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This video inspired me to copper mode the same 3070ti Tuf gaming GPU. I did it few weeks ago and so far so good! The temperature is around 68C, but I covered cooper plates by using special liquid to prevent from shorting circuit. So that's why my temperature is a bit higher. Also, I used thermal pads to isolate memory chips. It is hard to believe that some GPUs have a massive radiator, but such things as thermal pads don't work well!
@@bohdansamusko yea its very interesting, alot of the reason this works as well as it does too gpus or cpus for that matter simply have thin crappy alum/copper, ive never seen a heatsink actually have a very thick alum/copper makeup at all, its insane honestly. these shims cost like 2$ or less and the companies could put them on the mem pre installed so easily, its literally like adding 100$ of performance to a product in terms of how much difference it can make, sometimes more
it doesn't work that well depending on gpu and correct thickness, not easy, i copper modded more than 12 times different gddr6x only, i just used less thickness shims than needed and i don't use thermal paste, i use thermal putty (sticky and no need for kapton tape etc as it acts as electrical isolator as well, i can keep the hottest card easily under 90c in the summer inside the farm with no fans so its all good, long time sub Sebs, keep em coming!
Ive done this on over 10 gpus so far and had incredible results each time, also on vrm/cpu/ even a desk fan ive attached like 10 shims onto its heatsink and it literally made a 50% difference, these copper shims are incredibly powerful
It's been a while, have you had any issues with corrosion in any of your units as a result of the galvanic coupling over that time? Or even as general malfunctions or card failures?
I can't belive this is a 6k sub channel producing this level of content. Criminally undervalued you are my friend, very very well done! You are putting multi billion dollar corpo R&D shops to shame.
Really cool stuff @Dandyworks. I just found your channel and i gotta say this "cooper mod" is about the coolest thing i've seen done on a GPU. The temperature readings speak for themselves man. Keep up the good work bro...
I did some undervolting and got some pretty good results. I saw the first video you did and thought I might try the copper mod if the undervolting didn't work. So far, the undervolting is pretty close to what you're getting. However, should I decide to do the mod, I'll use your videos as reference material. Thanks for the update!
I appreciate the tip with the "Heat Resistant Tape". It never hurts to be safe. I'm gonna give the CoolMyGpu copper mod a try hopefully this week. I've also been adding an alluminum heat sink to the backs of my GPU plates. As I haven't done the mod yet, so any bit of cooling helps as of now. Can't wait to try this out!
Could you do a video of an overclock on this card to see how far you can push it with the better thermals? Most people that would do this would be trying to overclock it as much as thermals would allow. I'm curious what performance increase you could get with this mod.
I’ve tried your first solution and it worked great! (Same GPU as yours, my temp went fron 106 C to 76 C mining) I wanna try also this one, the 1 piece copper plate seems a lot easier to work with
I’ve got a passively cooled system where I’ve had great success swapping the thermal pads for some home-made copper shims. I didn’t notice any such improvement using different thermal pastes, though. The TG Kryonaut Extreme worked just as well as MX-4 while being a bit more difficult to work on since it’s rather pudgy.
I have seen great variation in the subjective effectiveness of Kryonaut Extreme VS other pastes. For me it's always superior even if only by a degree or two C (It better be for that price!) but of course MX-4 is fantastic.
I am going to do it. I was waiting for this type of product/solution instead of the complete DIY as you did in the initial video. Thanks for sharing this!! Greetings from Argentina!
I tried moding my GPU before. I never used copper before but I tried better thermal pads on a 3080ti TUF which yielded about -11c and then I removed OEM shroud and stock fans to add 2x 140mm static pressure focused fans which decreased temps by roughly another 10c or so at about 75% constant fan speed. Used 3 of those moded TUFs for mining Ethereum. Love your mods and take on this. I'm thinking to try that copper plate. But I'm a little worried about longevity of this mod. Someone suggested 0.5mm thermal pads instead of paste if plate allows it. Anyways how long do you think it would work like this before it would need a repaste job about? 2 years at most with average gaming sounds about right? Anyways thanks for that video. You deserve more views
Hold on a minute, there’s absolutely no difference in moisture level between air cooling and water cooling as long as your loop isn’t leaking, and if your loop is leaking on to your graphics card, it’s gonna get fried before it has a chance to corrode. So there’s no reason you couldn’t use copper shims for water cooling, just make damn sure you get the correct size.
True, especially when temperature exceeds 70~75°c. High viscosity pastes last longer on direct-core chips. Kryonaut, NT-H1 / 2 and MX-4 are more suited for heat spreader equipped chips
I’ve washed cards before. No issues when dried properly. Thermal putty under and on top of the copper plate would have worked also. Performing a “squeeze fit” and pulling the card apart again to check contact of GPU before screwing everything together is also a good practice.
When I suggested this way back in the day everyone told me it was a crap Idea but I am glad to see it is alive an well. Also somehow those customs copper plates look sick.
@@dandyworks It's been that way throughout history. Anyone trying anything new is viewed with suspicion or ridiculed. The herd instinct is strong 😉 Nice videos, thanks for sharing your results 👍
My stock gigabyte 3080 mem temp is in the 80s so i dont think this mod is gonna help it in anyway.. but this mod is really great in your case since your card hits 110
Dear, excellent video, from Argentina, if it's not too much to ask, could you put the measurements to be able to cut the mod, and what material is it exactly? I just have a similar board that has temperature problems. if you could attach it in a pdf format in the form of a drawing with the exact measurements. It would be of great help to the community, best regards.
I've seen somewhere on the alliexpress the backplate " heatsink " cooling the gpu chip and memory but for the older gtx 1080Ti which is still powerfull gpu tbh. The effect was not so impressive but having 2-4c down is a nice bonus. Not to mention the price for that heatsink, 35$ including shipping.
you really do not need the copper plates on anything under the 3080. good quality thermal pads will be far enough for gddr6 and below. gddr6x is the issue. far greater heat output.
i have a evga 1660ti sc ultra and id love to do a copper mod but my memory does not have any cooling no pad no heatsink. only pads on the backplate so im not sure how i would mod it. and i cant monitor mem temps in the first place
I wonder why they don't copper plate the heatsinks? The steel would be really easy to copper plate and surely it would conduct heat away much better if it was copper plated?
$100 for that thermal paste?! I know TG is proud of their stuff, but damn! I modded my 1070Ti a while back with the Morpheus II cooler, and used K5 thermal paste, and it has done a nice job. Much more price friendly for what seems about the same amount. Real nice! I'll probably do something like this once I do decided to upgrade.
saw your original copper mod video, very impressive results, with the temps getting far higher than I am personally comfortable with on a lot of these GPU's its definitely worth doing IMO, gotta say though that the custom plate is pretty expensive for very negligible performance gain, the "shims" are of course kind of DIY, but if it works and costs a lot less that's a win to me. It seems like 95% of the performance for less than 50% of the price. Either way definitely a worth while mod.
Absolutely agree with you. I looked around for thermal paste reviews/testings and it turns out the change from Arctic MX-4 thermal paste to Kryonaut thermal paste is really what gave the 4-6 Celsius bump in performance (game load comparison). Had I did more research and paid more attention I would have saved myself $20 (+Shipping cost) difference if I just ordered the DIY Shims.
Watching you videos inspired me to doing this mod on gigabyte vision rtx 3080. Memory temps are way down during gaming but I also think youre right as my core temps have gone up a bit. STill pretty great when combined with a modest undervolt.
You are slowly evolving to the GPU memory plate I made for my waterblock. Juts make a plate that covers the GPU mounting holes and drill them to match in the plate. Cut out any areas that make component contact then you are done. Perfect fit copper plate that won't move and has maximal contact and heat sinking capacity. My Kawpow mining temps with this method are 46C core 50C Mem.
Your video that got me to purchase the copper block from CoolMyGPU and I saw a drop from 102°c on my FE RTX 3080ti while playing ready or not down to 64° c on the memory.
out of all the copper mod vids i've seen, i like yours the best. you're the only person i've seen that used that tape to protect from shorts. my 3090 blew itself up after only 3 months right in the middle of the gpu crisis and i had to put my old gtx 560 ti back into my brand new gaming computer because i literally couldnt find a replacement for 7 months. im not gonna make that mistake again. gonna make sure my new card is nice and cool.
If you browse the internet, there a lot of videos expertly done with kapton tapes recommendations a year ago. He just picked it up the use from these videos.
My memory temps gaming on a 3080ti are max 60c mostly from undervolting, and that's without a copper mod. My gpu temps are 53c and hotspot 60c. I also keep my fans at 100%. Just use good quality thermal pads on the front and back of the gpu. Also tighten the four spring screws to the heatsink as tight as possible.
I switched from Stock GPU cooler to AiO cooler, and managed to drop 40 degrees celsius, next i will try to get a new GPU and maybe try the Copper mod out, it looked very promising
I recommend 1.5mm thermal pads, the same size as the shims! Gelid Extremes (linked in description) have been very kind to me, and if you are willing to pay the premium I say go for those. 2mm will also work due to the nature of the dual heatsink design, but there isn’t really any performance gain using the bigger pads.
exact same card and exact same application, 1 month in I was getting close to 100c memory temps so I opened it and one of the copper shims at the bottom left of the card moved down. it wasn't touching anything to short and burn the gpu but that was scary af. switched it with a slightly thicker one and when reassembling the card I screwed the bottom half of the card first and a bit tighter before screwing in the top side. now it's doing fine. 180w, 82mh, 88c memory on %70 fan
hey there ! very nice content, I watched the complete process and I'm very interrested in the modification of my 2 rtx 3090, but I can't figure the thickness of the copper plate. Also, are you using a plate coming from coolmygpu ? or is it a custom made ? Because as there are ram chips on the two sides I dunno what to use : big copper plate or small ones like you used on the previous video. advice needed here. Moreover, I never did such a modification on a gpu, but I feel confident.
Same, I'd love to know. My 3080 was copper modded for around a year and was perfectly fine, memory temps around 80C but core got a bit hotter. Only recently removed it since I was worried the plate may be a bit thick and put too much pressure on the memory chip solder joints, as had happened for one gpu on a gpu repair channel. After new pads my core temps dropped, confirming my suspicion so I'm happy with just pads for now. Core temps are lower than they were stock and vram still stays below 90C in games. In Furmark it goes to 100C, but nothing else I do ever pushes the vram that hard. And that's still 10C less than stock pads. And for reference, it's a Zotac 3080 Trinity (takes 2mm pads but the gelid ones I got had to be squished down a lot to get good core contact), the copper plate is exactly 1.6mm thick, I think if I somehow got it machined down to 1.50mm it would be perfect and I would consider reinstalling it maybe. For now I don't want to risk dislodging a vram chip for temperatures that don't really matter.
Not sure if I should do this or just put good pads on, also can you link that new copper plate instead of the old shims in the desc? Wondering about resale value as well. Is thermal grizzly kryonaut extreme ok for the gpu? I keep hearing the term pushout but not sure what that means.
btw.. to remove that gunky thermal paste around the GPU core where its still between those tiny transistors.. use a brand new toothbrush.. it works 100 times better than cotton swabs and will not damage any component. and imho never overdo it on the thermal paste to the point where it LEAKS beyond the gpu's where it can touch the transistors around the core I noticed my pc having higher latency whenever those transistors are dirty with thermal paste (I always use MX4)
you'll want to make 2 copper strips and add them between the Memory cooler plate and the cold plate (one replacing the thermal pad, and one on the other side of the die where the sticker is)
Hola un abrazo, excelente video, quería preguntarte donde compras la plaqueta que utilizaste en este video, en los enlaces que dejaste no la referenciaste. Gracias
This was such a great video because now it works really well now and it was working really bad before but then I watched this and turned around and it was working soooo well so thank you so much because I didn’t know what I was gonna do and it reminds me of the time that my dog was running in circles and I was worried she wasn’t okay so I looked up on the internet what to do and then she stopped going in circles and I was so happy I gave her a treat and then we started playing with her favorite tennis ball she was so happy
Once the MX4 dries out a bit more and gets more clay-like it glues shit together. I've yanked like 3 AM4 CPUs out of their socket trying to remove a cooler I used MX4 on a year or so prior.
I tried it once on my powercolor 5700xt and the memory temps got worse. I think it could be that my copper shims were too thin and there might be not enough contact pressure for proper heat transfer. I'll try it again in the future with slightly thicker copper shims. But its such a pain and hassle to mod it that i've been putting it off.
Great Great Great video , I have a question please : I do have the Rog strix version of the 3070 Ti, I'm at around 75°, should I change the Asus pads ? can I buy the same copper plate as yours for my card and where please ? on of your link ?
hello and congratulations on the video! really interesting! i wanted to ask you a question, how thick are the copper thermal pads? also, is this thickness the same for all types of rtx 3070ti (asus evga zotac etc.. ec..)? thanks i'm waiting for your answer Thank you!
Honestly for the price we're paying for graphics cards, these practices should become standard for manufacturers.
we need to strike of gamers against planned aging
Refuse to buy deliberately poorly designed, planned obsolescent products and they will.
Always do your research before purchase and vote with your wallet.
Agree
i hope there is a company with words "create and made from gamers for gamers"
old cards were made like this lol
Man seeing 62C mem temp is so surreal lol! Another amazing video, you're crushing it!
This video inspired me to copper mode the same 3070ti Tuf gaming GPU. I did it few weeks ago and so far so good! The temperature is around 68C, but I covered cooper plates by using special liquid to prevent from shorting circuit. So that's why my temperature is a bit higher. Also, I used thermal pads to isolate memory chips.
It is hard to believe that some GPUs have a massive radiator, but such things as thermal pads don't work well!
Hi Seb, I am a follower of your channel. Have you tried copper modding? It works really great!
@@bohdansamusko yea its very interesting, alot of the reason this works as well as it does too gpus or cpus for that matter simply have thin crappy alum/copper, ive never seen a heatsink actually have a very thick alum/copper makeup at all, its insane honestly. these shims cost like 2$ or less and the companies could put them on the mem pre installed so easily, its literally like adding 100$ of performance to a product in terms of how much difference it can make, sometimes more
it doesn't work that well depending on gpu and correct thickness, not easy, i copper modded more than 12 times different gddr6x only, i just used less thickness shims than needed and i don't use thermal paste, i use thermal putty (sticky and no need for kapton tape etc as it acts as electrical isolator as well, i can keep the hottest card easily under 90c in the summer inside the farm with no fans so its all good, long time sub Sebs, keep em coming!
@@bohdansamusko how did you isolate memory chips did you put just small amount around memory chips with thermal pad ?
Ive done this on over 10 gpus so far and had incredible results each time, also on vrm/cpu/ even a desk fan ive attached like 10 shims onto its heatsink and it literally made a 50% difference, these copper shims are incredibly powerful
Hello, where can I find them?
@@Jeanpaisa89 Amazon..
It's been a while, have you had any issues with corrosion in any of your units as a result of the galvanic coupling over that time? Or even as general malfunctions or card failures?
is it possible to do this mod on laptops?
@hatorichise2705 yes absolutely
I used 0.5mm thermal pads between the 1.5mm thick copper plate and the memory chips. Regular thermal pads were 2 mm thick. The effect is the same.
I can't belive this is a 6k sub channel producing this level of content. Criminally undervalued you are my friend, very very well done! You are putting multi billion dollar corpo R&D shops to shame.
More importantly, why are you making us stare at a Disney snow globe? Why is this the thing in focus???
Really cool stuff @Dandyworks. I just found your channel and i gotta say this "cooper mod" is about the coolest thing i've seen done on a GPU. The temperature readings speak for themselves man. Keep up the good work bro...
It's great to hear someone who knows a little science in the PC hardware space.
I did some undervolting and got some pretty good results. I saw the first video you did and thought I might try the copper mod if the undervolting didn't work. So far, the undervolting is pretty close to what you're getting. However, should I decide to do the mod, I'll use your videos as reference material. Thanks for the update!
What card have you got? How much undervolt? I have a ventus 3x plus OC and wondered what the sweet spot might be
GPU heatsinks are generally nickel plated copper anyway.
I appreciate the tip with the "Heat Resistant Tape". It never hurts to be safe. I'm gonna give the CoolMyGpu copper mod a try hopefully this week. I've also been adding an alluminum heat sink to the backs of my GPU plates. As I haven't done the mod yet, so any bit of cooling helps as of now. Can't wait to try this out!
Did everything go right? No problems?
I went with the CMG copper mod and it’s been great. My 3080 FE in a SFF with an overclock still sits at 69c core, 84 memory.
My stock Aorus 3080 master never breaks 70c at load and my VRAM has never seen temps past 71c so your mod wasn’t that good.
@@NorthsideChamps16cap good mod
Man, you are such a pleasure to watch the way you present things and talk us through the video. Subbed!
Thank you!!
Glad to see it's still performing well!
Was excited for this followup! Really clever mod.
Worked out great, lowered mine by almost 20c. Thanks!
Could you do a video of an overclock on this card to see how far you can push it with the better thermals? Most people that would do this would be trying to overclock it as much as thermals would allow. I'm curious what performance increase you could get with this mod.
I’ve tried your first solution and it worked great! (Same GPU as yours, my temp went fron 106 C to 76 C mining) I wanna try also this one, the 1 piece copper plate seems a lot easier to work with
I’ve got a passively cooled system where I’ve had great success swapping the thermal pads for some home-made copper shims. I didn’t notice any such improvement using different thermal pastes, though. The TG Kryonaut Extreme worked just as well as MX-4 while being a bit more difficult to work on since it’s rather pudgy.
I have seen great variation in the subjective effectiveness of Kryonaut Extreme VS other pastes. For me it's always superior even if only by a degree or two C (It better be for that price!) but of course MX-4 is fantastic.
Man, you're awesome. Love your videos and thank you for them
I am going to do it. I was waiting for this type of product/solution instead of the complete DIY as you did in the initial video. Thanks for sharing this!! Greetings from Argentina!
how'd it go
Do you also have a connection through thermal pads on your board and backplate on the VRM position? A lot of RX 6000 owners did this mod.
I tried moding my GPU before. I never used copper before but I tried better thermal pads on a 3080ti TUF which yielded about -11c and then I removed OEM shroud and stock fans to add 2x 140mm static pressure focused fans which decreased temps by roughly another 10c or so at about 75% constant fan speed. Used 3 of those moded TUFs for mining Ethereum.
Love your mods and take on this. I'm thinking to try that copper plate. But I'm a little worried about longevity of this mod. Someone suggested 0.5mm thermal pads instead of paste if plate allows it. Anyways how long do you think it would work like this before it would need a repaste job about? 2 years at most with average gaming sounds about right?
Anyways thanks for that video. You deserve more views
Hold on a minute, there’s absolutely no difference in moisture level between air cooling and water cooling as long as your loop isn’t leaking, and if your loop is leaking on to your graphics card, it’s gonna get fried before it has a chance to corrode. So there’s no reason you couldn’t use copper shims for water cooling, just make damn sure you get the correct size.
I had the same thought. On top of that you do not cool with water usually :)
no body should dislike your videos, I get dislikes and then I go to my room and cry, lol...
Also I did the coolmygpu mode on my FTW3 3080ti and am loving it....
Careful with MX4. It separates over time with GPUs based on my history. Would recommend GC Extreme over it.
True, especially when temperature exceeds 70~75°c. High viscosity pastes last longer on direct-core chips. Kryonaut, NT-H1 / 2 and MX-4 are more suited for heat spreader equipped chips
@@harrydijkstra9936mx6?
I really enjoyed the videos you have made, I hope we see more! I am not a confident tweaker but this has made me think of giving it a shot.
You deserve way more subs, this video is high quality.
I’ve washed cards before. No issues when dried properly. Thermal putty under and on top of the copper plate would have worked also. Performing a “squeeze fit” and pulling the card apart again to check contact of GPU before screwing everything together is also a good practice.
When I suggested this way back in the day everyone told me it was a crap Idea but I am glad to see it is alive an well. Also somehow those customs copper plates look sick.
Perhaps people shouldn't be so quick to judge one's ideas without testing them first. Thanks for watching my video!
@@dandyworks It's been that way throughout history. Anyone trying anything new is viewed with suspicion or ridiculed. The herd instinct is strong 😉 Nice videos, thanks for sharing your results 👍
My stock gigabyte 3080 mem temp is in the 80s so i dont think this mod is gonna help it in anyway.. but this mod is really great in your case since your card hits 110
Just did this mod with Thermalright TF, memory 64 degrees and core at around 70 at max load, dude... Thanks!
Dear, excellent video, from Argentina, if it's not too much to ask, could you put the measurements to be able to cut the mod, and what material is it exactly? I just have a similar board that has temperature problems. if you could attach it in a pdf format in the form of a drawing with the exact measurements. It would be of great help to the community, best regards.
Its amazing bro, nice vid
Swietny materiał, to przedłuży zycie grafice.😁🍺
Damn, this looks like a ton of work... Good job!
its been a year since u uploaded videos and i just found u. why did u stop uploading videos?
Always fun to see such a massive improvement.
I've seen somewhere on the alliexpress the backplate " heatsink " cooling the gpu chip and memory but for the older gtx 1080Ti which is still powerfull gpu tbh. The effect was not so impressive but having 2-4c down is a nice bonus. Not to mention the price for that heatsink, 35$ including shipping.
Nerd!!! That was awesome keep up the great work!
You have cool videos, and you are great “narrator” subscribed
Haha, you made exactly the thing I commented on your last video (which I watched 10 mins ago)...pretty cool
Buddy you're an innovator. Live the videos
I made the jump to buying CoolMyGPU copper plates for my 3090. Doing really well so far.
I really wish they make this mod for every card above the 10 series from nvidia
you really do not need the copper plates on anything under the 3080. good quality thermal pads will be far enough for gddr6 and below. gddr6x is the issue. far greater heat output.
i have a evga 1660ti sc ultra and id love to do a copper mod but my memory does not have any cooling no pad no heatsink. only pads on the backplate so im not sure how i would mod it. and i cant monitor mem temps in the first place
I wonder why they don't copper plate the heatsinks? The steel would be really easy to copper plate and surely it would conduct heat away much better if it was copper plated?
$100 for that thermal paste?! I know TG is proud of their stuff, but damn! I modded my 1070Ti a while back with the Morpheus II cooler, and used K5 thermal paste, and it has done a nice job. Much more price friendly for what seems about the same amount. Real nice! I'll probably do something like this once I do decided to upgrade.
the 2-3 degree difference TG gains is not cost efficient - a good moderately priced thermal paste is fine.
It's for a tub of the stuff.
saw your original copper mod video, very impressive results, with the temps getting far higher than I am personally comfortable with on a lot of these GPU's its definitely worth doing IMO, gotta say though that the custom plate is pretty expensive for very negligible performance gain, the "shims" are of course kind of DIY, but if it works and costs a lot less that's a win to me. It seems like 95% of the performance for less than 50% of the price. Either way definitely a worth while mod.
Absolutely agree with you. I looked around for thermal paste reviews/testings and it turns out the change from Arctic MX-4 thermal paste to Kryonaut thermal paste is really what gave the 4-6 Celsius bump in performance (game load comparison). Had I did more research and paid more attention I would have saved myself $20 (+Shipping cost) difference if I just ordered the DIY Shims.
Subscribing now. Thanks for the vids
64c with 100% fan speed and copper modded ? strange ! My 3080 strix at 75% fan speed go at 60c and not modded.
Nice to see you bought some good screwdrivers this time around....
Watching you videos inspired me to doing this mod on gigabyte vision rtx 3080. Memory temps are way down during gaming but I also think youre right as my core temps have gone up a bit. STill pretty great when combined with a modest undervolt.
ok its been 1 year.. how is that card..? did the thermal paste dryout..?
Did you reseat the original solution and measured 110°C again? maybe it wasn't mounted well by factory
You are slowly evolving to the GPU memory plate I made for my waterblock. Juts make a plate that covers the GPU mounting holes and drill them to match in the plate. Cut out any areas that make component contact then you are done. Perfect fit copper plate that won't move and has maximal contact and heat sinking capacity. My Kawpow mining temps with this method are 46C core 50C Mem.
just did my 7 x rtx 3080 founders edition, man its the only way. doest go over 70C. mem. amazing!
Your video that got me to purchase the copper block from CoolMyGPU and I saw a drop from 102°c on my FE RTX 3080ti while playing ready or not down to 64° c on the memory.
out of all the copper mod vids i've seen, i like yours the best. you're the only person i've seen that used that tape to protect from shorts. my 3090 blew itself up after only 3 months right in the middle of the gpu crisis and i had to put my old gtx 560 ti back into my brand new gaming computer because i literally couldnt find a replacement for 7 months. im not gonna make that mistake again. gonna make sure my new card is nice and cool.
If you browse the internet, there a lot of videos expertly done with kapton tapes recommendations a year ago. He just picked it up the use from these videos.
My memory temps gaming on a 3080ti are max 60c mostly from undervolting, and that's without a copper mod. My gpu temps are 53c and hotspot 60c. I also keep my fans at 100%. Just use good quality thermal pads on the front and back of the gpu. Also tighten the four spring screws to the heatsink as tight as possible.
Nvidia should consider some limited edition Gpus with Bulit in Vram Copper heatsink...
You don't think all employees there who are multimillionaires have not thought about that, not even once???
3080ti here. Pulling 74c during the summer with an open case while mining, 85c in a closed case. Before in a closed case it would be near 110c
what about using thermal glue? wouldnt that be safer to do as it would avoid the shims shifting around
Good job with these two videos. Fantastically well done. Soooooo.... You in CA? How does one pay a dude to do this? Set up shop my dude!
Hahaha, not in CA, but I wouldn’t mind modding people’s GPUs for them. Good idea!
SUBBED. you rule dude
Cool follow up vid. Those plates are nice
excellent work💯👍🏻❤️
Keep going We learn from you We wish you all the best🤗💋
ur max temp is my gpu idle temp
Thermal grizzly kryonaut extreme is literally the kryonaut but its made to stand -190º for ln2 overclocking, you dont need to spend that much
I switched from Stock GPU cooler to AiO cooler, and managed to drop 40 degrees celsius, next i will try to get a new GPU and maybe try the Copper mod out, it looked very promising
My boy great video! What thermal pad thickness you suggest for the 3070 ti Asus Tuf?
I recommend 1.5mm thermal pads, the same size as the shims! Gelid Extremes (linked in description) have been very kind to me, and if you are willing to pay the premium I say go for those. 2mm will also work due to the nature of the dual heatsink design, but there isn’t really any performance gain using the bigger pads.
@@dandyworks thank you for the reply, i'm gunna spring for the copper plate.
edit: i spoke too soon theyre no loner accepting orders smh :(
How goes the mod today? A couple of years should certainly be enough time to tell long term reliability.
Super! Nice soluction
Any updates on this after 2 years of use? I'm keen to try it but need to know the copper wont oxidize
exact same card and exact same application, 1 month in I was getting close to 100c memory temps so I opened it and one of the copper shims at the bottom left of the card moved down. it wasn't touching anything to short and burn the gpu but that was scary af. switched it with a slightly thicker one and when reassembling the card I screwed the bottom half of the card first and a bit tighter before screwing in the top side. now it's doing fine. 180w, 82mh, 88c memory on %70 fan
Why didn't you coat the copper heat sink with gold to prevent corrosion?
hey there ! very nice content, I watched the complete process and I'm very interrested in the modification of my 2 rtx 3090, but I can't figure the thickness of the copper plate. Also, are you using a plate coming from coolmygpu ? or is it a custom made ? Because as there are ram chips on the two sides I dunno what to use : big copper plate or small ones like you used on the previous video. advice needed here. Moreover, I never did such a modification on a gpu, but I feel confident.
15mins cyberpunk gameplay is not a benchmark. What is the setting?
What is status of your GPU now ? I want to do it on my GPU... WANT TO KNOW THE LONG TERM RESULTS....
Same, I'd love to know. My 3080 was copper modded for around a year and was perfectly fine, memory temps around 80C but core got a bit hotter. Only recently removed it since I was worried the plate may be a bit thick and put too much pressure on the memory chip solder joints, as had happened for one gpu on a gpu repair channel. After new pads my core temps dropped, confirming my suspicion so I'm happy with just pads for now. Core temps are lower than they were stock and vram still stays below 90C in games. In Furmark it goes to 100C, but nothing else I do ever pushes the vram that hard. And that's still 10C less than stock pads.
And for reference, it's a Zotac 3080 Trinity (takes 2mm pads but the gelid ones I got had to be squished down a lot to get good core contact), the copper plate is exactly 1.6mm thick, I think if I somehow got it machined down to 1.50mm it would be perfect and I would consider reinstalling it maybe. For now I don't want to risk dislodging a vram chip for temperatures that don't really matter.
Not sure if I should do this or just put good pads on, also can you link that new copper plate instead of the old shims in the desc? Wondering about resale value as well. Is thermal grizzly kryonaut extreme ok for the gpu? I keep hearing the term pushout but not sure what that means.
I will literally going to do this...once I have enough money to buy a 3070 ti
Did you make the final shim?
Wow amazing, Can you give me the technical specifications of that copper plate, or the CNC drawing?
Why would it change after only a month? its not like anything is moving on the PCB...
btw.. to remove that gunky thermal paste around the GPU core where its still between those tiny transistors..
use a brand new toothbrush.. it works 100 times better than cotton swabs and will not damage any component.
and imho never overdo it on the thermal paste to the point where it LEAKS beyond the gpu's where it can touch the transistors around the core
I noticed my pc having higher latency whenever those transistors are dirty with thermal paste (I always use MX4)
you'll want to make 2 copper strips and add them between the Memory cooler plate and the cold plate (one replacing the thermal pad, and one on the other side of the die where the sticker is)
Great vids. Where do u get the screw driver from?
Hola un abrazo, excelente video, quería preguntarte donde compras la plaqueta que utilizaste en este video, en los enlaces que dejaste no la referenciaste. Gracias
Gracias! La placa es de CoolMyGPU.com 👍
Hi! And what if the same thing, but with a water block? can you try it? and what is the thickness of the copper plate?
This was such a great video because now it works really well now and it was working really bad before but then I watched this and turned around and it was working soooo well so thank you so much because I didn’t know what I was gonna do and it reminds me of the time that my dog was running in circles and I was worried she wasn’t okay so I looked up on the internet what to do and then she stopped going in circles and I was so happy I gave her a treat and then we started playing with her favorite tennis ball she was so happy
Great mod. My temps dropped 16 degrees. China #1!
I did some research and... side touching the core-substrate with metal is... not safe.
Once the MX4 dries out a bit more and gets more clay-like it glues shit together. I've yanked like 3 AM4 CPUs out of their socket trying to remove a cooler I used MX4 on a year or so prior.
was this recorded before full lhr unlock ?
Yes 👍🏽
Nice that you did a follow-up.
I tried it once on my powercolor 5700xt and the memory temps got worse. I think it could be that my copper shims were too thin and there might be not enough contact pressure for proper heat transfer. I'll try it again in the future with slightly thicker copper shims. But its such a pain and hassle to mod it that i've been putting it off.
yes they were too thin
Great Great Great video , I have a question please : I do have the Rog strix version of the 3070 Ti, I'm at around 75°, should I change the Asus pads ? can I buy the same copper plate as yours for my card and where please ? on of your link ?
would it be worth changing to K5-PRO its designed to be used on memory chips replacing thermal pads.
hello and congratulations on the video! really interesting!
i wanted to ask you a question, how thick are the copper thermal pads?
also, is this thickness the same for all types of rtx 3070ti (asus evga zotac etc.. ec..)?
thanks i'm waiting for your answer
Thank you!
What if you apply a thermal pad directly on the die with a copper shim on top?