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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.
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!
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 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 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
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 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’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’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
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 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
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.
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 👍
$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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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
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 ?
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
I am very interested in doing this cause recently the thermal pads on my 2080 have started going down hill and the VRAM is now reaching around 85C when previously it was at 60C I don't have any thermal pads on me and I already have decent thermal paste and on Ebay the copper IC Chips are around the same price as the thermal pads
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?
Hey im interested in doing it for my msi rx 5700 xt, in theory it should work right? U think its also ok to put thin thermal pad first before the copper shim? Then lil paste on top of the copper?
Hi! I just did the mod with the little copper plates from your other video. I am so happy, that i didn't short anything... yet... My memory temp dropped from 90 to 70 :-D Thank you for the tutorial. But do I need to change it the thermal paste every month? Or how long can I use it like this when I am mining? And do I have to live in fear, that there could be a shortage every moment? Because I am a little bit scared now :-D Thanks for the answers
Some people say you should change paste every X months, while others say you never need to. I usually change paste every 6 months just because I can, and it gives me a chance to clean my GPU. If you have modded your GPU correctly, I would not live in fear. But I would also perform a visual inspection every so often to makes sure everything is fine. Also, if your GPU is sitting horizontal, I certainly wouldn't worry about shims moving. They won't.
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.
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 have the exact same card, did the initial copper mod with the copper squares… recently upgraded to a 12700 and new motherboard so while I was in there I decided to install the coolmygpu shim- I must have messed something up because now the screens go black on windows boot and fans go to 100%. Not sure how or what I did wrong, but it’s unfortunate- especially 3 months from release of the 40 series cards.
I got the plate for my 3080 ti Fe. Haven't installed it yet but I was planning on watercooling it as well until you mentioned that I shouldn't do that. Can you elaborate on that a bit more? No liquid from watercooling actually makes contact with the PCB or any components so I'm a bit confused as to why that would matter
I more said that to prevent people who don’t explicitly understand the risks of doing things like this, a properly water cooled system will have no issues with this mod.
Why do you need to put kapton tape when thermal grease is not conductive? and is it possible for the copper shims to be removed completely? meaning, the memory chips directly contacting to the sub-heat sink?
Kapton tape is a safety precaution taken to prevent any copper from making contact with components mounted to the PCB. Sometimes, a capacitor or resistor will sit above the plane of the memory chip, and if the copper was touching that component, there is basically a 100% chance that component will blow up. It is possible for the sub-heatsink to make direct contact with the memory chips. This is pretty much unique to this GPU in particular though.
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)
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.
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
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 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?
More importantly, why are you making us stare at a Disney snow globe? Why is this the thing in focus???
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!!
GPU heatsinks are generally nickel plated copper anyway.
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.
Glad to see it's still performing well!
Was excited for this followup! Really clever 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
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 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
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.
Worked out great, lowered mine by almost 20c. Thanks!
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....
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
Man, you're awesome. Love your videos and thank you for them
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.
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 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
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 :)
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 👍
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.
$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.
You deserve way more subs, this video is high quality.
Wow amazing, Can you give me the technical specifications of that copper plate, or the CNC drawing?
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 👍
Just did this mod with Thermalright TF, memory 64 degrees and core at around 70 at max load, dude... Thanks!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Damn, this looks like a ton of work... Good job!
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 :(
Good morning, what thickness of copper plate did you use?
Its amazing bro, nice vid
good question where I can get that copper plate?
Great video i have 6700xt sapphire pulse where do i find copper plat that matches my gpu?
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.
What should be the thickness of the pads used? 2mm? Thanks
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
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
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 ?
Why doesn't coolmygpu have a plate for the Asus Tuf 3080 ti?
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!
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)
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.
Always fun to see such a massive improvement.
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.
would it be worth changing to K5-PRO its designed to be used on memory chips replacing thermal pads.
is there any full copper plate for gtx 1070 or only small copper pads??
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?
Hi plz what s the thickness of the copper mod? I have same rtx3070ti Tuf OC.
What if you apply a thermal pad directly on the die with a copper shim on top?
Good to see a follow up video! Can you tell us which copper plates u used for this card? I assume they would fit my 3080 TUF perfectly.
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.
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.
Cool follow up vid. Those plates are nice
Haha, you made exactly the thing I commented on your last video (which I watched 10 mins ago)...pretty cool
Nerd!!! That was awesome keep up the great work!
My friend and I turned the fans up with a msi controller amd it does not touch 50 degrees at 4k 100fps
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!
I am very interested in doing this cause recently the thermal pads on my 2080 have started going down hill and the VRAM is now reaching around 85C when previously it was at 60C I don't have any thermal pads on me and I already have decent thermal paste and on Ebay the copper IC Chips are around the same price as the thermal pads
Great vids. Where do u get the screw driver from?
its been a year since u uploaded videos and i just found u. why did u stop uploading videos?
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?
what about using thermal glue? wouldnt that be safer to do as it would avoid the shims shifting around
Hey im interested in doing it for my msi rx 5700 xt, in theory it should work right? U think its also ok to put thin thermal pad first before the copper shim? Then lil paste on top of the copper?
Buddy you're an innovator. Live the videos
Thermal grizzly kryonaut extreme is literally the kryonaut but its made to stand -190º for ln2 overclocking, you dont need to spend that much
Hi! I just did the mod with the little copper plates from your other video. I am so happy, that i didn't short anything... yet... My memory temp dropped from 90 to 70 :-D Thank you for the tutorial. But do I need to change it the thermal paste every month? Or how long can I use it like this when I am mining? And do I have to live in fear, that there could be a shortage every moment? Because I am a little bit scared now :-D Thanks for the answers
Some people say you should change paste every X months, while others say you never need to. I usually change paste every 6 months just because I can, and it gives me a chance to clean my GPU. If you have modded your GPU correctly, I would not live in fear. But I would also perform a visual inspection every so often to makes sure everything is fine. Also, if your GPU is sitting horizontal, I certainly wouldn't worry about shims moving. They won't.
Thank you for the answer. Putting the card horizontal is a good idea 💡
Hi, share the size of this plate, which is already the final one
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.
how about i put a thermal pad beetween copper and aluminium?Can corrosion still occur?thx for someone answer this
Why would it change after only a month? its not like anything is moving on the PCB...
Nice to see you bought some good screwdrivers this time around....
ok its been 1 year.. how is that card..? did the thermal paste dryout..?
Swietny materiał, to przedłuży zycie grafice.😁🍺
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
man can you link the copper plate that you replaced the shims with
CoolMyGPU.com 👍🏽
I have the exact same card, did the initial copper mod with the copper squares… recently upgraded to a 12700 and new motherboard so while I was in there I decided to install the coolmygpu shim- I must have messed something up because now the screens go black on windows boot and fans go to 100%. Not sure how or what I did wrong, but it’s unfortunate- especially 3 months from release of the 40 series cards.
Any updates on this after 2 years of use? I'm keen to try it but need to know the copper wont oxidize
where did u get this custom copper
thermal grizzly or artix mx4? which good
I got the plate for my 3080 ti Fe. Haven't installed it yet but I was planning on watercooling it as well until you mentioned that I shouldn't do that. Can you elaborate on that a bit more? No liquid from watercooling actually makes contact with the PCB or any components so I'm a bit confused as to why that would matter
I more said that to prevent people who don’t explicitly understand the risks of doing things like this, a properly water cooled system will have no issues with this mod.
@@dandyworks Okay, awesome. Thank you for the reply
Why do you need to put kapton tape when thermal grease is not conductive? and is it possible for the copper shims to be removed completely? meaning, the memory chips directly contacting to the sub-heat sink?
Kapton tape is a safety precaution taken to prevent any copper from making contact with components mounted to the PCB. Sometimes, a capacitor or resistor will sit above the plane of the memory chip, and if the copper was touching that component, there is basically a 100% chance that component will blow up. It is possible for the sub-heatsink to make direct contact with the memory chips. This is pretty much unique to this GPU in particular though.
Did you reseat the original solution and measured 110°C again? maybe it wasn't mounted well by factory
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)
Nice content where did you buy the copper mod from ??
Any ones for 6800xt black edition? Or switch and steam deck?
thanks for all the info ....Where did you get the copper plat you use in this video
found the answer
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why didnt you use the kapton first and then paste afterwards ??