bryantnguyen49
How do you see your mosfet temps?

some VRM temps are shown in precision x1 and hwinfo64. the VRAM temps are the more important ones to measure as the back side VRAM are not actively cooled.

I'm getting mixed messages regarding the appropriate sized pad for where the putty is applied. I've read that the area is unevenly leveled?

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phukin_psycho
Just made an account to post here. Digikey has all those pad sizes and more.

Laird Technologies makes some graphite pads that sound similar to what you described with the OG pads. A bit pricey though.

A18330-09 is the manufacturer product number for the 2.25mm on the digikey website (digikey PN 926-A18330-09-ND)

The datasheet on Laird's site looks promising too.

There are reports that laird is the company that makes the stock ones. The thing to look for is a low shore number.

How about EVGA sells us replacement kits.
We should not have to go to these lengths to get the correct and proper pads/putty.

Part of what I pay for when I buy EVGA is to not have to become a thermal interface material expert to simply install and maintain my Hybrid Kit GPU.

Also DigiKey is not retail. They're a wholesale operation meaning you have to buy in bulk. They normally sell to a retail business or manufacturer. Note the price of the product number posted previously...

At *retail* you can not buy the correct pads EVGA specifies.

https://www.digikey.ca/en...ies-greases-pastes/220


926-A18330-09-ND
QTY 5
UNIT PRICE
$125.362
EXT PRICE
$626.81
 

Redtwofish
I emailed EVGA support because the 3090 I received on a RMA was a refurbished card and it was missing some of the pads, so I asked support for some replacement pads and then sent some out. I think the issue most people have when they repad the card is they are selecting pads with a shore hardness that is way too high and are getting poor contact with the card the factory ones are almost putty like which might be ideal as the surface is uneven.

I wish EVGA would send me replacements like I asked for instead of trying to sell me EVGA's Thermal Paste because they didn't pay attention to what I wrote in my ticket.


Unless their paste is as thick as the putty I can't imagine suggesting I buy the EVGA thermal paste to replace the putty.

Also they seem to want to believe that no one should ever, or very rarely, need replacement pads like they don't dry out and/or get ruined when you take the GPU apart.

Please don't give me too hard of a time, but after reading through this thread, I'm a bit confused on my FTW3 3090.
 
What exactly do I need to order from amazon to get this card happily mining again? I was at 92-94C stock, then I "upgraded" to an Hybrid cooler from EVGA and my mining temps skyrocketed to 100-104C. I have reseated it and checked for contact and it looks fine, so I just want to go back to air cooling. 
 
Big thanks for any straight up list of what I need to order.

The Thermalright Odyssey Thermal Pads does a very good job to drop the vrams temp

Just a quick question, If I'm planning on installing a ek block to my 3090 ftw3 and using thermalright pads, would I still foow the installation guide for thickness of the pads? Or would I have to increase the pad size because the stock ek blue pads are pretty hard. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

CBSloth
Just a quick question, If I'm planning on installing a ek block to my 3090 ftw3 and using thermalright pads, would I still foow the installation guide for thickness of the pads? Or would I have to increase the pad size because the stock ek blue pads are pretty hard. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Would love to know this as well since i am doing the active backplate as well!
 
TY all

I've talked to someone on reddit that told me the pads are about the same firmness and the 1mm stock ek pads were swapped for thermalright pads without issue. Because the pads are firm I also picked up some 10 w/mk putty to fill in the gaps between mem modules as seen from Jufes/frame chasers.

thx for the info