GIGABYTE RTX 3090 Thermal Pad Install - Before & After - Ethereum

In this video, I replace the thermal pads between the memory and the Heatsink of the GPU in an attempt to reduce the thermal issues of this GIGABYTE RTX 3090 for cryptocurrency mining. I also changed the Thermal Paste to Kryonaut Extreme (Non Conductive) Thermal Paste.

*CAUTION* When it comes to GPU mining, keep Silicon Lottery in mind!
The results MAY differ from GPU to GPU, thus the clocks/undervolt/voltage displayed in my videos may not work for you due to GPU Brand/Memory/Manufacturing, etc. Temperatures and cooling techniques will both play a role and have an impact. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND TEST AT YOUR OWN RISK.

This is not financial advice, and you should conduct your own research. Everything I say is from my point of view and is for entertainment purposes

Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:10 - Current Thermals
00:50 - GPU Teardown
03:15 - Checking Thermal Pads
03:15 - Cleaning GPU
04:14 - Removing Old Thermal Pads
05:55 - New Thermal Pads
06:38 - Thermal Paste (Kryonaut Extreme)
08:17 - Reassembly
09:30 - Testing With Thermal Pads

#Ethereum #RTX #GPU

[Nick_M.]

Best video for replacing pads on this card by far! Thank you!

[bminer]

Hi there Mate! Good vid it was helpful! Althought I'd like to share some what I've learned changing thermal pads: It is necessary to clean the heatsink like hell, but also it is quite important to clean the vrams surface aswell, like super super clean. (with isopropyl too) I was using 2mm Gelid GP ultimate 15w/mk for rtx 3080s with pretty decent results. (25-30°C drop on the vrams each gpu, so I can keep all gpu vram temps at 78°C with autofan in trex miner.)

Cheers Mate, keep up the good work! :)

[philpd]

Stick a small flathead screwdriver in the middle of the single wire clamp and that will open the two tiny clips on the base of the clamp.

[christofferredfielfd]

Two .5mm pads and thin 1mm heatpipes for rear. Gigabyte didn't put piping on back plate and u gotta have thay for these it's the whole reason some get messed up

[ericb]

What Driver are you using I can't get abve 114mhs without blowing it up I changed my thermal pads now I can't get it back to 63c on core stays on 64-67 memory was 104-107 now it's 90-94 flucuation all the time

[azore]

Did you sell this 3090? Because I just replaced the thermal pads for one I bought on ebay, the front ones felt fairly new, the back ones were all significantly drier.

[cookingwithbanana]

do you need to change the pad for the back plate ? thanks