Thread 714012894

You're not putting off your yearly PC maintenance because you're lazy, right /v/?

>>714012894 (OP)
>yearly
lol

that's an AI article, right?

>>714013087
It's all AI now

I've had my current PC for 8 years and I only dust it out every once in awhile.

>>714012894 (OP)
It's hilaroous how small the actual video card is compared to the cooler

>>714012894 (OP)
>paste on a gpu

>>714012894 (OP)
>not just using a kryosheet

>>714013087
not really. anyone buying a used graphics card has to go through this.

>>714012894 (OP)
completed my paste and pad change like 2 weeks ago, gpu is like brand new now

>>714012894 (OP)
I never did any maintenance on my old computer and I had it for over a decade.

>>714013087
yep

>>714012894 (OP)
>thermal paste
>on grafics card

>>714013396
>>714013687
literally 99% of all factory made gpus come with paste, and if you faggots are implying ptm use, its overrated, you need your gpu to work properly now not in the next 2 months

>>714013396
What do you think they use instead, peanut butter?

>>714013908
>literally 99% of all factory made gpus come with paste
Yes, that doesn't mean when you disassemble it it is a good idea to put paste on there. graphite sheet has no mess, is easier to install, lasts forever, isn't as sensitive in coverage so you have more leeway when screwing the heatsink back on and cools extremely well.

>>714013908
>>714014146
have you thought that maybe gpu manufacturers use paste because they want it to go bad after a certain time so you would unscrew your gpu and void the warranty?

>>714014229
thermal paste doesn't "go bad" pseud

>>714014552
it quite literally turns into a solidified piece of shit over time and the thermal conductivity decreases

>>714014552
all organic material goes bad. including you and your oled.

I'm a positive air pressure chad and I don't even have to clean dust. The less you touch your PC the better.

>>714014863
not to an extent that actually matters and nowhere near within the lifespan of the device.
you can close your google search tabs now.

>>714012894 (OP)
I let my PCs be built for me so I never even put on thermal paste in the first place.
I unironically thought for years that putting paste into your CPU, or wherever it goes into, was a meme like when people shared fake articles about the iPhone now having the ability to charge in your microwave. You know, so that people destroy their hardware

>>714015036
Positive was when you have more intake than exhaust right?

>>714014229
>>714014863
this is true but they put cheap paste, it doesn't meat ALL paste is bad, in fact there are some really good ones that give the same performance as ptm and cryosheet if not better (assuming applied correctly)

>>714015170
doesn't matter, graphite sheet is still better in every single way

>>714013468
>anyone buying a used graphics card has to go through this
OP's article isn't about people buying used cards. I don't know where the fuck you got that idea from. The Roach in the article is saying that you should be pulling your GPU off the board and applying new paste once per year, which is not only unnecessary but a completely retarded thing to say.

>>714015478
the irony is you just replied to an AI post

>>714015478
>pulling your GPU off the board and applying new paste once per year, which is not only unnecessary but a completely retarded thing to say.
absolutely, if your thermals are normal you don't need to touch shit.

>>714014229
GPU warranty is like 3 years max. By the time you want to replace your paste, the warranty would already voided anyway.

yeah, good luck with that on my inno3d 3090

>>714015940
Not on the more powerful cards, shit like 7900XTX burns through the cheap paste and pads they apply in less than 3 years. Speaking from experience.

>disassemble your GPU for a 1~2.5 degree C decrease in temperatures
Something only a cringey asian boy whose made his entire personality "building PCs" would do, it literally makes no difference.

>>714016116
>7900xtx
You asked for it

>>714016369
And I got it. Pretty happy with the card.

>>714015478
i ctrl+f and didnt find shit>>714015734
>>714015823

>>714014060
peanut butter is bad for that, toothpaste works almost as good as thermal paste, just with a fraction of it's costs, and you can even take care of your oral hygiene with what is left of the paste, which is cool i guess.

>>714012894 (OP)
>Running Furmark before and after the replacement, the card peaked at around 70 degrees Celsius in both cases. However, idle temperatures were much better. Prior to the replacement, my ideal temperatures were in the high 30s, somewhere around 36 to 38 degrees. After the replacement, my idle temperatures never went above 32 degrees
Imagine did all of those for four degrees difference in fucking idle lmao.

>>714012894 (OP)
>fan cooled gpu
Normies. Normies run this board.

>>714012894 (OP)
The thermal paste gets changed when I change the CPU
no exceptions

>>714017093
>toothpaste works almost as good as thermal paste
funny you should say this because I recently bought toothpaste with volcanic ash or whatever and it literally looks like grey thermal paste, good for a prank

>>714012894 (OP)
I've only replaced the thermal paste on cpu & GPU. As for cleaning dust out hell no I'm too lazy and I live in an apartment. Dont want dust flying everywhere.

>>714018432
lmao explains a lot

It has been more than 5 years and i havent change the paste(cpu & gpu, what am i in for?

>>714012894 (OP)
Is this article a ploy from GPU manufacturers to get retards void their warranty or something?

>>714012894 (OP)
I replaced the thermal paste and pads on my 970 after 8 years because I was giving it to someone else and it ran 30C cooler.

>>714012894 (OP)
I did it on a couple of Zotac 3090s a while ago. The thermal paste on the die itself wasn't the problem but the stock thermal pads that are supposed to keep the VRAM cool were fucking horrible. For some reason the stock ones were those thick oily pieces of shit that resembled sticky rubber feet more than something that's supposed to conduct heat.
Swapping them out helped temps a lot and the card never goes over 70C now even if you push it to the limit. The cards now stay quiet instead of hitting 85C over modest usage and having the triple fans go off like a fucking helicopter.

>>714019353
What sort of thermal pads did you replace them with?

>>714013908
They use the shittiest paste possible that is likely to dry out after a year or two.

My GTX 1080ti started to cause issues after ~6 years of use.
I searched for what might be the cause and that got me to change the thermal paste within the GPU
Cleaned up the old paste, added new layer, this completely fixed the GPU and its issues
But the malfunctioning gave me a premature scare so I sold it for ~300 bucks and bought a bit better AMD GPU

Changing the thermal paste of your GPU is legit, but can be a hassle. Also voids the warranty once you remove the tape from the screw, but by the time you're changing the paste, that warranty has probably run out.

My temps are fine, it can help in certain cases but I wouldn't say it's mandatory.

>>714012894 (OP)
>yearly
lmao. Built five years ago, never even opened up the case since then. Sure, my GPU idles at 50 degrees but whatever.

>>714019835
Forgot to mention: the 6 year old thermal paste was completely dried up, no surprise there. Changing the paste can actually breathe new life to the GPU, so don't throw yours away at the immediate signs of malfunctioning.

doesnt taking it apart void your warranty?
why would you do that? I mean unless you had it for like 8 years

I repasted my 4090 and my hotspot went from 110c to 70c

>>714019464
Brand-wise I used one of the cheaper commonly recommended brands. I don't remember their name but basically a single level above random no-name chinkshit in terms of price for pads.
In terms of thickness, I just looked up what that specific model uses. In this case the back and the front both used differently sized pads so I had to buy two different versions. This seems to vary depending on what third party card you got so I recommend doing some research beforehand.
The swap itself was piss easy.

You shouldn't change the thermal paste or pads on your GPU unless you're having temperature issues. It does nothing.

>>714013908
No they dont dung brain zoomie
They all use thermal pads because the jews at the factory can save cents off the dollar by using garbage precut pads vs having a machine apply paste
Why do you think intel is so bad now? They swapped IHS for fucking thermal pads

>>714013908
Most new high end GPU models come with ptm now and it's only going to get more widespread. It works great right out of the box and doesn't dry up overtime. My card came with PTM runs at like 60C under 100% load out of the box. The implication that you need two months for it to "cure" is retardo cope by you. It's the superior thermal interface and anyone not using it is wrong. Simple as.

>>714020052
What kind of issues were you having? I have a 1070 that died pretty suddenly, wondering if it was dried-up paste.

>>714020756
They use thermal pads because not all the components that need to be cooled are of a uniform height, you retard.

>>714020192
Warranty void if removed stickers aren't legal even in the land of no consumer rights. Also if you're repasting your GPU you might be out of warranty anyways if it's been 3+ years.

>>714012894 (OP)
Unless you have an old ass card, you don't need to repaste it. Just RMA if you have temp issues.

fuck your temps did you get better peformance or not

>>714013087
Who do you think is writing these articles after they laid off the entire staff? The CEO? Don't be silly, he's got a golden parachute he's busy packing.

Sold my old 2080ti to a friend for cheap, got that card several years ago from another friend. Never bothered to change the termal paste and the guy I sold it to did. It went down 12 degrees in Celsius when running the furry ring of stress.

>keeps your gpu cool during summer

You are welcome, gwailo.

>>714021912
ROG Astral is already exist.

>>714022149
Those coolers suck dick and only cover the main gpu die, sometimes not even the memory.

>>714021050
I had been playing the same games for years on end and they all suddenly started to run badly, awful framerates, sometimes I'd get black screens, I'd have to restart my PC often to fix bad performance.
After changing the paste, all of these issues ceased, so my logical conclusion was that the issue wasn't with other parts of the PC. I had the same parts for a while with the new AMD GPU, so I'm quite sure it was the 1080ti, with the old crusty paste.

There's this paste cleaning liquid that smells like candy, comes in two bottles, first one to clean the gunk, second one to prepare the surface for new paste. Cleaning and reapplying was quite easy, despite having never done it before. First time opening a GPU too.

>>714022950
> I'd have to restart my PC often to fix bad performance.
forgot to mention that my PC would sometimes crash as well

>>714021912
>keeps your gpu cool during summer
>doubles as a convenient water dispenser if you hook it up to your water coolor
the comfiest solution

I ran numerous machines all year round 24/7 minus a few Texas brown outs for over 1.5years and the paste was still fine.

>>714013087
unless it's someones individual blog, you have to presume (and can usually very easily tell) EVERYTHING is written by a bot, I've noticed medium have gotten extremely bad for it lately, we've gone back to the days of RTFM because any tech articles online are now just useless slop

>>714012894 (OP)
Nigga I've got a 7litre case, those cables are stuffed tighter than your mom's this-or-other

>>714012894 (OP)
Nope, not yearly, but I used a brush this year. It's never been cleaner.

>>714015268
NTA, but yes. Doesn't make sense, does it? There doesn't seem to be anything on the internet actually bothering to explain how blowing more air into a PC actually repels dust. I inadvertedly have slightly more negative pressure myself.