@Inareth you're right 100% - I meant useless since I've already got my foot in the door now. Just angry that I needed certs from such an anti-consumer company to get a real career started.
I'm glad ifixit is helping right to repair. Louis Rossman is also doing a lot to help. And has ripped apple for a long time for it. But glad to know others are helping.
@@bradhaines3142 ifixit is acting in their own interest? Of course they are, every business that's ever existed acts in their own interest. What matters is that *my* interests as a consumer align with that. I'll buy an ifixit tool kit once and then be able to fix all my own stuff for free forever, rather than have to pay over and over again for "expert repair services" or be forced to buy a whole new device over some bullshit issue that should have an easy, inexpensive solution that I could do myself if I wasn't locked out by corporate greed and malfeasance. Ifixit is the better alternative to the Apples of the world any day of the week.
@@bradhaines3142 Maybe, but they don't need us to be allowed to fix new components to get their sales, we have these types of kits in our home anyway for the odd time we need to tighten something or work on something we can fix out of warranty or for hobbies that require the tools.
@@wasd____ Consider this: Do you think companies like having to repair or replace *everything* that's under warranty all the time? Of course not. They'd rather people that know what they're doing be able to repair the things themselves. The problem is people that *don't* know what they're doing rooting around and breaking things. Because ifixit's target consumer is people that know what they're doing, naturally their target consumer's interests align with their own. My interests align with ifixit's. But I'm capable of recognizing that while also recognizing that other interests are valid as well, and that this goal has negative consequences on everyone. The difference is that I knowingly accept those negative consequences because my estimation has the positives outweigh the negatives for me.
You lose the spring action of the backplate putting the washers there. You need to put it between the head of the screw and the backplate you should probably correct it and see if it helps. Edit: Spelling
It's not about that, putting the washers there moves the screw up, preventing the screw from bottoming out. What he failed to say is that the washers hole needs to be big enough to let the threaded post through it so it gets pulled through and increases the pressure on the silicone. You can also put 4 bits of plastic / washers under each of the four the cross bars on the square of the spring weight which helps even more.
I agree 100% that the washers r in the wrong place. I agree that the screws r bot bottoming out but by the same token, u created space between the place at the point it is supposed to provide pressure. Place the washers between the screw heads and the backplate. This will keep them from bottoming out while increasing the backplate pressure against the necessary thermal sensitive areas.
The washers under the arms alleviates the tension and having the washers on top wouldnt make a difference in that sense, since the arms would just be right back where they were. The washers on top would in fact keep the screws from bottoming out though. If the little black rubber pads in the center were a little thicker to put more pressure down at that point it would work. That is were it matters most. Not the outside.
@@Dikkedimi Iso itself is non-conductive and does evaporate quickly, but also absorbs humidity rapidly from the air and increases its conductivity. Best to use sparingly around delicate electronics
@@omfg_its_dave I always start with alcohol to remove the paste easier, otherwise it just spreads around or cracks into little pieces getting everywhere when dry..
For those who watching this video: thermal pads on reference (turbine) 5700 xt are 1mm thick, all of them. They are different by softness, but it doesn't matter. You'll need approx 1 of 120x20x1 pad to cover 8 memory chips and about half of pad for other parts (in sum 1.5 of 120x20x1 pads, so buy 2 of them ). 1 gramm of thermal paste will be enough to cover chip. When gonna assemble do not forget to connect fan wires. Washers are optional.
A little late but do you know if this applies to the reference RX 5700 non xt? I think the coolers are basically identical underneath but not entirely sure.
Hey Jay, you don't want those washers in between the spring and the back plate. You want them on the outside of the spring, so that it puts more pressure on the heat sink against the GPU. By having the washers in between the spring in the back plate, you're actually reducing the pressure on the die side unless you bottom the spring out completely - then you're just tensioning the screws as if there was no spring involved at all. I hope this makes sense, but I think you need to move the washers based on what I saw.
actually, what you want is putting a spacer under those black plastic spacer he shows here ua-cam.com/video/U6_9gl3cYU8/v-deo.html , basically that will move everything a few tenths of mm up from the pcb, spring, screws and heatsink.
You don't actually need the spring at all, you can get long screws and a block of wood and crank it in. Honestly the spring does NOTHING for applying pressure to the die correctly. It hasn't served a purpose since the era in which GPU heatsinks weighed more than 70grams
Phil edits the videos he can literally pick what shows up and what doesn’t. It’s not him disobeying jay, it’s just them choosing to include that in the video
For years I asked my family for an ifixit kit. I never got one. This year for Christmas they finally came through. I got two ifixit protek tool kits. No regrets though. Never hurts to have two.
@@Mdudeman13 probably in the move to removing old youtube (you used to be able to get the old youtube layout by changing some cookies). now they are changing their api to new youtube so probably videos get screwed too
The washers need to be on top of the spring metal plate so the spring action is increased. The spacer above this also prevents the threads from bottoming out. The washer between the PCB and the spring plate prevents the spring plate from flexing all the way!
Jay, the iFixIt link is for an Amazon store page, and I am looking to confirm if this will give your channel credit before I make the purchase. Wanted to confirm if I should go through Amazon or if you guys have a direct link for iFixIt's website. Thanks!
Not buying end-cap specials at the grocery store is a good start. My printer was bought at an office store and runs circles around that POS Wally world sold me.
@10:55 Exactly my thought as well. Why would this help? By putting washers at the screws you are tightening the spring/screw tension, but you are also reducing the pressure made by the "cross-bracket-spring-thingy" because this is being spaced out from the PCB by these washers.
Actually Hardcore Overclocking recons the 'reference' PCB and components are of higher quality than some of the budget 5700xt's with 'better' cooling solutions. So it would be a candidate for a water block if they were cheap enough..?
If you put the washer on top of the bracket it would actually increase the pressure on the centre of the bracket while still adding more edge pressure. currently you are adding pressure to the edge but actually reducing the centre pressure. Just a thought.
Anytime I game every fan in the system is 100% That's why I got a baller sound system so I never even hear my computer 😂 also thanks for the laughs Jay & Phil
This maybe wasn't your most informational video Jay, but I will say you present similar content as some other youtubers but are always entertaining. Keep up the good work.
I think the washers were in the wrong spot. I think the spring clip would put more pressure on the die if you put the washer between the head of the screw and the spring clip, not between the spring and the pcb.
Motion sickness via video is real, I don’t do spinning for exercise, now there’s a discussion, but I digress. Jay you and Phil playing off each other definitely makes videos entertaining, please keep up the fun content. Learning for me has never been more entertaining, I feelz smarter phanks to u.
I think the compression is not enough to smash the thermal pads on the ram. The other thermal pads that are left on are resulting in a small gap because they make contact with the heatsink first.
What a job it is re-pasting a gpu. But it still beats digging weeds out of the backyard. On some early models of the R9 390X, the gpu was recessed below the height of the surrounding die block. It needed to be raised to make contact with the water cooler heatsink. A copper shim (2) needed to be perfectly sandwiched between the water cooler surface and the gpu. It made a slippery mess if it didn't get correctly mashed together. Took hours trying to get it right.
I was wandering about that gap I'm glad.you said something about it, I have a water block and still a gap. Trying to figure out a better way. Maybe the grizzly thermal pad
Greetings! Tech and artist here~ for polishing heatsink i am using fine metal sponge~ that can do the trick to polish the copper mirror like (and worth to wash it with isopropyl after polishing). You can use fine toothbrush (for children) to remove paste around smds without the fear of breaking anything off.
Hey, just love how you see phil is getting more and more comfortable getting more into the filmklips, and that ifixit commercial, golden globe nominated XD
So the washer lets you apply more pressure to the memory thermal pads to squeeze the chip and heatsink closer together to make up for the thinner paste thickness. Maybe replacing the memory pads with paste would make the heatsink to chip distance better, . . .or perhaps measure the thickness of the thermal pad and use a copper sheet the size of the heatsink that is less than half the thickness of the old thermal pad to make up the gap and apply paste to one or both sides of the sheet? you would need to make sure not to over tighten if using the sheet.
From someone who did way more: - replaced thermal pads on VRM with a thermal strip - screwed in screws a bit more day by day - used liquid metal on the gpu die its not a quick-and-done mod, because the washers become warm and flexible so you can screw them in more. overall it got me 20C reduction in every metric.
What about also exchanging the thermal pads for the ram chips with paste? Will probably not change much for the ram cips, but these pads might hinder full contact between heatsink and gpu due to their thickness
It began bouncing around less because it wasn't having to throttle as much, thus able to maintain a more stable clock. You'll get better results yet if you do as Ryboodle suggests.
As always Jay, another great video, Abit a bit late. I was in the same boat before I blocked and hardlined my 5700xt anniversary edition. I remembered this washer mod from the old 8800gtx Ultras days
I have a 5700xt and I couldn't figure out how to squeeze extra performance out of it. I kept experiencing instability when trying to manually tune the VRAM above 1800 (I thought that was my only option). You showing its okay to max the power slider in the Radeon software gave me the balls to do it and WHAT DO YOU KNOW! An extra 100+pts in the Heaven Benchmarks at 1440P and 5fps!
I'd like to see what happens if you added a copper shim in there. Even with the extra pressure from the screws with washers it doesn't seem like the cooler is making good contact.
please test temps with and without the io shield, and without the extension slot metal separator that obstructs the airflow output of the card. Do some kind of comparison at low rpm 1600/1800, those rpm would benefit more from less air restriction. And are rpm noise friendly that most users are using.
You know Louis is actually picking fights with CompTIA right now over their opposition to right to repair?
It's a glorious sight to behold.
That's hilarious.
@lowang fu kyu it's true. I'm actually embarrassed to have 3 of their useless certs.
@Inareth you're right 100% - I meant useless since I've already got my foot in the door now. Just angry that I needed certs from such an anti-consumer company to get a real career started.
@lowang fu kyu You're looking at it wrong. They're lobbying to make sure that you need to be certified to be *allowed* to repair things legally.
@Inareth corporate greed my friend.
I'm glad ifixit is helping right to repair. Louis Rossman is also doing a lot to help. And has ripped apple for a long time for it. But glad to know others are helping.
ifixit relies on that existing, if we cant repair they cant sell the stuff for us to do repairs. entirely in their own interest
and of they win.m where does it end.. "Sorry, we cant repair your owen. But we have a new house that you can buy"
@@bradhaines3142 ifixit is acting in their own interest? Of course they are, every business that's ever existed acts in their own interest. What matters is that *my* interests as a consumer align with that. I'll buy an ifixit tool kit once and then be able to fix all my own stuff for free forever, rather than have to pay over and over again for "expert repair services" or be forced to buy a whole new device over some bullshit issue that should have an easy, inexpensive solution that I could do myself if I wasn't locked out by corporate greed and malfeasance. Ifixit is the better alternative to the Apples of the world any day of the week.
@@bradhaines3142 Maybe, but they don't need us to be allowed to fix new components to get their sales, we have these types of kits in our home anyway for the odd time we need to tighten something or work on something we can fix out of warranty or for hobbies that require the tools.
@@wasd____ Consider this: Do you think companies like having to repair or replace *everything* that's under warranty all the time? Of course not. They'd rather people that know what they're doing be able to repair the things themselves. The problem is people that *don't* know what they're doing rooting around and breaking things. Because ifixit's target consumer is people that know what they're doing, naturally their target consumer's interests align with their own. My interests align with ifixit's. But I'm capable of recognizing that while also recognizing that other interests are valid as well, and that this goal has negative consequences on everyone. The difference is that I knowingly accept those negative consequences because my estimation has the positives outweigh the negatives for me.
13:57 Best iFixit commercial ever!
You lose the spring action of the backplate putting the washers there. You need to put it between the head of the screw and the backplate you should probably correct it and see if it helps.
Edit: Spelling
Same on the out side of the bracket and wearing the "Steve Wig" will help too.
It's not about that, putting the washers there moves the screw up, preventing the screw from bottoming out. What he failed to say is that the washers hole needs to be big enough to let the threaded post through it so it gets pulled through and increases the pressure on the silicone. You can also put 4 bits of plastic / washers under each of the four the cross bars on the square of the spring weight which helps even more.
I agree 100% that the washers r in the wrong place. I agree that the screws r bot bottoming out but by the same token, u created space between the place at the point it is supposed to provide pressure. Place the washers between the screw heads and the backplate. This will keep them from bottoming out while increasing the backplate pressure against the necessary thermal sensitive areas.
Washers go on top of the bracket!!!
The washers under the arms alleviates the tension and having the washers on top wouldnt make a difference in that sense, since the arms would just be right back where they were. The washers on top would in fact keep the screws from bottoming out though. If the little black rubber pads in the center were a little thicker to put more pressure down at that point it would work. That is were it matters most. Not the outside.
I'm loving the fact that Phil's voice and laugh are becoming a more normal part of the videos!
Why
@@jordandesigns5797 because why not
Coz Phil is a funny chap
That dude's laugh is golden!
Feels forced though.
08:00 Sanding copper on top of a fully exposed PCB...... Seams legit.
@@omfg_its_dave isopropyl evaporates almost instantly, so should not be a problem ;) copper dust is conductive so might pose a problem
@@Dikkedimi Iso itself is non-conductive and does evaporate quickly, but also absorbs humidity rapidly from the air and increases its conductivity. Best to use sparingly around delicate electronics
It has no power to it, as long as it's cleaned and dried before power flows it'll be fine.
@@Matt43 perhaps you have not heard of capacitors? (the risk is minimial when the board is not powered but not nonexistant)
@@omfg_its_dave I always start with alcohol to remove the paste easier, otherwise it just spreads around or cracks into little pieces getting everywhere when dry..
For those who watching this video: thermal pads on reference (turbine) 5700 xt are 1mm thick, all of them. They are different by softness, but it doesn't matter. You'll need approx 1 of 120x20x1 pad to cover 8 memory chips and about half of pad for other parts (in sum 1.5 of 120x20x1 pads, so buy 2 of them ). 1 gramm of thermal paste will be enough to cover chip. When gonna assemble do not forget to connect fan wires. Washers are optional.
A little late but do you know if this applies to the reference RX 5700 non xt? I think the coolers are basically identical underneath but not entirely sure.
Love all the bloopers included with the videos, makes the rest of us feel more normal lol
Yep
I'd really want to know iFixit's reaction to that ad when jay made it.
You mean how he keeps fumbling the tools because he is using them one handed? Not exactly selling me on them.
I loved it! Jay has a great way of just making us smile. Ignore the haters! Jay is a funny guy and I love his recommendations!
i wonder the same
Hey Jay, you don't want those washers in between the spring and the back plate. You want them on the outside of the spring, so that it puts more pressure on the heat sink against the GPU. By having the washers in between the spring in the back plate, you're actually reducing the pressure on the die side unless you bottom the spring out completely - then you're just tensioning the screws as if there was no spring involved at all. I hope this makes sense, but I think you need to move the washers based on what I saw.
actually, what you want is putting a spacer under those black plastic spacer he shows here ua-cam.com/video/U6_9gl3cYU8/v-deo.html , basically that will move everything a few tenths of mm up from the pcb, spring, screws and heatsink.
You don't actually need the spring at all, you can get long screws and a block of wood and crank it in. Honestly the spring does NOTHING for applying pressure to the die correctly. It hasn't served a purpose since the era in which GPU heatsinks weighed more than 70grams
9:54 Nothing is more precious than the sound of a child's laughter.
10:12 "You're riding a bike".
My prostate felt that through the screen.
You sure you're riding it the right way?
The reason I only ride a bicycle when I'm drunk.
Did ya forget the saddle or something?
if you feel your prostate during cycle rides, have your doctor stick a finger up there and check it out
JogadorPadrao Gameplay nice to see you here brother
Not gonna lie...I died laughing when Phil kept spinning the camera. We need more Phil having fun and disobeying Jay lol
Same, that was pretty fucking funny stuff.
9:50
Phil edits the videos he can literally pick what shows up and what doesn’t. It’s not him disobeying jay, it’s just them choosing to include that in the video
Blower style 5700xt to me will forever to be known as the Linus Dropped it Edition
Lol best part of the vid was the ifixit promo at the end!.........EXPLOSION!
"That sentence had too many syllables, APOLOGIZE!!!" -- Mr Torgue
Would buy one if I didn't have one already 🤣
The iFixit ad.It's so hilarious
I'm so early that this video is called "0206 5700XTRepaste"
Love ur vids Jay!
Pesterenan same bro
Hey, I'm that early too!
yo same
Lol same I just realized
For years I asked my family for an ifixit kit. I never got one. This year for Christmas they finally came through. I got two ifixit protek tool kits. No regrets though. Never hurts to have two.
That ifixit promo was hilarious. Love it. Ifixit needs to comment on that promo. I just want to see how they feel about it lol.
I’ve bought my ifixit kit I little over a year ago. I don’t use it very often but when I do you just can’t live without it anymore
"0206 5700XTRepaste"
Someone forget to change the title? Eh?
the title is changed when you search for the video so its probably youtube being youtube
Sometimes when you put the title it doesn't actually use it, it uses the video file name. Has someone said just you two being UA-cam
I think there’s something wrong with it, I’ve seen 2 other videos with this problem just today. UA-cam might have changed some upload settings.
@@Mdudeman13 I've seen this happen to a lot of people in the last 6 months
@@Mdudeman13 probably in the move to removing old youtube (you used to be able to get the old youtube layout by changing some cookies). now they are changing their api to new youtube so probably videos get screwed too
I like Jay. Jay makes ads fun to watch. Be like Jay.
The washers need to be on top of the spring metal plate so the spring action is increased. The spacer above this also prevents the threads from bottoming out. The washer between the PCB and the spring plate prevents the spring plate from flexing all the way!
Yes !!!
I should try this with my Vega 64...
Jay’s iFixit ad is the only one I will voluntarily watch, even multiple times. Cus it’s amazebawls
I'm remembering the Power Thirst video from years ago when I see Jay's iFixit promo.
That has got to be the best iFix it ad EVER
Jay using sandpaper.... "I'm not removing any material, I'm just making it smooth." Lol
Jay, the iFixIt link is for an Amazon store page, and I am looking to confirm if this will give your channel credit before I make the purchase. Wanted to confirm if I should go through Amazon or if you guys have a direct link for iFixIt's website. Thanks!
"0206 5700XTRepaste?"
My feed had something totally different.
K0o1
The 5700XT housing looks awesome!
That add was so hilarious, my lungs collapsed from laughing too much. . . but it's ok because I FIXED IT WITH MY IFIXIT TOOLKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!
IFIXIT EXPLOSION!!!! Best ad ever! TBH I would rather watch stuff like that than some of the Superbowl commercials.
Guys undervolt this card is nice, my 5700 xt blower 2020mhz 1.077v 74 degress, junction 90 degress, i from brazil, so hot 30/35 degress ambient...
You either have a golden sample or you're plain lying.
Never had to use more than 1.1 volts to get Jayz' clock speed. Temps hella nice as well. 2020 is where mine sits as well at just under 1.1v.
And buy the way. Picked up an Ifixit kit. You finally sold me on that kit
IFIXIT!!!!!!!!!!!! That plug made me a buy an IFIXIT kit.
you're making it do what it was doing before the washers. they need to be on top of the backplate bracket thingy to counteract the springiness
You know the right to repair may actually make printers useable
Not buying end-cap specials at the grocery store is a good start. My printer was bought at an office store and runs circles around that POS Wally world sold me.
@@patcallahan1050 woo e
@10:55 Exactly my thought as well. Why would this help? By putting washers at the screws you are tightening the spring/screw tension, but you are also reducing the pressure made by the "cross-bracket-spring-thingy" because this is being spaced out from the PCB by these washers.
jay: “or actually I didn’t watch [steve’s] video..”
steve: *cries in mesh front panel*
First UA-cam video ever to maintain full viewer retention through the entire outro add.
More youtubers need to take note
LOL on the name "0206 5700XTRepaste", but the thumbnail is perfect! though we need the ifixit explosion ad again
Actually Hardcore Overclocking recons the 'reference' PCB and components are of higher quality than some of the budget 5700xt's with 'better' cooling solutions. So it would be a candidate for a water block if they were cheap enough..?
He talked about ifixit for about 3 minutes and the link is just the amazon homepage...
he wants them to sponsor him they just havent yet lol
Working for me
@@bradhaines3142 why would they? they already get free ads on his channel.
I thought they did, hence the add. Am I wrong?
@@JawKnee86 Pretty sure it happened at least once.
If you put the washer on top of the bracket it would actually increase the pressure on the centre of the bracket while still adding more edge pressure. currently you are adding pressure to the edge but actually reducing the centre pressure. Just a thought.
The vid title was normal in my sub feed but different on the actual video for some reason.
I thought your "World of Warships" ads were fantastic... This is pure art.
"a blower cooler that sucks" ... AMD did really something wrong here ;P
keep up your good work!
At the end was expecting Terry Crews to burst in through the screen and scream "It's Too Powerful to Let This Commercial End!!!"
Anytime I game every fan in the system is 100%
That's why I got a baller sound system so I never even hear my computer 😂
also thanks for the laughs Jay & Phil
surprised Jay didn't even forget to put the link in the description
That moment when Jay and Phil could teach Linus how to make a better ad. :P
I-FIX-IT Get it NOW!
XD
I love the advertising near the end of the video!
8:14
When you watch The Verge PC build tutorial
This maybe wasn't your most informational video Jay, but I will say you present similar content as some other youtubers but are always entertaining. Keep up the good work.
0:13 - "Nice sticker asswipes" Steve @ Gamer's Nexus
I really love how much fun you and Phil have while making these clips. Keeps me grinning the whole time.
"0206 5700XTRepaste", 4 views, i must be early haha
I think the washers were in the wrong spot. I think the spring clip would put more pressure on the die if you put the washer between the head of the screw and the spring clip, not between the spring and the pcb.
TL;DR
Blower coolers are shit and you should avoid them
Motion sickness via video is real, I don’t do spinning for exercise, now there’s a discussion, but I digress. Jay you and Phil playing off each other definitely makes videos entertaining, please keep up the fun content. Learning for me has never been more entertaining, I feelz smarter phanks to u.
Anyone else cringe as he makes copper dust on top of the PCB?
I think the compression is not enough to smash the thermal pads on the ram. The other thermal pads that are left on are resulting in a small gap because they make contact with the heatsink first.
THAT WAS THE BEST IFIXIT PLUG IVE EVER SEEN!
totally worth ignoring the gallons of thermal paste being wasted ;)
The flare off the IFIXIT was perfection.
Need more ifixit adverts, at least one video where the full advert plays every time Jay touches a tool
What a job it is re-pasting a gpu. But it still beats digging weeds out of the backyard.
On some early models of the R9 390X, the gpu was recessed below the height of the surrounding die block. It needed to be raised to make contact with the water cooler heatsink. A copper shim (2) needed to be perfectly sandwiched between the water cooler surface and the gpu. It made a slippery mess if it didn't get correctly mashed together. Took hours trying to get it right.
I was wandering about that gap I'm glad.you said something about it, I have a water block and still a gap. Trying to figure out a better way. Maybe the grizzly thermal pad
Jimmy Mueller also got this problem with the water block,
@@rudideklerk7738 really so it's not me then, I tried a few things didnt work. Just using paste an thinner pads.arm
Best Product placement ever.. I am ROFL at the iFixit ad.
I really hate those ads.. but this was actually making me laugh out loud.... Great work!
The ifixit plugs and the bloopers were the best part of the video.
Greetings! Tech and artist here~
for polishing heatsink i am using fine metal sponge~ that can do the trick to polish the copper mirror like (and worth to wash it with isopropyl after polishing). You can use fine toothbrush (for children) to remove paste around smds without the fear of breaking anything off.
Put the washers between the bracket and the screw head to work. It would add more pressure to the bracket to press harder on the pcb! Good luck!
So glad to hear right to repair from more than just Ross
Asus 5700 XT ROG Edition - I did replace the thermal paste, it did make a huge difference after never changing it in over 2-3 years from brand new.
The Ifixit ad made my night. Please do more
I dont think ive seen that ifixit ad. THAT was glorious
you shoud place some paper on the plastic of the retention bracket.
On the screws the washers dont chane the pressure, unless you over "screw" it
If Steve says it works, then it works. He doesn't fuck around and likes to provide a lot of numbers to back up his findings.
Jay you got any 1650 super laying around?
Hey, just love how you see phil is getting more and more comfortable getting more into the filmklips, and that ifixit commercial, golden globe nominated XD
Ideally you would add spacers where the plastic pads are on the bracket, getting them to stay there may be the hard part.
Jay I cannot get enough of your videos.
iFixit fake commercial brought me back to Saturday morning cartoons of the 80s. Couldn't stop laughing. You have made my day.
So glad the ifix it commercial was back!!!
So the washer lets you apply more pressure to the memory thermal pads to squeeze the chip and heatsink closer together to make up for the thinner paste thickness. Maybe replacing the memory pads with paste would make the heatsink to chip distance better, . . .or perhaps measure the thickness of the thermal pad and use a copper sheet the size of the heatsink that is less than half the thickness of the old thermal pad to make up the gap and apply paste to one or both sides of the sheet? you would need to make sure not to over tighten if using the sheet.
From someone who did way more:
- replaced thermal pads on VRM with a thermal strip
- screwed in screws a bit more day by day
- used liquid metal on the gpu die
its not a quick-and-done mod, because the washers become warm and flexible so you can screw them in more. overall it got me 20C reduction in every metric.
What about also exchanging the thermal pads for the ram chips with paste? Will probably not change much for the ram cips, but these pads might hinder full contact between heatsink and gpu due to their thickness
It began bouncing around less because it wasn't having to throttle as much, thus able to maintain a more stable clock. You'll get better results yet if you do as Ryboodle suggests.
I bought 2 ifixit products and it was the best purchase ive made
consider that rough machined surface may have been intentional, polishing it reduced the surface area engaging the thermal paste...
Try putting the washers between the fasteners and the spring plate dealio you should see better temps then that.
As always Jay, another great video, Abit a bit late. I was in the same boat before I blocked and hardlined my 5700xt anniversary edition. I remembered this washer mod from the old 8800gtx Ultras days
I have a 5700xt and I couldn't figure out how to squeeze extra performance out of it. I kept experiencing instability when trying to manually tune the VRAM above 1800 (I thought that was my only option). You showing its okay to max the power slider in the Radeon software gave me the balls to do it and WHAT DO YOU KNOW! An extra 100+pts in the Heaven Benchmarks at 1440P and 5fps!
I'd like to see what happens if you added a copper shim in there. Even with the extra pressure from the screws with washers it doesn't seem like the cooler is making good contact.
please test temps with and without the io shield, and without the extension slot metal separator that obstructs the airflow output of the card.
Do some kind of comparison at low rpm 1600/1800, those rpm would benefit more from less air restriction. And are rpm noise friendly that most users are using.
I wouldn't mind an iFixit Jayz-style ad every time we see him use iFixit kits
This video was fun and wholesome more than what it actually is. That's why i love watching jay's vids
Just need a 10 hour video of the IfixIt ad XD
Plastic pads on the center square should have been raised instead.
This would increase spring rate and prevent bottoming out the screws.
Can you do a review for the sapphire nitro + 5700xt