Asus TUF 3080 Thermal Pad Replacement Guide | A Must Do Mod!

A step by step guide on how to replace the thermal pads on your Asus TUF 3080 graphics card. I imagine 3080Ti and 3090 would be very similar. Test results are at the end of the video.

I decided to perform this modification when VRAM temperatures were sustaining 100 degrees Celsius with the NiceHash Quickminer in Lite mode.

Most pads were replaced, but I also added one pad that I connects the top of VRAM heatsink directly to the heatpipes. I believe that one pad made the biggest difference, these cards should come with it!

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Required tools:
1) Phillips Head #0 and #1
2) Gelid Solutions GP-Extreme 12W-Thermal Pads: https://amzn.to/3NGdD3J
3) Thermal pad dimensions: https://imgur.com/kgqKgHm (credit to u/Skymirrh on Reddit)
4) Arctic MX-4 Thermal Paste: https://amzn.to/3lUUCyq
5) 91% Isopropyl Alcohol: https://amzn.to/38VHHJS
6) Paper towels: https://amzn.to/3PSIbRs

Nice to have tools:
Plastic Razor Blades and Scraper: https://amzn.to/3GwEKf3
Compressed Air Duster: https://amzn.to/3LZwiGr
Gamers Nexus Modmat: https://store.gamersnexus.net/product...
Gamers Nexus Toolkit: https://store.gamersnexus.net/product...

Gelid Solutions GP-Extreme 12W-Thermal Pads:
0.5mm: https://amzn.to/3LZVcpo
1.0mm: https://amzn.to/3LZmXhY
1.5mm: https://amzn.to/3GuGfKO
2.0mm: https://amzn.to/3NGdD3J
2.5mm: https://amzn.to/3t7pJLj
3.0mm: https://amzn.to/3GM5Uit

0:00 Intro
0:20 Opening the GPU
0:54 Remove heatsink
1:08 Replace thermal pads on the bottom of the heatsink
4:00 Cleaning VRAM modules and GPU Die
4:46 Prepare the top of the heatsink
5:28 Backplate pad replacement
6:44 Replace pads on top of the heatstink
7:17 Re-pasting the GPU die
8:01 Test Results (VRAM temp and hashrate)