I have an Eiswolf 2 AIO on my 3090 and it is working quite well at bringing the temps down (except for the VRAM), but I have an active backplate that I have ordered and am just waiting for it to be delivered.
However, I have noticed that my GPU temps aren't as great as they were when I first installed the Eiswolf, I am sitting at 43c temp/ 59c hotspot at idle (26c ambient) and 50c temp / 68c hotspot while mining (at a reduced rate to keep my VRAM under 90c, only hitting 80 Mh/s). I actually got some thermal throttling playing MS Flight Sim the other day, with the hotspot hitting 100c.
Should I be concerned about the GPU temps? Especially as I am about to add more thermal load by watercooling the VRAM at the back of the card?
Is it possible that something is off with the GPU thermal paste and/or the thermal pads on the front of the card? Should I consider replacing all of these on the front of the card at the same time as replacing the backplate?
If I were to replace the pads on the front, could someone from alphacool tell me what size pads I need for my Inno3d iChill x4 with the eiswolf 2 reference design cooler?
Sorry, that's a lot of questions ...
However, I have noticed that my GPU temps aren't as great as they were when I first installed the Eiswolf, I am sitting at 43c temp/ 59c hotspot at idle (26c ambient) and 50c temp / 68c hotspot while mining (at a reduced rate to keep my VRAM under 90c, only hitting 80 Mh/s). I actually got some thermal throttling playing MS Flight Sim the other day, with the hotspot hitting 100c.
Should I be concerned about the GPU temps? Especially as I am about to add more thermal load by watercooling the VRAM at the back of the card?
Is it possible that something is off with the GPU thermal paste and/or the thermal pads on the front of the card? Should I consider replacing all of these on the front of the card at the same time as replacing the backplate?
If I were to replace the pads on the front, could someone from alphacool tell me what size pads I need for my Inno3d iChill x4 with the eiswolf 2 reference design cooler?
Sorry, that's a lot of questions ...