1080Ti thermal paste upgrade?

C6ckneyGeezer

C6ckneyGeezer

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Hi all! I currently have a Zotac 1080Ti AMP Extreme Core, no manual OC added to the factory clocks. I have a fan curve set which by 60*c the fans are at 100% to keep things cooler. My card idles at around 25-28*c and max temp under stress testing and prolonged 100% hits a max of 65-70*c.

My question is, would it be worth upgrading the thermal paste to say Thermal Grizzly Krayonaut? Has anybody tried it?

Edit: Also, would this effect my warrenty?
 
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It really depends on the card /cooler quality /settings.

I replaced the stock Tim on my red devil 480 with kryonought , as it was hitting 80c at times... It made no discernable difference at all, no better, no worse.
I did raise a ticket with Powercolor as I thought 80c was a bit on the hot side, but they said it's fine.

No Idea with a 1080, YMMV. 70c isn't that hot for a GPU when stress testing imo.
 
Those temps are fine on air, if you've already got some Grizzly laying around you could change the paste but it's not something I'd buy with those temps.
 
Cheers for the replies guys. I went ahead on the weekend a took the cooler off, only 5 screws. Cleaned all the factory paste off and applied some Krayonaut. It seemed of dropped my temps quite a lot tbh. After running Kombuster for 10 mins and then 2 courses of 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra Stress Test x20 loop, I see a max temp of 60*c. So I have lost around 5-10*c I guess average depending on ambient temp, no bad for 30 mins work!

 
Might be just your room / ambient temperature, for example the room is 5-10c cooler your card will be around that as well. But fan at 100% depends on what the fan RPM is. For example 1500rpm not loud, 3000rpm very loud. But 60-70c is fine no problem at all. Also not surprised that using Kryonought has some effect but 5-10c is very good if correct.
 
Nice result, a lot depends I guess on the quality of the OEM Tim.. It made no difference for me, but I guess some card resellers might use cheap stuff. Also bear in mind ambient temperature is warm at the moment.

Good result anyway.
 
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For many years I've been replacing paste on Nvidia cards. I use IC Diamond (still amazing paste) and normally it will reduce temps by 5c or more.
 
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