalright ODYSSEY THERMAL PAD(12.8W/mk) and make sure the pcb is clean off before repaste pads, you can use WD-40 Specialist Electrical Contact Cleaner Spray to wash your pcb that would be quick and easy to remove the old putty ,i have used almost 1 can(10oz) ,and just make sure the pcb is dry before you install the hybrid kit
 
 
Room temperature is 20C today
on hybrid kit idle
 

 
on hybrid kit run powermax x64 1.0
 

 

skyline090
 I used the pre-applied and paste and thermal pads that came with the kit. 
Can I ask if you are using different thermal paste and pads?

qrau40
 
I actually just posted a couple posts above yours about the fact that I did reseat it and I'm still having issues, I can't tell if I just misunderstood something in the vague instructions provided. I'm worried I forgot to plug a cable in, or didn't plug one into the right spot (for instance I don't know where those 3 pin connectors both male/female went so I just plugged them into each other).  I also couldn't tell if you needed to put thermal paste under the thermal pads as well or not, I ended up just not putting any.