Ah yes, 30xx series Nvidia GPUs. Known for being out of stock. Extremely Showy. Extremely hot. While I can't help the overlyflashiness or outofstockiness, I can help with the overlyhotness. Join me as I delve into the world of copper modding a poor 3070 Ti and becoming its temperature savior. Featuring the memory torture test of Ethereum mining! Oh, joy! Of course, this doesn't only apply to 30xx series GPUs. Feel free to try this on some poor AMD RX 580, or some blower GTX 1080. You might just end up with the first blower GTX 1080 that doesn't overheat.

This GPU mod was done for fun. Replicate at your own risk.

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Questions and Answers:
Q: What size copper shims do I need?
A: If your GPU die and memory chips share the same cold plate, then .2mm less than the size of recommended thermal pads. If your memory die doesn’t share the cold plate (like in this video) then copper plates that are the exact size of your thermal pads will work.
Q: How much greater is the risk of shorting components?
A: If done correctly? Basically zero. Keyword correctly. If the copper plates are able to move easily, that’s an issue.
Q: What about galvanic corrosion?
A: There is no risk of galvanic corrosion, so long as you use a thermal paste with no metal particles in it. Yes, some thermal paste contains metal particulate. Why? Who knows!
Q: What is the flashing light around 13:10?
A: Motherboard status light. Not a short! :P
Q: Why do the SMDs look crooked at 5:43?
A: IDK, that’s the design of the board. They are still attached and mounted diagonally.

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