Repasting and repadding a 2080 FE

[SpaceOperator]

I have a 2080 Founders Edition that I bought sometime in 2018 or 19 not really sure but I have had it a long time, it needs to be cleaned of dust, repasting, and new thermal pads, my question is what size of thermal pads do i need to get? Thermal Grizzly offers a few different sizes .5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3mm and what dimension do I need 30x30, 120x20, or 100x100?

 

are they cut to fit or apply as its?

 

[Indian pc builder]

22 minutes ago, SpaceOperator said:

I have a 2080 Founders Edition that I bought sometime in 2018 or 19 not really sure but I have had it a long time, it needs to be cleaned of dust, repasting, and new thermal pads, my question is what size of thermal pads do i need to get? Thermal Grizzly offers a few different sizes .5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3mm and what dimension do I need 30x30, 120x20, or 100x100?

 

are they cut to fit or apply as its?

 

i think they can work as cut to fit as well as apply depending on the size you buy, as for the thickness, one option ( this is one i came up with right now and i wouldn't really recommend it as i don't have much experience and idk of you have a backup while the thermal pads arrive) is to open up the card and measure the thickness of the pads roughly and then just order that or a size thicker of it seems flattened. ALternatively, sometimes most of the thermal pads are good to reuse.

[Poinkachu]

2 hours ago, SpaceOperator said:

I have a 2080 Founders Edition that I bought sometime in 2018 or 19 not really sure but I have had it a long time, it needs to be cleaned of dust, repasting, and new thermal pads, my question is what size of thermal pads do i need to get? Thermal Grizzly offers a few different sizes .5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3mm and what dimension do I need 30x30, 120x20, or 100x100?

 

are they cut to fit or apply as its?

 

This might help

 

Or alternatively you scour the internet and see if anyone ever posted somewhere about  pad thickness and sizes for your card model.

 

If by cut to fit you mean you don't need to cut the bought pads to fit various locations on the card, then I'd say most often no.

GPU may use different thickness of pads for different parts it's trying to cool. Example : 2mm for VRAM, 3mm for MOSFETS, etc

And yes, different model usually use different combination of thickness.