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cold air induction for a PC  turn it into a rice rocket.....Get a sticker..."Powered by rice"

This is somewhat annoying... The BIOS changed the fan speed so that now it's quite often between 1100 RPM and 1200 RPM. However... At that range fan motors makes somewhat annoying noise and it's much more audible than even at 1350 RPM. It looks like I have to use custom fan curve (or more like force it to run at 1350 RPM once it hits 58c, thus it's actually a bit more aggressive but still quieter).

I dont understand one thing... are you all playing without sound ?

panaikas
- As I read  a previous post (don't remember the page) about the thickness from a mod of forum told is 1mm.
 
- On gamernexus.net write that the kit include:

• "Narrow" thermal pad for inductors: ~1.8mm x ~27mm x ~109mm
  
• "Wide" thermal pad for rear-side of PCB: ~2mm x ~56mm x ~109mm
  
• Thermal compound. Ours was 5W/mK, but the kits will vary based on supply.
  

το another point of the page write:
 
-That kit is provided free to affected EVGA customers, but you could also buy your own thermal pads (~$7) of comparable size if EVGA cannot fulfill a request. When open the link the pads thinkness is 1.5mm
 
So do we know the exactly thickness of the pads, is 1mm or 1.5mm or 2mm?

1mm

i used 1.5mm
 

I got some 1.5mm coming tomorrow which I'll be using to replace the VRAM and mosfet pads with. I'll take some pics with some off cuts to show the contact made.
 
Think a few others are in the same boat as me and need to know what will work and what won't (eg 1.5mm or worth just going to 2mm)

Interesting, I applied the update for my 1070 FTW card, the card runs 10C cooler and half the RPM it did before (idle) (using the second bios)
 
And running pretty quiet as well. My coil whine has since gone too, so happy about that.
 
Running games, the temp climbs to about 45 C, will test with heaven benchmark and see how things go, but so far, the card is fine.

New guide up that includes memory thermal pad install
http://www.evga.com/thermalmod/thermal_pad_mod_installation_guide.pdf
 

Well I got my thermal pads but I got one of the earlier packets, so no new VRAM pads. I'm still experiencing artifacts during game play and I'm worried about the chips having issues going forward. Before I ask for an RMA I'd like to know if I'll receive a new card or a remanufactured card. I really feel like after all this I should receive a new one. I purchased my card at the end of July.

Anarion
This is somewhat annoying... The BIOS changed the fan speed so that now it's quite often between 1100 RPM and 1200 RPM. However... At that range fan motors makes somewhat annoying noise and it's much more audible than even at 1350 RPM.

So I didn't imagine it. My 1070SC has the same strange whirring noise at exactly 33% (1210rpm) in EVGA Precision. At 32% (1170rpm) and 34% (1240rpm) there's no noise. Very odd.
Thankfully on my card the fans remain below 1100rpm @64C, which is the max temp in the games I tested. Maybe because I have a sidemounted fan in my case pointed directly at the graphics card?