Spider191

I used 3mm on the back side of the card under the back plate, the 1.5mm ones went on the front of the card. When I took the old pads off the thickness matched up on each side so I figured it was fine

Hi all, I have an MSI RTX 3080 Gaming Z Trio and the temperatures on it aren't making a lot of sense. I was having trouble keeping the memory temps under around 100C so I replaced the stock thermal pads with Gelid 1.5mm and 3mm pads. While I was in there I replaced the thermal paste with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut and spread it all along the die. Ever since I did this the hot spot temperature according to HWiNFO immediately spikes to 105 degrees and the card thermal throttles no matter what game I play. The GPU temperature also seems a bit high at 80 degrees but I didn't think that was high enough to cause issues like this. I can't quite figure out what I did wrong since I made sure to tighten every screw on the cooler bracket and back plate. The memory temperatures are all a lot better now so I feel like it has to be the thermal paste on the die.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/7cq3tJ Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/7cq3tJ/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($344.99 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($59.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($114.88 @ OutletPC) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($58.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($90.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.00 @ B&H) Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Video Card ($669.99 @ SuperBiiz) Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case ($35.99 @ SuperBiiz) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz) Monitor: Asus VS228H-P 21.5" Monitor ($99.99 @ Best Buy) Keyboard: Cooler Master OCTANE Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($49.95 @ B&H) Total: $1674.75 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-24 22:18 EDT-0400

I wish to have the keyboard mainly because I'm still using an old Dell keyboard that came bundled with a cheap pre-built from 7 years ago. The computer may be gone, but the keyboard still haunts to this day.