While the GDDR6X memory can easily operate at high temperatures (above 100 ° C) and still fully complies with the specifications, the cooling capacity of the video card cooler is still undoubtedly suffering.
DandyWorks replaced the thermal staples that were supplied with ASUS RTX 3070 TI TUF graphics cards, on special copper pads. However, before someone has a similar idea, you should consider several things, for example, the fact that, unlike thermal paste, copper has a high conductivity. For this reason, proper isolation is required. In addition, copper pads are not so cheap as thermal staples, but still relatively cheap (~ 13 US dollars on Amazon).
YouTuber gives several recommendations based on copper pads. If the video card uses a cold plate in conjunction with a graphics processor and memory, it is recommended to use gaskets by 0.2 mm thinner. In the event that the cooling plate is not a common, gasket can be the same thickness as the original pads. In addition, since they are made of copper, they can be easily polished to the desired height.
It should also be noted that such a modification, especially with such an excess of the thermal paste, will cancel the warranty, but it may depend on the manufacturer of the video card and warranty rules in the region.
Users can argue whether such a number of thermal paste is needed under copper pads, but this does not change the fact that this pretty simple mode lowered the temperature from 110 ° C to 64 ° C under load. Dandy used software for cryptomining to check the temperature during long-term use.
Please note that it will not be comparable to the usual use of a graphics processor. Its video card reduced the clock frequency of the graphics processor and increased the speed of the memory. The fans were tuned to the speed of 100% (3000 rpm), which in many cases will be unbearable for the human ear. However, for science, all we need to know.