Nvidia RTX 3080FE Thermal Pad Mod - Reduce Memory Temps!

Upgrade your 3080 FE thermal pads with the far superior Gelid Solutions GP-Extreme Thermal Pads which should bring your memory temps down buy a hefty margin!

I used 2mm thick pads for the side with the GPU and 3mm thick pads for the side with the backplate (the plate with the RTX 3080 marking).

There is one exception to 3mm pads on the backplate side: there is one fairly large pad on the backplate side, pointed out in the video where I've used a 2mm pad. The original Nvidia pad was very compressed and with the 3mm Gelid pad, the backplate bulged quite a bit and so I replaced it with the 2mm pad.

At stock using Nicehash, memory temps were around 106-108c with peaks of 110c at around 23c ambient room temp. After the mod, temps dropped into the mid to high 80s generally 86 to 88 Celsius at 23 Celsius room temperature.
When sunlight hit the PC in the mornings and the room warmed up to around 26-27c the card hasn't gone beyond 90c with these pads. After replacing the pads I was also able to crank the memory up +1300 and still hover around 88c

Stock was in short supply at the time of filming but managed to get hold of some pads from a seller on Aliexpress after a 2 week wait, ensure you check seller ratings. My seller offered to swap out for some Thermalright pads, which were in stock, but declined and was happy to wait for the Gelid pads to come in.

Credit to microwavedballs over on Reddit for this post and their feedback to everyone's queries and for including images of their pad layout!
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