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I have an RTX 3070 FE. I saw many videos on YouTube that changing thermal pads to better ones reduces temps significantly, up-to 10 degrees.
My GPU temps hover around 77 degrees with GPU fans also at 77% on 95% load in most of the games.
Ambient temperature is on an average is 32 degrees.
Case is CM 590 III with total of 3 120mm intake and 2 exhaust (1 120mm and 1 140mm).

I welcome your suggestions/thoughts, should I go ahead with this project and give away my warranty for better thermals?
 
nitin_g3 said:
I have an RTX 3070 FE. I saw many videos on YouTube that changing thermal pads to better ones reduces temps significantly, up-to 10 degrees.
My GPU temps hover around 77 degrees with GPU fans also at 77% on 95% load in most of the games.
Ambient temperature is on an average is 32 degrees.
Case is CM 590 III with total of 3 120mm intake and 2 exhaust (1 120mm and 1 140mm).

I welcome your suggestions/thoughts, should I go ahead with this project and give away my warranty for better thermals?
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your card is not more than 2 months old if I am not wrong, why thinking of changing it. 77 deg is good temp as per indian condition. if you want to change then go for thermal grezzly paste. my 2 cent suggestion is don't do it for at least a year or so if this are the temp. keep cabinate clean. if this temp is an issue, get it water cooled.
 
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nitin_g3 said:
I have an RTX 3070 FE. I saw many videos on YouTube that changing thermal pads to better ones reduces temps significantly, up-to 10 degrees.
My GPU temps hover around 77 degrees with GPU fans also at 77% on 95% load in most of the games.
Ambient temperature is on an average is 32 degrees.
Case is CM 590 III with total of 3 120mm intake and 2 exhaust (1 120mm and 1 140mm).

I welcome your suggestions/thoughts, should I go ahead with this project and give away my warranty for better thermals?
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Are you mining with it? 3070 has GDDR6 memory and it doesn't get too hot. Adding thermal pads won't help much but it does help on GDDR6X (3080 and 3090).
Nvidia's temperature limit at 100% power limit is 83C. You're well under it don't worry.
 
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enthusiast29 said:
Are you mining with it? 3070 has GDDR6 memory and it doesn't get too hot. Adding thermal pads won't help much but it does help on GDDR6X (3080 and 3090).
Nvidia's temperature limit at 100% power limit is 83C. You're well under it don't worry.
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I do mine with it when not gaming. But it stays under 64 while mining, so no issue with that. Only goes upto 78 degrees when gaming. Been like that from the day one. So don't think mining caused high temps while gaming. Fan speed is proportional to temp in the fan curve.
 
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I do mine with it when not gaming. But it stays under 64 while mining, so no issue with that. Only goes upto 78 degrees when gaming. Been like that from the day one. So don't think mining caused high temps while gaming. Fan speed is proportional to temp in the fan curve.
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Kitna chappa :woot:
 
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I do mine with it when not gaming. But it stays under 64 while mining, so no issue with that. Only goes upto 78 degrees when gaming. Been like that from the day one. So don't think mining caused high temps while gaming. Fan speed is proportional to temp in the fan curve.
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I guessed so... Mining would not ruin your card in anyway if you do it the right way. Core downclocked, power limited, within limit memory overclocked and static fan at not 100%.
Don't worry about the temperatures if you're not reaching 80+C. It's actually healthier for the card than gaming load because it keeps temperatures stable rather than up and down in gaming. Constant hot and cool cycles are harmful.
 
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Trying to get as much back as I can so that in future I can upgrade to better mobo and cpu (have ryzen 5 1500x and gigabyte b350 mobo RN)
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So about $6 per day huh? How long you've been mining? It's good until it lasts honestly. If one has bought a GPU capable enough IMO they should mine when not playing games. It's literally free money.
 
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Hardware info shows peak temperatures (only available on the 3000 series) . Try that, if that is excessive aswell, then we can consider an alternative
 
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Hardware info shows peak temperatures (only available on the 3000 series) . Try that, if that is excessive aswell, then we can consider an alternative
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Hotspot temperatures are +10 to +15C more than the core temp usually and it's fine to be like so by design. Memory temp which I doubt GDDR6 would probably not have a temperature sensor would probably be around 85-90C at worst and it's also well within the design spec of 110C.
 
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Hotspot temperatures are +10 to +15C more than the core temp usually and it's fine to be like so by design. Memory temp which I doubt GDDR6 would probably not have a temperature sensor would probably be around 85-90C at worst and it's also well within the design spec of 110C.
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Let him check it, or you already know their exact temperature
 
Mann said:
Let him check it, or you already know their exact temperature
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I was answering generally which means it applies to almost any GDDR6 based card unless it's a very bad cooler design. I didn't say not to check it bro.
I think Steve from Gamers Nexus did a video on one such card and even on that max peak memory temperatures went around 85C which is as I said well within spec limit.

Only people who have to worry about temps are 3080/3090 (GDDR6X) owners because memory there sure likes to get HOT like 100+C easy.
 
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