I figured maybe I should create my own thread for results rather than crapping (any further) on Jokester's recent thread.
Wasn't too hard to get apart. The video I saw seemed to suggest it was a ton of screws.... It was only somewhere around 10 or 12. Definitely a spot on the core/chiplets which looked like it didn't have very good contact (if any at all). Cleanup with 99% alcohol + a small artist's paintbrush was relatively easy... the factory installed TIM was as close to MX4 as it could get.
The Thermal Grizzly tim was a lot thicker and needed to be spread with the included spatula. I replaced all of the thermal pads, but really the only one that seemed to be falling apart was the one on the r/h middle from the top pic (VRMs?). It was a different consistency than the strips on the memory chips and crumbled almost like clay. Not sure if it's a different product or if that's the affects of heat over time.
Just did the tim this afternoon so I've been trying to cycle it to see if heat curing makes any kind of difference.
That's my current idle temps immediately after boot. More than happy with a 9c delta between GPU and Hotspot temps. Not sure what the hell is going on with my memory usage though..........
Those were the two 10 minute runs I did prior to re-doing the tim. The hot spot peaking @ 92c was my main concern. Still supposedly in spec, but too high IMO.
That's time spy extreme after about 6 hours of heat cycling. Definite improvement on the hotspot, but slightly higher on the memory + junction. Interestingly, fan speed is significantly lower.... I wonder if I'm getting better temps on the GPU which is lowering the fan speed for a target of 60c thus moving less air over the memory?
Wasn't too hard to get apart. The video I saw seemed to suggest it was a ton of screws.... It was only somewhere around 10 or 12. Definitely a spot on the core/chiplets which looked like it didn't have very good contact (if any at all). Cleanup with 99% alcohol + a small artist's paintbrush was relatively easy... the factory installed TIM was as close to MX4 as it could get.
The Thermal Grizzly tim was a lot thicker and needed to be spread with the included spatula. I replaced all of the thermal pads, but really the only one that seemed to be falling apart was the one on the r/h middle from the top pic (VRMs?). It was a different consistency than the strips on the memory chips and crumbled almost like clay. Not sure if it's a different product or if that's the affects of heat over time.
Just did the tim this afternoon so I've been trying to cycle it to see if heat curing makes any kind of difference.
That's my current idle temps immediately after boot. More than happy with a 9c delta between GPU and Hotspot temps. Not sure what the hell is going on with my memory usage though..........
Those were the two 10 minute runs I did prior to re-doing the tim. The hot spot peaking @ 92c was my main concern. Still supposedly in spec, but too high IMO.
That's time spy extreme after about 6 hours of heat cycling. Definite improvement on the hotspot, but slightly higher on the memory + junction. Interestingly, fan speed is significantly lower.... I wonder if I'm getting better temps on the GPU which is lowering the fan speed for a target of 60c thus moving less air over the memory?
