NOOB uses Liquid Metal on an RTX 3080...
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I decide to try Liquid Metal on an Nvidia RTX 3080, even though I am a noob that always breaks stuff.
Needless to say, it was a real struggle.
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Any computer component can have liquid metal if you put enough current through it.
lmao
XD
*Microwave noise intensifies*
Fax
Extreme overclockers be like
Anna: Where is my clear nail polish?
Dawid: It's complicated...
LMAO
At least it was only the clear nail polish...
he should've went all beauty channel and placed his hand behind the product for the camera, missed meme opportunity
It bothers me that he sealed old thermal paste under nail polish.
I took my sister's red nail polish hopefully it words the same as the clear one
They be talking about RTX 30's
Me with a GT 10thitty: Laughs in poor
me with G2020 and intel HD : Laughs in pooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooor
EDIT : now im with the G3250 so Great upgrade
@@ilyes4752 Yea I have a second pc with a G2030
THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Me: *laughs in quadro k600
giveup smoking, in 1 year you will have the 3090
most 3080's dont have any back plating thermal pads so the VRM's can get spicy... so adding them yourself will help tremendously.
I actually have that exact card and yeah, VRM's on it can reach over 100C while under load even if the rest of the components stay near 70-80. thermal pads are an easy add that can help a ton
where though
Gigabyte fixed this on the 3080 12gb gaming oc. Thermal pads are on both sides.
OH WOW , YOU MADLAD
Of all the gpus u had to choose the 3080
I'm a dangerous man. 😅
@@DawidDoesTechStuff thats quite clear lol
@@DawidDoesTechStuff :(
poor 3080
Aluminium and liquid metal: exists
Russia: *heavy slavic breathing*
Hungary: *sweats nervously*
Aluminum*
"Aluminium" is not a real word.
@@BennyGoId its the british way. We Americans spell it different
@@BennyGoId
"Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. It is a silvery-white, soft, non-magnetic and ductile metal in the boron group." -Wikipedia
"Aluminum (Al), also spelled aluminium, chemical element, a lightweight silvery white metal of main Group 13 (IIIa, or boron group) of the periodic table. Aluminum is the most abundant metallic element in Earth’s crust and the most widely used nonferrous metal. Because of its chemical activity, aluminum never occurs in the metallic form in nature, but its compounds are present to a greater or lesser extent in almost all rocks, vegetation, and animals. Aluminum is concentrated in the outer 16 km (10 miles) of Earth’s crust, of which it constitutes about 8 percent by weight; it is exceeded in amount only by oxygen and silicon. The name aluminum is derived from the Latin word alumen, used to describe potash alum, or aluminum potassium sulfate, KAl(SO4)2∙12H2O." -britannica.com
Try exposing yourself to dialects of English outside of North America next time.
I'm feeling Hungary for war.
@@bolshevikY2K most North American don’t give a fuck about how other say it lol. As long as we understand, we’re cool
Love how Dawid can mess around with a 3080 testing how much or how little liquid metal he can put on a gpu and I'm clutching my 1050ti worried that it'll breakdown from old age...
your 1050ti will survive till 2030 atleast, dont worry computers last a long time
@@CheekiBreeki-mq2my Yeah, surprisingly, unless something catastrophic happens to a PC, they tend to last indefinitely, assuming they're treated well and dusted. People usually replace devices prematurely because they want a performance boost out of new technology, not because their device suddenly broke. PCs absolutely can wear out, but it's not a guarantee, and I've noticed that the vast majority of my electronics and computers are probably going to outlast me if I keep using them forever.
@@VectorGaming4080 well my gt740 is getting very old and the silicone is degrading so much i have to downclock it but itll work for another 10 years so your kinda right
PC components surivive so extremly long. They onlyest thing i managed to kill was a Xeon CPU because I overclocked it over the limits. :s But it's been running awesome speeds tho. But even with that extreme stupid oc it survived 3 years... and I bought it used.. so it lasted like 10-12 years even with stupid oc
@@CheekiBreeki-mq2my In the last 15 or 20 years I have only had one catastrophic GPU failure and that was an old ATI X1600 where the capacitors ruptured quite spectacularly but that was in the early 2000s when there was a year or two where products across the tech industry were failing due to bad capacitors.
so happpy to see dawid getting sponsors he deserves it
Thank you! That's very kind of you.
Of all GPU's, you do this on a 3080, the most scarce GPU of 2020 XD
Edit 2 months later: Holy, 298 likes, thanks Internet! I even got noticed by Dawid himself!
Hahaha!! I like to live dangerously.
I wouldn't buy a Nvidia card at gunpoint. Radeon is catching up and it has no shady business practices like Nvidia.
Every build i've made in the last year has been Radeon with Zero complaints.
@@MichaelClark-uw7ex I'm sure amd is fine but I like my nvidia products. Regardless of their "shady business practices" theyre solid designs.
@@Fractal_blip Would you buy products from say Nazi Germany because they were solid designs?
There is no difference.
Are you an apologist for MicroSoft's shady business practices too?
I only buy them because its a monopoly and I have no choice, Linux won't run my programs.
@@MichaelClark-uw7ex i am not so sure that's a fair comparison. The nvidia cards are quite a bit more power efficient lol lmao nazi Germany ofc they had some of most solid engineering for everything from guns to toilets.
but the real question is will it let yourself shine?
Of course.
I'm so glad you do all these Dawid, just so I don't have to.
Excellent video!
“All is well in the world, I didn’t destroy my 3080 with liquid metal, but something was definitely wrong”
Me: War in Hungary
@moose17m what war in hungary ?
@@MarcusDavidus. go to 3:05
@@MarcusDavidus. and 3:34 (I’m guessing there is quite a few of those jokes)
This is really awesome to see you try liquid metal. I can say from experience that it does immensely help with leveling out the temps as an example, on my 7700k, I got a 15c decrease under load and the fluctuation of temperatures was decreased by 5c. I hope you can come back to this at some point, it's much more difficult to do this on a GPU, and I myself wouldn't dare try this!
I have an 8700k from silicon lottery that was delided and put on liquid metal, Its been at 5.3ghz for 5-6 years, still under 60c gaming. Just amazing. Upgrading to 13900KS next month though lol, 24 core 6ghz sounds to juicy.
I'm hungarian and the war thing is actually true...
Me Hungarian too but... Huh?
I love Dawid's types of connections or metaphors, such an accurate representation
This went about as well as I expected when I saw your preview posts. Still, it's nice to learn from other's mistakes, especially when it's as entertaining as Dawid's mistakes lol
Dawid: But I learned my lesson.
*Narrator: Of course he didn't, it's Dawid.*
Hope we get an update with the correct thermal pads. Will be interesting to see if it actually makes any difference.
Love the honesty with the sponsored kit - No doubt they expected "worked flawlessly / best i've seen" whilst you go with "worked surprisingly well"
It was a wild ride and it was my pleasure my friend. I think a future video with some thermal pad fixes or a custom/better GPU cooler might be in order and I for one would love to watch!
3-6 months later... "liquid metal killed my 3080" then 1-2 years later. liquid metal killed my PS5
And after that, it starts eyeballing your family!
lasts more than 2 years. my 8086k delided and with liquid metal is still clocking 5.4ghz for over 2 years.
@@pauloa.7609 my 7700k does 5ghz with liquid metal, i swapped it 2 times and it looks like small amounts do get burned or something. Because evreytime I cleaned it there is alot of “ashe” coming of it, grey substance. Also the die isnt shiny as day one, it has gotten hazy. But temps never get above 70c.
I think ps5 come shipped with liquid metal by default
@lucky m3x no what, my dude?
Hmm maybe I should try messing with liquid metal on my PC once...
Believe me, you don't want to do this, otherwise you will set your pc on fire 🔥
That liquid metal is going to short the rest of the system, so do the preparation with insulation pads.
Dont let your power supply touch the case!!!
@@After_Pasta Yeah I understood his trolling
Wow I didn't know Dawid likes me enough to give me a heart!
Hopefully this will cheer you up about thermal pads. On my EVGA 2060 the minimum thickness of pad is 5mm with one section at 10mm. (2x5mm pad stacked on top of each other) This is the factory shipped version. Great video.
Heading towards 200K, that's awesome dude. Great video as always man.
Liquid Metal is best when coating both the GPU and the Coolers plate then when theyre laid back on top of each other they essentially bond together giving much better transferance of heat same with when you delid a cpu. however you need to stencil exactly where the gpu makes contact i used a scribe to draw the impression of the thermal paste made on the cooler and essentially painted between the lines, the same thin coating should be applied on both sides.
Could use a thermal imaging tool to find the hotspot that's causing issues
ssshhh that wouldn't be as fun to watch
So nice to see someone make PC repairs as I do :). I really enjoyed this video.
You should also have considered using K5 Pro Thermal Putty to replace the pads. It's a thick, viscous putty like stuff that's not electrically conductive, but can be compressed/flow to fit gaps and is meant to replace conventional thermal pads. It's a bit of a pain to work with, but it's effective, and very adaptable due to its playdough like consistency.
Hi, just started to watch your video with this one. You tried liquid metal and got probably 2-3c. Actually if you really wanna optimise thermals, power and performance. Undervolting is something to consider. I am able to run 1860@837mV and temps around 65c (25c room temp) and almost avg power draw of 250-260w. My card anyways use to throttle at 78c and stock clocks would settle at 1850-1900. So it's a win win situation for me. Zero investment, very easy and nothing to worry at all.
Interestingly, I had the same exact thing happened to me, except on my laptop. I repasted it 6 times before I got the thermal pad configuration right and I actually had to use 4 thermal pads and thermal "goo" applications on two of the remaining VRAMs because 1mm TP was too thick and 0.5mm was too thin. Nevertheless, after my 7th and final attempt, it's running better than ever and I can actually push some decent overclcok with good temps!
Third video I watch. Okay I've subscribed. Your sense of humor and how you mock yourself is hilarious.
Yup, thermal pads are the issue, Jay and his 2 cents mentioned that when reapplying new thermal pads you have to put on the correct thickness pads. But keep going, I'd like to see the temps with the correct pads and liquid metal. 👍🙋♂️
The risk/reward ratio of liquid metal application is far too unfavorable to try it on an expensive components.
Unless you're a youtuber, of course - then it makes for an potentially dramatic video;)
Haha!! I 100% agree. Also considering that it corrodes over time, it just doesn't seem worth it to me.
Meh, risky yes but definitely worth it in some cases to me. High end laptop was an oven out the box. After a little LM treatment you have to intentionally try to thermal throttle it with OC's or it'll never even get close
@@DawidDoesTechStuff it doesnt corrode, it absorbs into it. kinda weird chemically.
www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3362-how-liquid-metal-affects-copper-nickel-and-aluminum-corrosion-test
Oh god. I was freaking out when installing my 5600x, I can't imagine the stress of dismanteling a 3080 ten freaking times.
Honestly Pc Hardware is really simple, its all lego pieces that do a certain thing when in a certain spot.
@@bloodbath-and-beyond I meant ryzen 5 5600x, tho the 5600xt is also a great product lol
honestly only idiots manage to break gpu's when taking it apart by droping it, or stuff on it.
That must have been frustrating lol. I applied liquid metal to my evga 970 FTW+ a while ago. After some months, I noticed crazy temps. Took it apart and it was all dried out. Whatever was on there was rock hard. I had to sand the liquid metal off the cooler plate, and carefully sand it off the top of the GPU die too. Didn't reapply, just stuck mx-4 back on but that was very blah lol.
I've had one gaming pc 2 years ago, a cyber power with an fx4300 & a rx460 2gb. I just recently was sparked to build my first rig. I've got all my parts ordered for my tower and am coming in a touch under $600. Stumbled upon your videos while just doing some research for my build. I am really enjoying your videos and have watched quite a few the last week. 👍
Very brave of you to do this with your 3080 instead of using an older card.
Don't worry man, replacing just the thermal pads had me opening up my 3080 about a dozen times over a week. Damn weird thicknesses.
Did this to my 2070 super, when I delidded and and did a liquid metal application on my 3900x. Haven't seen gpu temps hit 70 C since, and it's boosting up to 2100 MHz with my OC set. Definitely an underrated procedure, that can unlock some gpu potential, without having to get a $250 waterblock, made just for that card!
Would have loved seeing some of those sponsored Christmas lights in your rtx 3080.
At least you could have hung it in the Christmas tree then, if it was no longer able to compute.
AKA flexing on everyone who can’t buy one by ruining a 3080
Oh yesss! Dawid you leg-end, messing with liquid metal is exactly what I asked for :D
Leg-end... Haha... Ha. Ha. Ha...
Should try this again in the future with a water cooling block and liquid metal and see how far you can bring temps down on stock clock and then try to overclock back to OG base temps. I think that would be an extremely intriguing video.
Maybe you could shave the spacers of the cooler down a bit? That would solve the contact problem. The paste seems to cover the bigger gap better, since it is a lot thicker than liquid metal.
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I've always been concerned with using liquid metal, but watching you do it gives me some confidence.
Don't do it. Liquid metal is for nerd idiots that like watching "nice" numbers on their screens. The difference in temps is minimal against good thermal paste and you have a big risk of shorting something in the card and fry it.
unless your an extreme overclocking guru who knows what their doing you run the risk of completely destroying your graphics card
It is not worth it unless you know what you are doing. Unless you are well versed in overlocking GPU’s for any meaningful results, leave it alone. You can still get some extra fps by doing a slight clock without doing this, and that’s usually enough. The higher you go, the less return you see, and unless you have a good grasp of modding your GPU for extreme voltage changes, forget it. Whether your GPU runs 52 or 62 degrees during a game, does not matter.
Now if you use your GPU for machine learning purposes for example, then yes you gain something. But keep in mind that I only see a benefit because I push a pair of linked 3090’s hard - much harder than any game ever will. It can also be of value if you do multi-layer Fx editing or GPU renders, but forget it for gaming.
The point of LM is not to always reduce the core temps directly, but rather the rate it takes for the heat goes from GPU to the heatsink so it gets cooled faster.
Even though the fans will still ramp up regardless if the temps are the relatively the same, at maximum load and contentions operation it will be easier to get read of heat especially in temperature spikes and if the cooler also touches other components, for obvious reasons that benefits them as well.
"A quick goog." Love it
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@@volsavious2319 yup..why not.. let creator die without money right
@@AjdamusMagnus of coursem
Thank you for another entertaining video. What I’ve learned from this one is that I do not ... emphasize the word NOT ... want to ever tear down a video card. 😂
you need to look at the GPUZ and see hotspot temps vs gpu temps.
if they re different, you have not enough liquid metal or its not contacting the heatsink very well due to pad sizes.
Thermal Pads are hard to find locally in Central Arkansas also. Tried several stores & called several repair shops to buy some. I had to order from Amazon & wait 2 days...lol
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That was impressively fast
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This guy: has an rtx 3080
Me: Cries in intel hd 1st gen graphics
Jesus
In The EVGA X1 Precision software it will tell you the temps of all the different parts of the card. I'm not sure about the 3080 but the 3090 has 10 different temps sensors that you could look at.
Dawid, Great nail biting video.....
Isn't the thermal throttle issue a driver problem? Read that there were issues with drivers causing thermal throttle.
I was also worried that the sensor was located next to the GPU which you painted in varnish, but guess the sensor is in the heat-sink?
Dam you make me laugh, one day later no improvement. Love ya work lol.
What about GT 710 Liquid Metal Edition ?
nice question, imagine putting the best octane gas in your old cheapo car
I am in love with Conducornaut. That stuff is amazing (in my case). I have a Dell G5 gaming laptop. The CPU would thermal throttle at a moment's notice. Apply some liquid metal, and I can't get it to throttle now, no matter what kind of load I use. Yes, it gets toasty and the fans scream like a banshee, but it works.
So I have the same result with my gpu, it appears we both ran into the thermal limit of the cooler itself, and it's not a matter of conducting the heat better but dissapating it. I have a friend with an RX580 sapphire pulse who saw great improvements with LM.
So basically, use thermal paste like everyone else 😆
Haha!! Exactly.
YES liquid metal is a trap it will ruin anything it touches, I wouldn't trust it within 10 feet of my PC.
@@MichaelClark-uw7ex i have it on my delided I7 8086K at 5.4ghz for over 2 years now.
@@pauloa.7609 8086 at 5.4 ghz?
My old 8086 only ran at 5 mhz, 1000 times slower.
That is some extreme overclocking, but only in 8 bits, that would kind of defeat the purpose.
@@MichaelClark-uw7ex I7 8086K, a special binned edition of the 8700K, you silly dude.
Everytime Dawid says "kewler", you take a drink. 😂
hey Dawid is lit up like a Christmas tree😂😂😂😂😂😂
When you said "war will break out in Hungary for some reason" I straight up lost it wow
That was a good idea re the nail polish but was this worth all the trouble? Plus how did you clean off the metal compound from the silicon chip after you decided to not use it?
YOU KNOW KEANU REEVES?
Yes, yes he does.
Yes, yes he does.
Ya
I like how he said aluminum “alaminion” 3:05
thats.. how it is supposed to be pronounced you know?
@@chazvr4997 yeah I just like how he says it with his accent I’m American and we say it differently
@@lucid4984 thats the way we pronounce it here in england, just like how you call a bin a trash can.
@@chazvr4997 oh wow that’s cool
@Muzza we say it with a different accent so it sounds soooo off haha
The pads on my card have torn/cracked a few times , if you warm them up in your hands you can squeeze them like putty, make the shape you need and re apply has always worked for me
preparation is key and so is a bit of clear nail polish on the bypass caps on the CPU
I’ve heard rumours that some of these cards have some sort of tamper protection and that they act weird after disassembly
I applied liquid metal on my water cooled 3090, now it can maintain a GPU clock of 2190 MHz with max temps of 35 C (ambient is 19 C).
I got the EKWB block. Asus sell a 3090 with an EKWB block instead of an air cooler.
I don't believe you.
@@trisbane4086 , believe what you want. It’s not like you’d believe any screenshot I take. Keep in mind I was using the EVGA FTW3 500W bios. I just recently reverted to the Strix bios for resizeable bar support and it now boosts up to 2160 MHz. Can’t say I miss the 30 MHz drop in frequency though, probably only useful for benchmark scores
@@Alm8hoorOW Ok, I believe you.
Have you considered the gap between your processor die and the copper? I would imagine putting thicker or even just new pads on there created a rather large space between the two. I probably would have gone with thin thermal pads and even before that tested to see what the gap was between the two before even moving on to adding the liquid metal.
I actually got the light strips a couple of months before this video and they've actually worked really well for me, the app it's a little finicky but they seem really cool
I'd like to hear Dawid say: 3050.
Thuddy fiddy
@@_._shinonome_._Thiddy fufty ;)
Dawid: “Today we will be cooling our rtx 3080 with liquid metal!”
Me: Can’t afford either of those things😅🤣
Kraken g12 with an x53 aio is perfect for gpus, had it on 1660ti, 1080ti and currently 2080ti. Temps are great.
I thought the EVGA cards had temp sensors on the VRM's? I think you have to use precision x to see the temps tho
3:09 as a Hungarian, i would love that :D Wee need some war bad.
Ditto 😃
Well, the laast couple of wars didn't go really well, so please be careful with your liquid metal.
I thought I was the only one here, but please skip the war part
I'm not first but I am part of the discord noti gang
@Tayshaun Sandy _smooth_
Thanks for the heart dawid, for the 2nd time.
Hi Dawid!! Which thermal compound you prefer/recommend to use? Big Fan from Dominican Republic!!
Dawid is the most humorous tech youtuber. Cant change my mind
As a Hungarian I take this project very seriously... lol
Does Dawid say "3080" the same way as "30 A.D."?
Not the techiest tech channel. But I enjoy your personality and accent, so I keep coming back for more
What a suspenseful video. I'm glad for the happy ending.
your CPU , GPU , RAM & MEM app in the top left corner - what is that and can it be downloaded or is that something that was an add on with your graphics card ....... nice that everything finally worked out .
Hi David, had same issue, couldn't get thermal pads in my country for old HD6970, did a ghetto method and added Noctua nt-h2 thermal paste thick grain on all vrms and memory modules. Unbelievably after a month of gaming it still works, even got my temps about 20C cooler on GPU then before. Unfortunately XFX HD6970 don't have separate VRM temp sensor so no idea what is happening there
I have an older MSI laptop with a GTX960M and the liquid metal made a significant difference in the GPU temps. Under load it dropped about 9-10C and no longer throttles. It was scary applying it but well worth it for the performance I got from it. It is too bad that the CPU side of the heatsink is aluminum as the i7-5700HQ runs a bit warm. The GPU heat sink is copper though.
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I have a blower-style GTX 1060. If I replace this blower and install a fan (AMD cpu cooler fan) on the heatsink of the GPU; temps get better. But I am worried about the VRMs temps. This card doesn't have an onboard vrms temp measure sensor and I don't have any infrared thermometer to check it.
So, should I use the modded cooling solution or stock blower cooler?
Hey man go take a look at my time laps on liquid metal application when I added a water block to my one GPU ... it’s basically for liquid cooling as the coolant can bring the GPU close to ambient. The goal is that you want the fastest transfer of heat from the GPU in to the water block and then in to the coolant ... enjoy
The limiting factor with the XC3 is not the heat transfer between the die and the cooler, but it is the heat transfer between the cooler and the surrounding air. Your result definitely shows that as well.
To truly utilize the potential of liquid metal, you need a water block because at the point, the limiting factor is indeed how quickly you can get that heat away from the die into the cooler. A water block is able to absorb the heat from the die much quicker and more efficiently than an air cooler.
You will see either a temperature difference or you will see higher clocks at the same temperature with liquid metal and waterblock. Also, the other benefit would be that you would be running close to 40-45C so the die will run much more efficiently to begin with. So you will be able to boost up higher while using the same amount of wattage (and therefore getting more performance at the same heat output).
Sounds familiar. I had a ZOTAC card (can’t remember what kind) but when I disassembled it to put better thermal paste on it (which is what I always do, because it’s such an easy few degrees gain) I noticed how much ZOTAC put on it. On closer examination, I noticed how the heatsink did not quite touch the GPU when there was no thermal paste on it. I think they did this on purpose, to make it impossible to break the card by screwing the HS on too tightly. Downside of course is you need more paste, but I suspect that’s cheaper than throwing away cards that were overtightened at the factory or came in from warranty claims because of this.
nice video! i think it would be awesome to see the same experience but using a GPU water block.
Done liquid metal on my stock AMD 5700XT and worked really was a big drop in temps but to make good contact i needed to add 1mm plastic washers under the cooler bracket to increase pressure between the cooler and the die. I wonder if you are having the same problem i had
Your issue is due to memory junction temperature. If your memory get to 110c your card Will thermal throttle. You can check memory temperature with hwid info. They are memory chips on the back of the pcb maybie those one are the issue.
I had the same problem with my 3090 adding more thermal pad on the back helped a lot
Heating the die with a heat gun of hairdryer helps literally flow the LM flow and form well around the whole die !!!
I could listen to you all day long.
I still want to see liquid metal rwplacing water in a custom loop, i know it might (and porbably will) destroy something, but the idea is way too cool
liquid metal is pretty heavy if you were to fill a custom loop, also pretty expensive and not sure how the pump would do
For the part where you protect the soldering around the cpu there is a more specialized product you can use called conformal coating
hi I want to ask is it true that conformal coating works? I intend to use Kapton tape.. but many also recommend conformal coating as far as I know it is used on drones or mobile RC to protect it from water
This might be a bit late but maybe this bit of info is useful to someone else, so it seems that he lack of contact between the die and the backplate once moving to liquid metal can be compensated by using 4 small round washers on the 4 screws of that rectangular frame as seen at 05:22.
Here's my experience with Silver King/Liquid Metal: I Watched a lot of tutorials on using Liquid Metal on GPU (1080ti) die before deciding to go this path. Finally took the plunge. It is really only for the dedicated, somewhat risk taking enthusiast, but so far worth the results (compared to 2 year old stock paste). I am using it on my 2 year old EVGA 1080Ti FTW3, which was starting to show higher temps with the old stock paste (which was on the dry side after 2 years of use). My before and after (controlled 70% fan speed) 10 min Heaven Benchmark tests showed a reduction of max stable temps from 78C (holding 1936 Mhz) to 63C (holding 1949 Mhz). The increase in temps is also slower, so in real game use the temps generally stay in the 50s with lower fan RPM. The price of this Liquid Metal is comparable to MX-4, but the risk, reward and difficulty of use is far higher. I must say, it was a bit of a tough process to carefully coat the resistors around the GPU die with clear Nail polish (without getting it on the die) and getting the right (min) amount of liquid metal on the die and the heatsink. This was all done in June 2020, and so far all's well and GPU has been keeping its 'Cool' ;)
About a year later, has anything gone wrong?
@@leyzic9272 its all good. No issues and temps are stable