RX 6700 XT refecence edition mods/improvement

[pani_alex]

Wanna propose a topic just for this card for the people that wanna have better temps or lower noise, after seeing Gamers Nexus review that it's so much to improve, so you can see what others have done and choose your way without having to test to much what works better.

I don't see any other post, but if there is already one just delete this or put a reference and close this.

 

I still haven't done anything but have some questions, first, wich thermal pad, since i dont know wich one is the better, and where, just over the vram, also over the vrms, also gpu.

Have thought about the graphite thermal pad but seen to be electro conductive so no. Then have seen Grizzly Carbonaut but is to

 

Obs: one of the things that make me think of change the gpu is that i have seen a gpu memory junction temperature reaching and surpassing de 90ºC and i personally don't like it wherever it is. And the other is that my before gpu is a RX 560  , i change the cooler (to a cpu with heatpipes) and i get so much cooling improvement that i was able to make max oc and not passing 60ºC but the 6700 XT already have heatpipes

 

So, comment and post photos of your solutions. Thanks

[pani_alex]

I installed the thermal pads on the backplate like gamer nexus suggested and i get about 8° better vram temps (before it was 92-94, now i get 84-86 fan about 65%, if i let it default, it will easy go over 100°),  watching his video i think it will also be possible to add thermal pads between the front plate and the gpu cooler just between the gpu two overlap each other, i dont know if the touch themselves and i don't wanna void the warranty, because it hava a sticker over the gpu cooler screw

[TheBins]

Hi Alex,

 

That's great to hear, what's the thermal thickness did you use?

Planning to try as well, mine is around 100-102C right now.

 

Thanks!

[GamerDude]

The thing about AMD GPU default fan setting is, it's too slow in my honest opinion. I'd adjusted to a more aggressive fan curve for my  RX 6900 XT and Junction Temp's at about 83C. I don't care about fan noise when I game, my soundbar's right in front of me, so I favor good temps over noise.

[pani_alex]

Sorry for not take kare of my post, i dont really remember any more, i have 0.5 and 1mm thermal pads that i have bought from the cheap blue thermal pad, so i must to take it apart to check what i have done.

But here is a video in with he use a pad that it's supposed to be twice as much thermal conductivity as the cheap so far i have seen, and he use 2mm pads, maybe i have double 1mm, dont remember.

I also put some pad behind the gpu core

But im planing to make and upgrade (better pads install and maybe change the backplate for a 2mm copper plate), and when i do it i will take some picktures

[pani_alex]

Forgot to mention, i also make a case mod to avoid the hot air from the gpu and cpu to be reused, so from the 3 fan intake goes directly to the gpu and cpu and there is a cardboard that devids the inside case. The temps that i get right now are 72ºC mem temp with 20ºC room temp.

 

It also is a waste of money this kind of mod, because you could in first place buy a better card, but i like diy things

 

Oh, i remember now that there is plate behind the gpu cooler, dont know the name of that, lets call it the "fromtplate" (i was seeing a video from GamerNexus, it seems to be called the base plate, thanks Steve), it doesn't have contact with the real cooler but there is  just a little gap where they could have being contact surface around the core, so i added thermal paste there and remember having seeing also a reduction of temp