MSI 390 Thermal Paste causing Heat Issues. Replaced

ED209 · 8 Mar 2016 at 07:53

Danny75 said:
Not MSI (they aren't the only ones guilty of this). Cleaning and replacing reduced temps by 15C.

what make is your card? I have the sapphire 390 and wonder what my thermal paste is like but my temps seem fine

nashathedog · 8 Mar 2016 at 08:56

Juggy1985 said:
My Sapphire nitro 390 which is running at 1100/1700 (1040/1500 stock) barely see's the low 70's!

I've always thought MSI to be good quality aswell! Maybe good components but bad quality control.

That sounds about right my TFIV 290x Gaming was a 94 degree card, I did a paste change but it did not help much. It remained in the 90's even with a 80-90% fan speed and no overclock.

nashathedog · 8 Mar 2016 at 08:57

ED209 said:
what make is your card? I have the sapphire 390 and wonder what my thermal paste is like but my temps seem fine

Sapphire seem to be consistently good, I moved from Sapphire to MSI for a few cards but I'm now back with Sapphire and glad of it.

ED209 · 8 Mar 2016 at 09:12

nashathedog said:
Sapphire seem to be consistently good, I moved from Sapphire to MSI for a few cards but I'm now back with Sapphire and glad of it.

I must admit my 5830 was sitting at 92C and my 390 normally sits around 60C ish and that's on stock settings so vast improvement over my last card lol

Orch · 8 Mar 2016 at 15:29

Fitted a waterblock yesterday and the paste on my 390x had also been applied with a shovel

Danny75 · 8 Mar 2016 at 18:14

ED209 said:
what make is your card? I have the sapphire 390 and wonder what my thermal paste is like but my temps seem fine

It's a 970.

http://www.kfa2.com/970oc.html

I wouldn't bother if temps are okay.

hobib_ali · 9 Mar 2016 at 03:00

i think i have hight temps

you know sometimes my 980ti hits 80c on full load, the 2nd ti sits at around 60c, do you think i should apply better quality thermal paste?

also how easy is it to open up the card. clean out the old paste and apply new and a better quality paste?

I suppose the downside is voiding the warranty, so if a genuine fault occurred id have no warranty right?

gooseuk · 9 Mar 2016 at 09:45

As we speak mines at 60degress. So maybe its something i should be doing also with my 390 msi.

Really poor this is, but nothing really surprising into days world.

Maverick2332 · 9 Mar 2016 at 14:30

Has anyone posted the MSI video "how to apply thermal paste" yet?

It's awful and explains a lot.

MegaPinches · 9 Mar 2016 at 15:38

here's mine, same guy it seems.

David41 · 17 Mar 2016 at 19:06

I have just replaced the thermal paste on my card after reading this thread.
As per pics below, same issue, way too much paste. Temps going into the 90's playing The Witcher 3 and fans spinning at 100%.
Replaced with just a little line of Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut and fired up The Witcher 3.
Max temps 75'C, max fan speed 59%. The best thing about it is the reduction in noise from the fans. Highly recommend anyone with this card to do the same.

Rensin · 14 Jun 2016 at 14:04

Did anyone find out if replacing the thermal paste will void warranty with MSI?

ED209 · 14 Jun 2016 at 14:23

David41 said:
I have just replaced the thermal paste on my card after reading this thread.
As per pics below, same issue, way too much paste. Temps going into the 90's playing The Witcher 3 and fans spinning at 100%.
Replaced with just a little line of Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut and fired up The Witcher 3.
Max temps 75'C, max fan speed 59%. The best thing about it is the reduction in noise from the fans. Highly recommend anyone with this card to do the same.

What make was your GPU? MSI as well?

i have the sapphire Nitro 390 and i think the max temp i have had was 74c

BriT · 14 Jun 2016 at 14:41

This worth doing with a 1080? max temp ive seen is 70c playing far cry 4.

Muz333 · 14 Jun 2016 at 16:35

I thought that I was a noob at pasting chips until this thread. Pretty terrible that it actually arrived like that, surely the temperatures would have been realised during testing before packaging.

At the very least I know Gigabyte do some sort of gauntlet testing before approving the card.

Rensin · 15 Jun 2016 at 20:45

Rensin said:
Did anyone find out if replacing the thermal paste will void warranty with MSI?

answer my own question: (contacted MSI)

"Replacing the thermal paste and breaking the seal in the process will not void warranty, as long as there is no physical damage to the card

Thank you and best regards

MSI

Mainboard and VGA Customer Service"

So replaced the thermal paste on my 390x and my max temps are now 74 degrees.

heighnub · 15 Jun 2016 at 23:03

How did you contact them Rensin? I asked them via their website support ages ago and they said no although I'm not sure they understood what I was asking them.
A year after that I got fed up and replaced it anyway and then wished I had done it soon due to the difference it made.

WYNIR0 · 15 Jun 2016 at 23:12

Thanks Guys, been meaning to do this for ages. Opened up both my 390s tonight and replaced the paste (they were swimming like everyone elses). Saved myself 10 degrees on max temps, down to 72.

Rensin · 16 Jun 2016 at 00:22

heighnub said:
How did you contact them Rensin? I asked them via their website support ages ago and they said no although I'm not sure they understood what I was asking them.
A year after that I got fed up and replaced it anyway and then wished I had done it soon due to the difference it made.

Just opened up a support ticket and got a reply this afternoon.

Was my first time dismantling a graphics card and tbf it was much easier than it looked.

thanks Randall for the heads up.

Joop · 16 Jun 2016 at 09:05

Might have to look at mine tonight 280X idles around 49-50c

Do you lot think i should?