Grab a GamersNexus Large Modmat! store.gamersnexus.net/products/modmat (currently taking back-orders, which will guarantee you'll receive one in the next round!) Watch our RTX 3080 FE tear-down, featuring a drill: th-cam.com/video/OX9Eh_NaC5c/w-d-xo.html Or our RTX 3070 Founders Edition full review: th-cam.com/video/NbZDERlshbQ/w-d-xo.html
You should get ahead of everyone (and go outside your usual videos) and make a video on CURRENT Nvidia Prices. The 2070 Super which I got for 400 USD(Gigabyte) is now 700 USD and up. Of course a WHY would be ideal but simply reporting it would be great, outrageous. I doubt is scalpers/miners.
Still in disbelief this channel is only now surpassing 1 million subs. I have been subbed for years, guess I never looked, always assumed you guys were up there. Much deserved. Much love. "BEFORE THAT"
Depends what you're looking for... There's alot of detail on this channel but also alot of repetition and dare I say it... Ranting. I unsubbed but check out a few vids here and there.
Hey fun fact about phillips screws: The design was bought by henry ford for use in his factories by people with non torque limited screw guns. The bit is actually designed to cam out of the screw when the proper torque is reached, so people with limited skill can use the gun to assemble components without stripping the holes.
Yes. The square-drive (Robertson) screw popular in Canada and for making mobile homes (no clue why) and fine furniture (understandably) is designed NOT to cam out, by contrast.
Isn't replacing the fan the only reason you would have to get that ribbon cable off? If so, isn't it attached to the dead fan anyway, so straight up ripping it off wouldn't even matter?
WD40 helps a lot better. I had a vinyl wrap on my laptop that I replaced and it took AGES (read this in: days) to remove that residual glue from it using alcohol. With WD40 (or another analog, contact spray perhaps?) it took me 10 min tops. It does not damage plastics or electronics at all. I only used alcohol afterwards to remove the shine WD40 leaves behind.
You have saved my sanity. I bought a 3070 and one fan was on 200% when the system powered on. I watched this video and saw the fan headers latch, and thought... hmm what if someone didnt seat it properly. Removed the backplate and low and behold.. the locking latch was up on my problematic fan, re-seated and re-installed and my god it's fixed! Without this video I would have probably tried to RMA it and not had a card till next year. Thank you!
If Nvidia made a matching CPU cooler it would definitly sell. The engineering and design of this is impeccable. Aesthetically matching the two would look freaking awesome.
This "thermal pad on plastic" looks more like a support/spacer, maybe it was found the unsupported plate is vibrating because of the fans and makes some noise...
I was about to write that exact assumption. Everybody is so focussed on thermal pads that other (obvious) options seem to be overlooked. Sadly it ends up in a negative comment about the quality.
@@andreasotto1977 Yup my immediate impression was that it was a spacer to save any rattle as I believed backplate was plastic. Thermal pads are plentiful in manufacture so they've just used one of them.
The placement of that pad in the center, tells me it’s probably for improving the feel of the card. Any buckling or flexing under your thumb or fingers while handling the unit would definitely cheapen the perception of quality.
I'm so glad they do these videos. I work on server hardware every day and at least once a shift go "why did they make it like this, looks like the engineers realized they didn't have to work on the finished product" and I get those vibes from tear downs.
When measuring hole spacing its much easier to measure from edge of the hole to the edge of the hole rather than guessing where the middle of the hole is. The hole pitch (aka centre to centre) is the same no matter where you measure it as long as you use the same point on both holes
The easiest and most accurate way with calipers (assuming both holes are the same diameter) is to measure the diameter of one hole, zero your caliper, and then measure the outside to outside dimensions which will give you the center-to-center dimension.
I think here is a documentary about the S drawing you are talking about from the TH-cam Channel Lemino. The Origins of the shape are mysterious if I remember correctly. Quite interesting. th-cam.com/video/RQdxHi4_Pvc/w-d-xo.html
@@blackbomber72 I think it's much more impressive to give a cheaper card with less wattage a design like this. At the price point they know no AiB can really offer a cooler this "smart" (or expensive)
For some reason I find the teardowns extremely relaxing to watch, I usually sit down with a cup of coffee or tea in the morning and watch a teardown so when I woke up to this video being published I was very happy as I'm looking to buy an FE 3070 as soon as I'm able to. Thanks GN!
Looking at the thermal pad on the back, to me it looks like it's mostly there for rigidity. It's in the middle of the open area of the backplate, by adding a thermal pad there the backplate will probably bend in less. My guess is that's also why they did not bother removing the plastic underneath.
Gamer nexus mi bro I am Chilean and I can assure you that your video could not have come in a better moment, this video was a notification on my phone just 1 minute next to an earthquake at 5,4 at 10 km from my house (that's not very much for chileans but it's an earthquake anyways), very good video always counting on you for entertainment and news
The 3070 is my favorite design style wise. I wish they made them all look kinda like a mix of the 3080 and the 3070. Make the card a bit bigger and make the fins go right to left all the way not just that small part next to the fan, another cange id make it flip the shroud so the S is the other way the the long part with the geforce bit it on the i/o side on the card.
You said no spring retention for the backplate. But the backplate itself is a leafspring for the correct retention. Thats why the screws have thick stems so that you dont tension the spring to much.
Replying to the ad spot rather than the video subject, I wonder how much of the current trend of performance-oriented, mesh-fronted cases is thanks to you at Gamers Nexus. It's very nice to see. Going to be upgrading from my now 5 year old Corsair Carbide SPEC-02 to a Lian Li LANCOOL II Mesh Performance per your reviews. Much appreciated!
that founders board would be AWESOME for ITX watercooled systems. think of the TEENY TINY little waterblock you could throw on there for some awesome power! its like the fury nano all over again but ACTUALLY GOOD.
This is exactly what I was thinking as soon as he pulled off the cooler array and it lost 30% of its size. I was like OMG that has so much potential for a water-cooled sff pc.
please dnt skip the thermal pads please tell us their thickness too as sometime in future we will be visiting this video to check which one should i buy ..
For general information, the thermal pads are 1.5 mm. You don't need Fujipoly (good if you can get it though as its top end stuff). Thermalright Extreme Odyssey 1.5mm will do. Just make sure you get 12.8w/mk. Generally, its something of a moot point as you'll only need this if you total the thermal pads in taking it apart, which you are unlikely to do. Just whack it back on, and you'll be okay.
Are you certain? I can for the love of me find the actual size of these pads anywhere (well, I could get a caliper which I'm very close doing I guess). Many users are saying 1.5mm, others 2.0mm, I've even read about squishy 3.0mm. I know it depends on the hardness of the pads you're going for, but in general, most pads won't lose much of their thickness.
2:04 those are for cases that include mount point to counteract GPU sag according to Jacob at EVGA. I haven't seen any of these cases. I would like to know more information on this as the EVGA and Asus RTX 3080 also have these mount points. I plan to design a bracket to utilize them.
my old zotac 980ti arctic storm (meaning air+watercooler for open loop in one) came with a height adjustable leg and bracket in similar style. two thumbscrews to fix the bracket on the card, two screws to clamp the bracket on the pole. case independant.
Amazing vid Steve! Always love the teardowns videos, some really makes me cring but you go through them with such joy its entertaining to watch! Also would you know if those ribbon connectors can be adapted to a 4pin pwm fan connector?
Decided to revisit this video today. Thinking about switching out the thermal paste on my 3070 today.. 🤔 Seems to run a little warmer than I'd like, but I'm not sure if making the swap would make much of a difference. Lemme keep thinking about it as I finish re-watching this video. Thanks for the teardown GN. This way, I can know exactly what to expect. 🍻
@@buicktothemoon My apologies I didn't get back to you a month ago... But, yes I replaced the thermal paste with Kryonaut. I didn't gain anything using the my custom fan curve, but I did notice lower max temps with the fan curve off. 83 vs 80 max without fan curve, and 71 to 73 with curve (same as stock paste). No benefit really in my case. I noticed EK has a block for the 3070FE. Might grab one of those, with fittings, tubing, and a pump, to see if I gain anything running liquid cooled. Plus, it'll look cool lol.
@@TheSmileyTek, yeah, they good. Use configurator on the site. Get rubber tubing as it doesn't leak. Make sure to also buy a Torque Drain Valve Fitting and bracket, as they don't automatically include them.
Apparently, that's the most annoying thing with their starter kits. They don't include an easy method to drain, as they don't come automatically with a drain fitting.
@@buicktothemoon Gotcha, thanks for the info. I'll probably get a big enough pump to expand a "custom loop" to the cpu eventually. My NZXT AIO is working excellent for now though. My wife would kill me if I put $500 more into my PC 😆. So I'll shoot for half that, with just a loop to the gpu, and expand later. I'm also still trying to get a 3080 for msrp, so there's another $800 off to the side. Just watching Best Buy and crossing my fingers each drop. Maybe I'll get a lucky when the ti's drop. No way I'm paying $2800 for a 3080 though. That's almost 2 3090s... Dang miners! 🤣
If someone don't have heatgun,phon work as well,take more time,but it's more forgiving (because low temperature compared to heatgun). I used the phon to open and repair various smartphone :)
You said the geforce logo part is blocking flow, it really shouldn't as the whole back side is open. This cooler is very well designed in terms of flow control.
I can’t wait for a time in which gpus have interchangeable processor, memory, and boards like computers. The ampere cards (to a novice) just look like mini computers stuck in a bigger computer
Small piece of advice: Don't use sewing machine oil on these fans. As you can see, the bearing is uncovered - unlike other fans that are completely covered by a sticker. Sewing machine oil's low viscosity means that even a small amount it will get absolutely everywhere when it is spinning because the bearing is uncovered. Unfortunately, the way the fan is constructed means you cannot cover the bearing yourself, not unless you want to stop the fan from spinning. To stop leakage, use a Super Lube Loctite oil pen, as it has higher adhesion and higher viscosity. You'll have to work it in using a quetip and keep spinning it in your hand for about 5 to 10 mins, but it will eventually work its way in. You only need a very small amount, but this stuff doesn't leak at all, lasts much longer and won't cause a short even if it does leak.
I was gonna hate on the ribbon cables but then I saw nothing on the top side of the board to get yanked on if you lift it up, so you know what, good job Nvidia. That is actually probably better.
"nVIDIA is the only company I know of that does this on modern video cards" - well, we only got... two :)))) I still remember the good ol' days, when there were 5 - 10 companies competing for market share...
I don't quite remember when he said that but there are actually quite a few makers of video cards, all the aib partners make video cards, but only 2 makers of gpu dies
Perhaps the backplate has a thermal pad not for thermal reasons but for acoustic reasons, like maybe the backplate hummed when the fans were at a certain speed?
Hi Steve thx for the most accurate and honest reviews of pc components. Would it be possible for you to review the Ncase M1 v6.1 Is a fantastic sff case and I think an honest review from you would open people's eyes to the possibility of sff. Regards from Denmark Kasper
Generally a fairly easy tear down. The only part that gives me the fear is removing the ribbon cables. Lock picking is annoying but unlikely to bork anything. Just make sure you have nice thin spudgers on hand.
I bet the reason people can push higher overclocks with watercooling has a fair amount to do with no power loss from fans. I will be disabling any onboard OLEDs on my highend cards if I'm benching for hwbot
28:23 about finding a universal waterblock for this, good luck because of the tall capacitor in the way. installing an AiO on this would require a custom adapter.
@@GamersNexus Ahh, you can't pull that one, I've heard that excuse from hairier men than yourself. There is always time for a safe and clean work space, don't make me get all health and safety on you there 🙂
I have the 3070 with a i9-9900k it’s pretty nice, streaming at 720p 60fps 6000bitrate on twitch and still getting around 240fps in fortnite public matches.
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Grab a GamersNexus Large Modmat! store.gamersnexus.net/products/modmat (currently taking back-orders, which will guarantee you'll receive one in the next round!)
Watch our RTX 3080 FE tear-down, featuring a drill: th-cam.com/video/OX9Eh_NaC5c/w-d-xo.html
Or our RTX 3070 Founders Edition full review: th-cam.com/video/NbZDERlshbQ/w-d-xo.html
Early adoptions are always painfully predictable.Almost beta-build quality.Even before any driver/bios dramas.
You should get ahead of everyone (and go outside your usual videos) and make a video on CURRENT Nvidia Prices. The 2070 Super which I got for 400 USD(Gigabyte) is now 700 USD and up. Of course a WHY would be ideal but simply reporting it would be great, outrageous. I doubt is scalpers/miners.
Funny, your friend Jay said the back was plastic...
We need Buildzeuid ❤️❤️
Only if it's the X Version X
Still in disbelief this channel is only now surpassing 1 million subs.
I have been subbed for years, guess I never looked, always assumed you guys were up there.
Much deserved.
Much love.
"BEFORE THAT"
ikr
Video's are too long and too raw, pure informative. I mean too long for mainstream but perfect for enthusiasts.
@@BOLOYOO so right. Love his content, but man, the bloke loves a chat.
The level of detail offered here is something not many have patience for. He's done very well indeed.
Depends what you're looking for... There's alot of detail on this channel but also alot of repetition and dare I say it... Ranting. I unsubbed but check out a few vids here and there.
Hey fun fact about phillips screws: The design was bought by henry ford for use in his factories by people with non torque limited screw guns. The bit is actually designed to cam out of the screw when the proper torque is reached, so people with limited skill can use the gun to assemble components without stripping the holes.
Yes. The square-drive (Robertson) screw popular in Canada and for making mobile homes (no clue why) and fine furniture (understandably) is designed NOT to cam out, by contrast.
And this is why I tend to prefer hex or torx heads whenever possible, especially for smaller screws.
I think phillipses larger than 3mm should be illegal
@@qlum my wife loves torx for some reason related to a story about helicopters, but the Allen pattern is great imo.
thats a great idea until the chinese make their screw heads out pf cheese
Ah. It's time for Open Heart Surgery with Steve once again.
That! Would be awesome, tearing it apart while it's plugged into the PCIE Port...
@@carehs12 while the pc is on
Since he is tech Jesus, I petition that we dub the work table "The healing bench". AvE won't mind.
He was just improving the thermals
Rubbing alcohol may have helped get that glue off if a heat gun isn't around. Just an alternative. Great vid, looking forward to the PCB analysis!
Isn't replacing the fan the only reason you would have to get that ribbon cable off? If so, isn't it attached to the dead fan anyway, so straight up ripping it off wouldn't even matter?
@@marceldiezasch6192 you don’t want to damage the board end of the connector though
@@lio1234234 well unplug it first obviously ;-) then rip off the glued part which is just on the aluminium of the cooler anyways and the dead fan...
@@LiLBitsDK I get your point. Sorry 😂
WD40 helps a lot better. I had a vinyl wrap on my laptop that I replaced and it took AGES (read this in: days) to remove that residual glue from it using alcohol. With WD40 (or another analog, contact spray perhaps?) it took me 10 min tops. It does not damage plastics or electronics at all. I only used alcohol afterwards to remove the shine WD40 leaves behind.
You have saved my sanity. I bought a 3070 and one fan was on 200% when the system powered on. I watched this video and saw the fan headers latch, and thought... hmm what if someone didnt seat it properly. Removed the backplate and low and behold.. the locking latch was up on my problematic fan, re-seated and re-installed and my god it's fixed! Without this video I would have probably tried to RMA it and not had a card till next year.
Thank you!
Legend has it one day Tech Jesus will find the ark of the covenant soldered on a PCB
If Nvidia made a matching CPU cooler it would definitly sell. The engineering and design of this is impeccable. Aesthetically matching the two would look freaking awesome.
Pfffff. Aethtetics. Still plenty of space for cheap unnecessary shortcuts and stupid decisions and overcomplication where is not necessary.
it fits pretty well with the hyper 212 black edition, with the anodized black fins and all
@@eXTreemator tbh my 3070 stays rediculously cool. It's founders edition. The design works
@@billjamal4764 it's far from it. i didn't say it doesn't work; a radiator
I remember when they made motherboard chipsets….! But I agree, a CPU cooler with the same aesthetics would be awesome
This "thermal pad on plastic" looks more like a support/spacer, maybe it was found the unsupported plate is vibrating because of the fans and makes some noise...
I was about to write that exact assumption. Everybody is so focussed on thermal pads that other (obvious) options seem to be overlooked. Sadly it ends up in a negative comment about the quality.
@@andreasotto1977 Yup my immediate impression was that it was a spacer to save any rattle as I believed backplate was plastic. Thermal pads are plentiful in manufacture so they've just used one of them.
I would still assume that it could conduct some heat if it was properly installed, even if the purpose was unrelated
The placement of that pad in the center, tells me it’s probably for improving the feel of the card. Any buckling or flexing under your thumb or fingers while handling the unit would definitely cheapen the perception of quality.
It's possible,but why don't use something like small cutout of foam? It's cheaper in mass production.
I'm so glad they do these videos.
I work on server hardware every day and at least once a shift go "why did they make it like this, looks like the engineers realized they didn't have to work on the finished product" and I get those vibes from tear downs.
When measuring hole spacing its much easier to measure from edge of the hole to the edge of the hole rather than guessing where the middle of the hole is. The hole pitch (aka centre to centre) is the same no matter where you measure it as long as you use the same point on both holes
I was just about to add the same comment - thought I'd check to see if someone beat me to it :-)
The easiest and most accurate way with calipers (assuming both holes are the same diameter) is to measure the diameter of one hole, zero your caliper, and then measure the outside to outside dimensions which will give you the center-to-center dimension.
@@dragoneye1589 People often overlook that the zero button is useful for more than just resetting zero when the calipers are closed.
The 'S' shape reminds me of that S drawing we all made back in jr high in the late 90's... Ish.
It looked so sope
I think here is a documentary about the S drawing you are talking about from the TH-cam Channel Lemino. The Origins of the shape are mysterious if I remember correctly. Quite interesting. th-cam.com/video/RQdxHi4_Pvc/w-d-xo.html
What an elegant design. They really knocked it out of the park with this gen's FE engineering.
I know right? The 3080 design is amazing
NEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDD
@@blackbomber72 I think it's much more impressive to give a cheaper card with less wattage a design like this. At the price point they know no AiB can really offer a cooler this "smart" (or expensive)
@@rushnerd also they look very nice imo. Especially the 3080/3090
What's really great is the small pcb. Great news for ITX watercooling nerds.
Time for another Nvidia FE teardown. "Beve Sturke grabs his MSI branded extreme OC drill and AMD shill superglue".
For some reason I find the teardowns extremely relaxing to watch, I usually sit down with a cup of coffee or tea in the morning and watch a teardown so when I woke up to this video being published I was very happy as I'm looking to buy an FE 3070 as soon as I'm able to. Thanks GN!
Looking at the thermal pad on the back, to me it looks like it's mostly there for rigidity.
It's in the middle of the open area of the backplate, by adding a thermal pad there the backplate will probably bend in less.
My guess is that's also why they did not bother removing the plastic underneath.
I would like to a RTX 3010 replacing the GT 710...
RTX 3070: I’m beautifully designed, and well built. Like a work of art.
GN: I’m bout to disassemble this whole GPU’s career.
That power cable sticking out of that GPU looks like someone has been torturing it sticking it right into the abs😂
Gamer nexus mi bro I am Chilean and I can assure you that your video could not have come in a better moment, this video was a notification on my phone just 1 minute next to an earthquake at 5,4 at 10 km from my house (that's not very much for chileans but it's an earthquake anyways), very good video always counting on you for entertainment and news
Yikes! Hope everything is OK!
@@GamersNexus Thats proof your content is earth shattering.
G'day Steve & Andrew,
love the TearDowns, Awesome Close up work again Andrew
The 3070 is my favorite design style wise. I wish they made them all look kinda like a mix of the 3080 and the 3070. Make the card a bit bigger and make the fins go right to left all the way not just that small part next to the fan, another cange id make it flip the shroud so the S is the other way the the long part with the geforce bit it on the i/o side on the card.
I appreciate the very detailed videos Gamers Nexus puts out 💙💛
Should have known. Got wondering what it looked like under there, a quick "3070 teardown" search later, and my boy already has me covered.
You said no spring retention for the backplate. But the backplate itself is a leafspring for the correct retention. Thats why the screws have thick stems so that you dont tension the spring to much.
Replying to the ad spot rather than the video subject, I wonder how much of the current trend of performance-oriented, mesh-fronted cases is thanks to you at Gamers Nexus. It's very nice to see. Going to be upgrading from my now 5 year old Corsair Carbide SPEC-02 to a Lian Li LANCOOL II Mesh Performance per your reviews. Much appreciated!
That's the case I just got last month, running the case fans at minimum is enough airflow to cool my 6700k @4.7 and oc'd 1070.
The trouble is, once Steve gives his nod of approval to a case they become like rocking horse shit to buy! lol
Got mine through microcenter.
@@jasonoutman420 I'm interested in the Lian Li 215 but can't find it for sale here in the UK.
a full card waterblock would be adorable on this thing
I just LOVE reviewers who think they know better than the engineers of multi-million companies
that founders board would be AWESOME for ITX watercooled systems. think of the TEENY TINY little waterblock you could throw on there for some awesome power! its like the fury nano all over again but ACTUALLY GOOD.
This is exactly what I was thinking as soon as he pulled off the cooler array and it lost 30% of its size. I was like OMG that has so much potential for a water-cooled sff pc.
While everyone else is posting reviews of the 3070, Steve is tearing it apart and heat gunning it.
Yup, this is why I subscribed.
Thanks, this helped me re-paste my 3060 TI FE
19:32 That card looks legit great without the silver border around it!
This teardown was a pleasure to watch. Now that is what I call a beautifully designed GPU.
I don't care how long your videos are cause they are informative and entertaining 👍
1080p 60 fps makes these videos great!
The pad on back there might be for stabilizing the backplate to card to remove vibrations. Not for cooling
Can't wait to see your coverage and testing of the new graphics cards from AMD. Pending performance and price I might go full AMD for my next build.
I built last in 2016, so starting to consider building another one. And giving my current build to my partner.
I really like your Stop the FOMO Modmat.
That bare heatsink without the shroud looks so retro
please dnt skip the thermal pads
please tell us their thickness too
as sometime in future we will be visiting this video to check which one should i buy ..
For general information, the thermal pads are 1.5 mm. You don't need Fujipoly (good if you can get it though as its top end stuff). Thermalright Extreme Odyssey 1.5mm will do. Just make sure you get 12.8w/mk. Generally, its something of a moot point as you'll only need this if you total the thermal pads in taking it apart, which you are unlikely to do. Just whack it back on, and you'll be okay.
I mean look at steve. He's throwing around his thermal pads like he's playing football or something and they are fine.
Are you certain? I can for the love of me find the actual size of these pads anywhere (well, I could get a caliper which I'm very close doing I guess). Many users are saying 1.5mm, others 2.0mm, I've even read about squishy 3.0mm. I know it depends on the hardness of the pads you're going for, but in general, most pads won't lose much of their thickness.
2:04 those are for cases that include mount point to counteract GPU sag according to Jacob at EVGA. I haven't seen any of these cases. I would like to know more information on this as the EVGA and Asus RTX 3080 also have these mount points. I plan to design a bracket to utilize them.
my old zotac 980ti arctic storm (meaning air+watercooler for open loop in one) came with a height adjustable leg and bracket in similar style.
two thumbscrews to fix the bracket on the card, two screws to clamp the bracket on the pole. case independant.
This teardown is the only thing i ever want to know about the 3070. :) The Flounder Edition.
Amazing vid Steve! Always love the teardowns videos, some really makes me cring but you go through them with such joy its entertaining to watch!
Also would you know if those ribbon connectors can be adapted to a 4pin pwm fan connector?
I just want to see Tech Jesus road test more killer mountain bikes 🚲
Love your work bro
I wish the tech tubers would refuse to showcase a product that the general population can't get their hands on. Stick it to the man.
Was able to get a 3070 yesterday and im happy with my pick, upgrading from a 1060. I don't have a 4K monitor so the 3070 was a good sweet spot for me.
I was about to go to bed but suddenly remembered that i’ve never seen a graphic card teardown lol
Any chance that rear pad @ 7:00 is for vibration damping, with some thermal benefits as a secondary purpose?
You're a Hero to the PC community man
that pad at the rear looks like it was put there to provide spacing more than anything
Decided to revisit this video today. Thinking about switching out the thermal paste on my 3070 today.. 🤔 Seems to run a little warmer than I'd like, but I'm not sure if making the swap would make much of a difference. Lemme keep thinking about it as I finish re-watching this video. Thanks for the teardown GN. This way, I can know exactly what to expect. 🍻
Did you do this in the end?
@@buicktothemoon My apologies I didn't get back to you a month ago... But, yes I replaced the thermal paste with Kryonaut. I didn't gain anything using the my custom fan curve, but I did notice lower max temps with the fan curve off. 83 vs 80 max without fan curve, and 71 to 73 with curve (same as stock paste). No benefit really in my case. I noticed EK has a block for the 3070FE. Might grab one of those, with fittings, tubing, and a pump, to see if I gain anything running liquid cooled. Plus, it'll look cool lol.
@@TheSmileyTek, yeah, they good. Use configurator on the site. Get rubber tubing as it doesn't leak. Make sure to also buy a Torque Drain Valve Fitting and bracket, as they don't automatically include them.
Apparently, that's the most annoying thing with their starter kits. They don't include an easy method to drain, as they don't come automatically with a drain fitting.
@@buicktothemoon Gotcha, thanks for the info. I'll probably get a big enough pump to expand a "custom loop" to the cpu eventually. My NZXT AIO is working excellent for now though. My wife would kill me if I put $500 more into my PC 😆. So I'll shoot for half that, with just a loop to the gpu, and expand later. I'm also still trying to get a 3080 for msrp, so there's another $800 off to the side. Just watching Best Buy and crossing my fingers each drop. Maybe I'll get a lucky when the ti's drop. No way I'm paying $2800 for a 3080 though. That's almost 2 3090s... Dang miners! 🤣
Those thermal pads look tasty ngl
I hope everybody that worked on FE coolers this year gets a rise!
Erstmal n TüvLogo unter dem Lüfter... Sehr nice. 😂
Drinking game idea: Every time the thermal pad next to the copper plate falls off take a shot
You could put a full length thermal pad and remove a part of the plastic for a small thermal improvement.
If someone don't have heatgun,phon work as well,take more time,but it's more forgiving (because low temperature compared to heatgun).
I used the phon to open and repair various smartphone :)
Rip and tear until it is done Steve.
Howcome you haven’t cleaned the modmat? Great video !
You said the geforce logo part is blocking flow, it really shouldn't as the whole back side is open. This cooler is very well designed in terms of flow control.
You can measure distance between holes for cooler from the edge of the hole to the edge the other hole. Same distance as center to center .
Looks like the retention plate is the spring
I can’t wait for a time in which gpus have interchangeable processor, memory, and boards like computers. The ampere cards (to a novice) just look like mini computers stuck in a bigger computer
That's not gonna happen.
It is possible but the engineering involved would be way too expensive and impractical for mass production.
Can't wait for a mini card form factor
Small piece of advice: Don't use sewing machine oil on these fans. As you can see, the bearing is uncovered - unlike other fans that are completely covered by a sticker. Sewing machine oil's low viscosity means that even a small amount it will get absolutely everywhere when it is spinning because the bearing is uncovered. Unfortunately, the way the fan is constructed means you cannot cover the bearing yourself, not unless you want to stop the fan from spinning. To stop leakage, use a Super Lube Loctite oil pen, as it has higher adhesion and higher viscosity. You'll have to work it in using a quetip and keep spinning it in your hand for about 5 to 10 mins, but it will eventually work its way in. You only need a very small amount, but this stuff doesn't leak at all, lasts much longer and won't cause a short even if it does leak.
The NVIDIA RTX 3070 Founders Edition we've all been waiting for.
Hats off for these tear down videos.
Recommend getting a non-marring paneling tool set for vehicles. They are pretty cheap and make things like removing that outter shroud a lot easier.
I think that rear pad on the back plate is not intended as a thermal pad but as a pad to keep the backplate from flexing.
It's funny how the longest and tallest radiator fins are not actively used at all.
Those are not for trapping dust, it is meant for grilling steak, just use the fan curve to control the temperature. Perfect steak cooker.
Excellent video bro, i based on this to did maintenance to my graphic.
The Drill was waiting for Rtx 3070😂
I have to be up in 4 hours but here we are
23:30 Found the Glue ! HYPE !
I’m torn between a 3070 FE, or a 3070 TUF (assuming similar quality to 3080 TUF). Will be used in a SFF workstation build. Thoughts?
Same thing here.
FE all the way
One day they'll be in stock so that you can have a choice.
Think depend entirely on what case you are using. I am planning using the 3070 FE with an NR200 based on results with the 3080.
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I was gonna hate on the ribbon cables but then I saw nothing on the top side of the board to get yanked on if you lift it up, so you know what, good job Nvidia. That is actually probably better.
This is great
wish it applied to anyone since they are still unicorns
Cats can rotate their ears 180 degrees.
"nVIDIA is the only company I know of that does this on modern video cards" - well, we only got... two :)))) I still remember the good ol' days, when there were 5 - 10 companies competing for market share...
I don't quite remember when he said that but there are actually quite a few makers of video cards, all the aib partners make video cards, but only 2 makers of gpu dies
Steve, Its easier and more accurate to measure "center to centers" by measuring the same side of the holes. Left side edge of both holes etc
Really well-designed imo
Yo, my guess for the thermal pad at 6:00 is that it is there to add as a "buffer" and fill the gap between the card and the backplate.
Perhaps the backplate has a thermal pad not for thermal reasons but for acoustic reasons, like maybe the backplate hummed when the fans were at a certain speed?
12:55 minecraft arrow sound?
Lol
Lmao
steve that pcb looks like they went with a box shape design instead of a v shape in the 3080
*GN Steve stabs things with a multimeter in front of a camera*
Bill Lloyd: "Hey, I'm supposed to be doing that!"
Really awesome card, the plastic backplate sucks tho, no backplate would have been better
Ohhh you found the NVIDIA's glue!
Hi Steve thx for the most accurate and honest reviews of pc components.
Would it be possible for you to review the Ncase M1 v6.1
Is a fantastic sff case and I think an honest review from you would open people's eyes to the possibility of sff.
Regards from Denmark
Kasper
ALREADY!!! OH MY OH MY
Generally a fairly easy tear down. The only part that gives me the fear is removing the ribbon cables. Lock picking is annoying but unlikely to bork anything. Just make sure you have nice thin spudgers on hand.
I bet the reason people can push higher overclocks with watercooling has a fair amount to do with no power loss from fans. I will be disabling any onboard OLEDs on my highend cards if I'm benching for hwbot
Next time Steve please do the tear down wearing a construction hate and vest.
28:23 about finding a universal waterblock for this, good luck because of the tall capacitor in the way. installing an AiO on this would require a custom adapter.
Yes! I've been waiting for this!
The fins themselves look cool enough to work on their own without the shroud (see what I did there?:))
CLEAN YOUR WORK SPACE!!! Honestly, we have these marvellous devices called "vacuum cleaners", great for cleaning up years of tear downs
Easy to say when you aren't working 100+ hours a week and barely keeping up.
I had a Vacuum but got rid of it because it sucked 🤨
@@GamersNexus Ahh, you can't pull that one, I've heard that excuse from hairier men than yourself. There is always time for a safe and clean work space, don't make me get all health and safety on you there 🙂
@@shaneeslick Yea verily do they suck 😁
That's what happens when you decline dyson sponsorship.
I have the 3070 with a i9-9900k it’s pretty nice, streaming at 720p 60fps 6000bitrate on twitch and still getting around 240fps in fortnite public matches.