Changing Thermal Pads on MSI 3070 Increased my Hashrate!

In this video I will be changing the thermal pads on one of my 3070 non lhr cards. The card is MSI Ventus 2x. I got a small decrease in core temperature, but I was able to push my memory clock higher.
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[@BMasterBM1]

Hey guys! If you are interested in the thermal pad dimensions you can skip to 06:00. Did any of you notice you can push more memory clocks on "bad" 3070s after thermal pad replacement?

[@stefangerrard5662]

Thanks mate cool video, about to do mine and was most curious about the size of the thermal pads which you answered. Thank you

[@BMasterBM1]

You are welcome! Let me know how did it go.

[@Forjadao]

Hi friend, good video! Would you help me ? Do you remember what thermal measurements in millimeters you used? Thanks

[@BMasterBM1]

You have it in the video @06:00 :) 2mm thick.

[@goorthiss]

You should try phase-change material Honeywell PTM7950. It comes in as a sheet, lasts longer, performs works better than traditional pastes and there is no pump-out effect. Instead of thermal pads, I advise you to apply thermal putty Upsiren UX Pro.

[@BMasterBM1]

Thanks for the info, I didn’t know about it. I will check it out.

[@TheKoniszewski]

thanks for this comment. going to be using the honeywell on my own repair today

[@diegocky212]

I did the same as you. But once a started msi afterburner my temperature was higher than before. In fact, sometimes with no pressure, the memory gets 7000 mhz for a few seconds and then get back again at 810 mhz. When this happens, the temperature gets like 80 degrees 😢 what could I’ve done wrong?

[@BMasterBM1]

I cannot tell, maybe pads moved while you were assembeling the gpu. Did you use correct thickness?

[@diegocky212]

@@BMasterBM1 yes, in fact I got the same GPU as you (3070 msi ventus 2x) and some pads are 3mm once I measured their thickness and other are 2mm. So I put 2.5mm to average the size. And now I got this problem. That was so weird bc you used 2mm pads and it worked for you. Could it be the thickness the problem?

[@BMasterBM1]

@@diegocky212 it could be if the pads are not soft. Try using 2mm. Which thermal paste did you use?

[@diegocky212]

@@BMasterBM1 i choose for thermal pads the “Thermalright” brand. And I got the Arctic Mx-4 for the paste. There are not bad brands

[@BMasterBM1]

@@diegocky212 well when you open it up again, you will see if it had good contact based on how thermal paste looks like. If it is almost untuched, the pads were too thick.

[@TiagoD3]

I have an MSI RTX 3070 Ventus 2X and would like to replace the radiator with the Ventus 3X. Is this possible?

[@BMasterBM1]

Hi, I don't think you can properly attach it since the size of the card is different. Why do you wanna do this anyway? Venuts 2x has decent cooling.

[@perdos84]

Hy! Can you help me? I have got same card and changed the thermal pads what you show. This thickness enough for gaming performance or only mining?

[@BMasterBM1]

Hi, mining, especially as it was with ethereum, is much more memory intensive than gaming. There are no “pads for gaming” or “or pads for mining”. If you changed you pads for the correct ones, it will work fine, no matter what you use ur gpu for.

[@perdos84]

@@BMasterBM1 thx your fast answer, good day!

[@kidvicious2227]

what MSI 3060ti is that, ventus 2,3 0r a GamingX?

[@BMasterBM1]

It is 3070, ventus 2x

[@kidvicious2227]

It looks like you have a msi 3060ti in your rig

[@BMasterBM1]

@@kidvicious2227 i do, but this video is about 3070. I had one 3060ti ventus 2x and one gamingX. I don’t know which ones are in the rig in the video, sorry.

[@EdwardKenway567]

If I use 1.5 mm thermal pads will it also work?

[@BMasterBM1]

Probably, but I wouldn’t risk it.

[@ZoTrAcK]

1.5mm didn't touch the heatsink here

[@cihancan2384]

what was the thickness size of the pads?

[@BMasterBM1]

You have it in the video, 2mm on memory

[@cihancan2384]

@@BMasterBM1 sorry i didn't notice :) are all of the chips has same pad thickness?

[@BMasterBM1]

@@cihancan2384 to be honest, I don’t remember anymore, it was a long time ago when I did this. All the info should be in the video.

[@maximilianoariel5547]

medistes las almohadillas? las que sacaste no parecen ser de 2mm.. estas seguro de las almohadillas que pusiste?

[@BMasterBM1]

English?

[@galloway_joseph]

He asked if you are certain about the thermal pad thickness. Double checking that you're sure about the thickness.

[@BMasterBM1]

@@galloway_joseph yeah, that is what I used and it works. You can usually go +|- 0.5mm depending on the pad hardness.

[@harunismanto9327]

I think all brands stock pads are bad

[@BMasterBM1]

Not all. For example sapphire has good pads.

[@samimohammad8628]

yes all pad and poor quality