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This has been my mantra the entire time...As I said above I agree there's a risk that your warranty MAY not be honoured but I don't think it's cut and dry.
In my opinion it's worth it for a cooler and quieter running card which may or may not have a longer lifespan.
This has been my mantra the entire time...
So far I haven't seen a single case posted where somebody had there claim declined because of changed pads.
Infact the only cases I have seen of warranty refusal is before the card even gets back to the manufacture. Somebody basically admitting to something not covered.
Like saying they put a water block on it.
On these forums one guy opened up his 3080FE, saw a broken component and filed a warranty claim. He stated that he opened the card in his claim, and they initially rejected it. After some back and forth he got them to honour it.
People seem to forget they have rights when it comes to products they purchase. Its not as cut-and-dry as a companies terms would have you believe.
I for one dont even believe nVidia routinely checks the cards in any great detail. Probably a visual to see its physically not damaged or obviously tampered with. Throw it in a test rig and confirm non-working. Then probably move on to ship a new or re-conned card back to customer.
The faulty card probably gets sent on for repairs. At that point maybe they would see the changed pads... but too late. Pure speculation on my part that this is how it works. But I just cant see the value add for them to take every card apart on the off chance they find something to decline the claim.
But hey, till somebody thats changed the pads reports there warranty experience, I guess we are all guessing.
Slight Necro here.
2 questions, Anyone used Arctic pads for this?
And I have read from one guy with 2 3090Fe's that his newer one ran around 10c cooler than the original. Have Nvidia addressed this issue?
3 packs of 80 x 40?
Calm down sarge...Maybe many don't need it sending back for warranty just yet, and that's a good thing as it shows the cards might have been built to last etc.
What I do know is that a warranty is valuable, and to me I would not void it or risk voiding for running the card 5c - 8c cooler. Yes, We have rights , but then when we don't have a card , the last thing I want to be doing is arguing with the Warranty people, when I basically have stripped the card and molested it.
Sounds like you know your stuff with this. So 2 of the 90x50 and one pack of the ultimate?If you are ONLY using Gelid Extremes, I would get 4 packs, not 3. You don't want to push things.
If you cut *perfectly* and slightly stretch the pads a bit (this is good for the core side anyway), you can cut along the 40mm edge and that will "fit" the 3xVRAM chip bank perfectly, and a single 80x40mm pack can do one side of the card for VRAM only with a small amount left over for the little square IC's. So TWO 80mm * 40mm packs will do VRAM on both sides of the card.
The third pack will then do the two VRM long strips (one strip is longer than the other) on the core side of the card, and a few of the hotspot areas on the backplate side. Then you can finish up the remaining hotspot areas with the 4th pack and get any missing "square" chip IC's (you can see the spots for these on the indentions of the backplate).
A smart purchase are the 120mm * 120mm packs of Gelid Extreme, but those are ONLY available from China shops. NO "competitors" or any shop in USA, UK or anywhere seem to have them, so mentioning the China shops isn't against the rules. The 120mm * 120mm packs are also a different SKU (Gelid themselves mention it on their website), and they only come in 0.5mm, 1mm and 1.5mm thicknesses for some reason. So if you have the patience for slow boat shipping, the giant sized pads can save some coin.
However I highly recommend Gelid Ultimate pads on the backplate, not Gelid Extreme pads, because the extreme pads can turn into sticky putty on the VERY HOT backplate due to lack of heatpipe/active cooling. This doesn't affect their performance but when they partially melt, it makes the backplate extremely difficult to remove without preheating the card to 90C or so.
There are a few sellers offering "two packs" of Gelid Ultimate pads (basically two 90mm * 50mm pieces in a single package), which seems to also be a special sku (the packing says two pack).
I've went for 3 of the extreme packs and a 4th ulimate for the back. The ultimate is 2mm but I'm sure I'll get away with that on the back of the card. Thanks again
In my flatHi Guys,
Does anyone knows where the thermal Pads can be changed in the UK?
Hi Guys,
Does anyone knows where the thermal Pads can be changed in the UK?
OMG...I just did the back plate thermal pad replacement ...managed it with one pack of 90x50 extreme....
So I was getting around 103c in gaming scenarios and 108c when overclocking and benchmarking in timespy. I just ran timespy and not only did I get a higher score, I peaked at 86c. That is a phenomenal improvement without messing around on the core side.
Its allowed an easy 1000mhz OC on the memory and 220 on the core. I am points away from tiping 20000 on timespy now...need to sweat my CPU some more.