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I could see indentations in the pads from the memory dies, so it would appear that there was good contact. It could have been marginal before though, as increased mounting pressure will reduce thermal resistance. The only other modification was replacing the small thermal pads at the back with...

As an update on this, compression on the supplied pads looked good, so I replaced them with t-global A1780 1mm pads. Memory junction temps went down from 100°C at +1500MHz memory (10750) to 64°C at +1700 (10950).

Post this separately so it's not part of a solved thread. I'm seeing quite high junction temperatures on my 3080 FTW3 with the Aurora, around 100°C under full load with 22°C water temperature and 36°C core temp. I am looking at disassembling my card and reapplying, but want to be ready to...

I'm also seeing quite high junction temperatures on my 3080 FTW3 with the Aurora, around 100°C under full load with 22°C water temperature and 36°C core temp. I am looking at disassembling my card and reapplying, but want to be ready to replace the memory pads if they get damaged in the process...