jamesman32
Limp Gawd
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Thanks in advance to any who may have ideas on how to fix this:
I have a Gigabyte GTX 1070 ITX card that I’ve just purchased a full-cover block for from Alphacool, the Eiswolf M04 in particular. I have an issue where the GPU die does not contact the water block. In game temps are as high as 92c (throttling) after just a few moments, while the CPU (same loop) sits comfortably around 32c under load. At idle the GPU sits around 38c which is near where it was on the stock cooler.
The install instructions were definitely natively written in German and then translated to English but the photos included in the guide were fairly helpful. I believe I’ve installed everything correctly (thermal pads, spacers, etc.) as I’ve taken the block apart and put it back together 8 times now with the same result each time. There’s a bit less than 1mm of gap between the block and GPU die when no thermal paste is applied and when there is paste, it’s not properly spread by contact (pics below for reference).
I’ve ordered a few copper shims of various thicknesses off Amazon but I’m curious if that’s really a “good” solution to this problem? I assume the stack up of shim plus TIM on either side will be less efficient than direct contact? I paid $140 for the GPU kit from Alphacool so I’d really like for the thermal results to be top notch. Is there anything else I should try before RMA? Will the shims work well?
I have a Gigabyte GTX 1070 ITX card that I’ve just purchased a full-cover block for from Alphacool, the Eiswolf M04 in particular. I have an issue where the GPU die does not contact the water block. In game temps are as high as 92c (throttling) after just a few moments, while the CPU (same loop) sits comfortably around 32c under load. At idle the GPU sits around 38c which is near where it was on the stock cooler.
The install instructions were definitely natively written in German and then translated to English but the photos included in the guide were fairly helpful. I believe I’ve installed everything correctly (thermal pads, spacers, etc.) as I’ve taken the block apart and put it back together 8 times now with the same result each time. There’s a bit less than 1mm of gap between the block and GPU die when no thermal paste is applied and when there is paste, it’s not properly spread by contact (pics below for reference).
I’ve ordered a few copper shims of various thicknesses off Amazon but I’m curious if that’s really a “good” solution to this problem? I assume the stack up of shim plus TIM on either side will be less efficient than direct contact? I paid $140 for the GPU kit from Alphacool so I’d really like for the thermal results to be top notch. Is there anything else I should try before RMA? Will the shims work well?