Red Devil 7900xtx Alpachool Aurora high hotspot temperatures and delta

[MrDeed5]

Hello, I have replaced the thermal paste multiple times and just switched to ptm7950. But my hotspot is still reaching 93 and the delta is 30c+. My stock air cooler was running better than this. I have taken it apart like 12 times and tried different torque settings from 0.40nm to 1nm but keep coming up with the same problem. I noticed my pcb was a little bent, does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Eddy]

To be able to help you, we’d need to see the imprints of the thermal pads and paste. That means you’d need to take a picture of them. However, imprints from putty are of no help at all — unfortunately, they don’t show the pressure distribution in any meaningful way.