Question Palit RTX 3080 High Temp. Difference

[DarkKnight53]

I've got a Palit RTX 3080, I bought it a year ago from someone else and never opened the card to check thermal pads and the paste.

I've done thermal paste on different gpus and cpus before but never touched thermal pads and wanted to see the situation on mine.

I think these are original thermal pads and they don't look in good shape

I opened it and changed the thermal paste. I saw some of the thermal pads were teared up and I tried to put it back to same place to not damage them further.

Before the thermal paste change my max gpu temp was 79, memory 85, hot spot 93.

After I opened it and changed the thermal my gpu temp is 73 but hot spot goes up to 103, there's a 30 celcius difference.

My question is, what could be causing this? Is it the bad thermal paste or teared pads.

Also what can I do to lower these temps. I have Phankteks P600 and its got a lot of room for gpu, good air flow with several fans but my gpu is still hitting 100+ on hot spot and 80+ on the core with max load.

Update with pictures and specs:
CPU: Ryzen 5600
Cpu Cooler: Scythe Mugen 5
PSU: Sharkoon Silentstorm Coolzero 850W 80+ Gold (2.5 years old)
MB: Gigabyte B550M DS3h
RAM: Kingston Fury Black 2x8 3600mhz
SSD: 2x m2 SSD
Case: Phanteks P600
Fans: 3x exhaust Akasa Viper (top and back) , 3x intake Phanteks 140mm (front)

Case Pictures

 

[Ralston18]

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

PSU: make, model, wattage, age, condition (original to build, new, refurbished, used)?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

Fans: make, model, locations, air flow directions?

Is it possible for you to take a couple of photographs showing the inside of the case?

If so, take photographs and post here via imgur (www.imgur.com).

 

[DarkKnight53]

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

PSU: make, model, wattage, age, condition (original to build, new, refurbished, used)?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

Fans: make, model, locations, air flow directions?

Is it possible for you to take a couple of photographs showing the inside of the case?

If so, take photographs and post here via imgur (www.imgur.com).

I updated the post

 

[Ralston18]

CPU cooler fan direction?

GPU fan? PSU fan?

Overall, it appears to me that the airflows could be conflicting to the point where little or no air flows in some places.

More fans does not necessarily mean more cooling.

Hopefully, there will be other thoughts and comments provided.

 

[drivinfast247]

The hotspot will on the GPU. Repaste again making sure there's full coverage on die.

 

[RodroX]

And be carefull that small pieces of broken thermal pads to not overlap to the other pads and create a bigger gap between the GPU/PCB and the Heatsink.

That way you will be sure every thermal sensity area is making the right contact with the heatsink.