my gpu (zotac 3080 10gb trinity oc) was getting extremely loud with hot spot temps often at 105c. i opened it up and found out why:
after plucking off the old pads with tweezers and cleaning off the residue from those and the paste with isopropyl alchohol and noctua na-scw1 wipes, i've arrived here:
as you can see, there's still some residue in places i just can't get off. should i worry about that? are my 85x45x2mm thermalright thermal pads and nt-h2 thermal paste good for the job here? should i go about applying them a certain way? anything else i should know? i'd greatly appreciate any and all advice since there's several hundred dollars riding on this
![IMG_3863.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.discordapp.net%2Fattachments%2F1024842539766919178%2F1058540754588414042%2FIMG_3863.jpg&hash=cc0ef7cd75298224e84f6c4ee2f71e8c)
after plucking off the old pads with tweezers and cleaning off the residue from those and the paste with isopropyl alchohol and noctua na-scw1 wipes, i've arrived here:
![IMG_4013.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.discordapp.net%2Fattachments%2F1024842539766919178%2F1058542615571742800%2FIMG_4013.jpg&hash=37ff79f283523466d699a6836cc99f65)
![IMG_4014.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.discordapp.net%2Fattachments%2F1024842539766919178%2F1058542615953412116%2FIMG_4014.jpg&hash=dced4abc81e1d5979a68fdad2932b713)
as you can see, there's still some residue in places i just can't get off. should i worry about that? are my 85x45x2mm thermalright thermal pads and nt-h2 thermal paste good for the job here? should i go about applying them a certain way? anything else i should know? i'd greatly appreciate any and all advice since there's several hundred dollars riding on this
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