Did the .5mm gelid pads on the top plate and noctua H2 paste only, no memory pads, temps dropped 10'c in my server 😲 Thank you for the experimentations, saved me alot of time!
Dude - Golf Clap. Thanks so much, I've got an A4000 problem child right now and I'm going to take it apart tomorrow and do some pads as the original pads seem to have some oil leaking out of them.
I only have the one in an open air frame. These work much better in an enclosed server case. But, if you have it in an open air rig, I have a new video up where I did a heatsink mod. Not pretty, but it helps.
i wonder if a bigger heat sink with an extarnal fan make it better ? mine sits in an octominer server case still after a day of mining it does throttle or shut it self down, reboots. Change the pads with 1.5 mm but now its even hotter. So i will try your technique too !
I saw a guy add a heatsink to the back. Since its bare pcb, he added a 2mm thermal pad to keep from shorting out with a heatsink and fan, then zip tied it to stay in place. I now have this card back indoors so I will try this method soon.
i forgot to ask whats your Overclocks, i am on hiveos ad getting around 64-65 mh/s but at 125 Watts soon as drop it the mh/s goes down. I am running with 0 core and 3800 memory
Have you considered/used/heard of K5 pro thermal paste? I'm thinking about utilizing myself but I'm wondering if anyone else has had success with it yet. Thanks.
I watched a Linus video yesterday that they did a 3090 with it. They were taking it apart to do some power mods. Looked like a mess. But if it works go for it. But the a4000 isn't so much in need of better pads, its just the cooler on it is tiny. No pads or paste will help that tiny fan and heatsink. They really do well in an enclosed server case. Open air just doesn't cut it.
@@JoyofMining I watched the same video. They have another older video showcasing the K5 on the same card and a laptop and they saw some improvements. Didn't you see a huge improvement by connecting the backplate to the heatsink (which is what i'm planning to do now so thank you!)? And you run yours open right? Or do you enclose yours a little?
@@alexhurd1038 mine are in an open air rig. The "backplate" mod with a heatsink and fan that i did helped even more. The pads helped a little. ua-cam.com/video/0PxCoyEEsMI/v-deo.html
This is insightful info thank you. I have a Quadro RTX 4000, do you or anyone else reading this know if a repaste and thermal pads will have the same result? Also, do I have to use the .5mm pads on the metal bracket? I only have 1mm at this time.
@@JoyofMining I tried the Kritical 20 pads (.5mm) and temps went thru the roof (dont think the die made contact w the heatsink) however, Noctua NT-H2 paste under the heat sink on the metal plate worked great... thanks for a great vid though!
@@04DetroitLS now that things are warming up this spring, I will definitely be resisting the a4000. Currently the hottest card in the farm. All other cards at 47c and the a4000 is at 60c. Temps are well within safe limits, but I know I can do better :)
The box didn't say, but as far as washers go they where pretty thin. Just get small ones so they don't hang over the screw head too much. Dont want it touching any areas that have parts.
Awesome video man, love your voice over + recording style.
Best of luck
Thanks! Means a lot!
Did the .5mm gelid pads on the top plate and noctua H2 paste only, no memory pads, temps dropped 10'c in my server 😲 Thank you for the experimentations, saved me alot of time!
Dude - Golf Clap. Thanks so much, I've got an A4000 problem child right now and I'm going to take it apart tomorrow and do some pads as the original pads seem to have some oil leaking out of them.
I only have the one in an open air frame. These work much better in an enclosed server case. But, if you have it in an open air rig, I have a new video up where I did a heatsink mod. Not pretty, but it helps.
Did''n work this mod on the top on the plate on my PNY A4000, after changed pad on vram temp is 64 on gpu and 80 on vram
i wonder if a bigger heat sink with an extarnal fan make it better ? mine sits in an octominer server case still after a day of mining it does throttle or shut it self down, reboots. Change the pads with 1.5 mm but now its even hotter. So i will try your technique too !
I saw a guy add a heatsink to the back. Since its bare pcb, he added a 2mm thermal pad to keep from shorting out with a heatsink and fan, then zip tied it to stay in place. I now have this card back indoors so I will try this method soon.
i forgot to ask whats your Overclocks, i am on hiveos ad getting around 64-65 mh/s but at 125 Watts soon as drop it the mh/s goes down. I am running with 0 core and 3800 memory
Core locking will get those watts down. 100% power and core locked at 1110.
ua-cam.com/video/oksc_FXErA4/v-deo.html
Have you considered/used/heard of K5 pro thermal paste? I'm thinking about utilizing myself but I'm wondering if anyone else has had success with it yet. Thanks.
I watched a Linus video yesterday that they did a 3090 with it. They were taking it apart to do some power mods. Looked like a mess. But if it works go for it. But the a4000 isn't so much in need of better pads, its just the cooler on it is tiny. No pads or paste will help that tiny fan and heatsink. They really do well in an enclosed server case. Open air just doesn't cut it.
@@JoyofMining I watched the same video. They have another older video showcasing the K5 on the same card and a laptop and they saw some improvements. Didn't you see a huge improvement by connecting the backplate to the heatsink (which is what i'm planning to do now so thank you!)? And you run yours open right? Or do you enclose yours a little?
@@alexhurd1038 mine are in an open air rig. The "backplate" mod with a heatsink and fan that i did helped even more. The pads helped a little.
ua-cam.com/video/0PxCoyEEsMI/v-deo.html
Very nice, but I can't see my memory temps in HiveOS.
Hopefully that gets added soon.
This is insightful info thank you. I have a Quadro RTX 4000, do you or anyone else reading this know if a repaste and thermal pads will have the same result? Also, do I have to use the .5mm pads on the metal bracket? I only have 1mm at this time.
Not sure what the cooler is like on the quadro 4000.
@@JoyofMining OK, thanks for getting back so quickly. I’ll keep looking.
what miner is it? which allows you to see the temperature. Thx
Trex miner will show it, hwinfo64, and gpuz.
@@JoyofMining only in Windows
@@Picapalito Linux can't show memory temps at this time.
0.5mm copper in place of 0.5mm gelids??? with and w/o washers ;)
I think if something calls for 0.5mm pads you would need like 0.3mm copper shims or something like that since pads squish down a bit.
@@JoyofMining I tried the Kritical 20 pads (.5mm) and temps went thru the roof (dont think the die made contact w the heatsink) however, Noctua NT-H2 paste under the heat sink on the metal plate worked great... thanks for a great vid though!
@@04DetroitLS now that things are warming up this spring, I will definitely be resisting the a4000. Currently the hottest card in the farm. All other cards at 47c and the a4000 is at 60c. Temps are well within safe limits, but I know I can do better :)
Thickness of washers????
The box didn't say, but as far as washers go they where pretty thin. Just get small ones so they don't hang over the screw head too much. Dont want it touching any areas that have parts.
Will doing this void the warrenty ?
Laws are different in every country. But yes, good chance that would void warranty.
The memory pads in there are 0.5mm not 1mm ! change them and get much better results
I'll give that a try. What brand 0.5mm did you use?
@@JoyofMining artic I think
today I have open one GPU, i see that they are 1mm ?
@@Alexybs ?
i'm getting nausea with the camera work
i get 50 at 85 watts on a laptop 3070, and the entire laptop is about the same price
thats just gross…..
@bitsbetrippin keep this kind of idea for service your future A series