EVGA 3070ti hotspot is too high 107.7°

[iWanacla]

Hi everyone, last week i bought thermal pads brand ''Gelid GP-Extreme'' for my gpu (3070ti ftw3 ultra) that started to have elevated temperatures (this card has never been open since 3years 6months). i opened with all instruments like anti-static band, plastic tray, etc. no damage to any component too. so i replace the thermal paste, the thermal paste was flaking and pads looks a little rocky just little.
short story, berfore change pads and thermal tempretures are 83° in general and hotspot was 95.1° and now general temperatures are 79-84.4 but the hot spot is 107.7 the higest pick
As far i know the thermal pads are 2.25mm (from fabric) and i use 2.5mm, 2.25 pads are scarce. after reading i see some people even replacing them with 3mm... i need help ;(.

 

[eidairaman1]

You didnt measure the gap is why.

 

[ty_ger]

Use thinner pads, or softer pads.

 

[kiddagoat]

Take your card back apart and get a picture of the imprint on the heat sink and pads. This will let you see where you are and aren’t making good contact.

EVGA 3070TI FTW3 thermal pads size and paste recommendations

It sounds like you aren’t making good contact and a pad possibly shifted during install.

If the pads are soft enough, 2.5mm instead of 2.25mm should be fine. And that place where there was putty, I’d recommend a 1mm pad as noted in the EVGA post. Putty is typical for smaller gapped areas and typically a pad wouldn’t be practical.

Still, take it apart and get a picture of how the heat sink looks.

 

[inquisitor1]

maybe a bit off topic but relevant, isnt there a telegram group that has specs/database on thermal pad sizes and such for different gpu?

I remember someone asking abou pad sizes and someone here posted the sizes. and they asked how he knew and said theres a telegram group for this

 

[StViolenceDay]

Don't know about groups, but here is a channel where a LOT of pad thickness are already posted.
Texts are in russian. The language shouldn't matter since the searchable model and the picture with pad thickness are langauge-agnostic.

https://t.me/termalpad_cards

 

[iWanacla]

i bought new pads from aliexpress, 2.25mm i tell you guys if something change thanks to all. this post is not solved yet.