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Time to replace thermal paste? EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti iCX GAMING

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2020/12/30 13:13:33 (permalink)
I have an EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti iCX GAMING that will be 3 years old next week.  The fans are starting to get slightly noisy and I have to run them at 100% to keep the GPU under 70C while running COD Cold War and the boost clock at ~1810. Is it time to clean and replace the thermal paste?  If so, is there anything specific I need to know about doing it on this particular model?  I've installed hundreds of CPUs over the years, but only very rarely have done this on a GPU... and never on one this complicated with all the iCX sensors.  I have plenty of MX-2 paste in stock. Will it be adequate?
 
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    Sajin
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    Re: Time to replace thermal paste? EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti iCX GAMING 2020/12/30 14:42:31 (permalink)
    Doesn’t sound like it.


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    Re: Time to replace thermal paste? EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti iCX GAMING 2020/12/30 17:10:51 (permalink)
    I would suggest getting some MX-4 or other highly rated paste. Make sure you spread it over the entire die, do not trust the pea size method to spread properly.


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