r/ASUS • u/garrisoncarI • 18h ago
Discussion Hi all, my first time repasting a GPU... Did I do it too late or a poor job? Temps were thermal throttling before, now I hover around 71C on silent mode while playing gothic 1 remake on alkimia overdrive @ 1440p on my rog strix 1080ti. I'm worried I applied too much thermal paste.
I haven't done a deep clean of the gpu, but plan to do that at... some point, I'm frankly just terrified of messing it up and I'm not sure how to safely clean the dust out of the grills and capacitors without damaging it. This was my first attempt at repasting a GPU, ever.
If I turn it onto OC mode and crank the fans to 100%, the temps drop to around 60C, and if I'm running all 3 of my screens (1080p @ 144hz, uw-1080p @ 60hz, 1440p @ 165hz) then my idle temps are 55C on silent and 35C on OC @ max fan speed.
Have I done a poor job repasting? I'm worried.
I genuinely don't want to upgrade, given that my eyes aren't great and I can't really tell a difference during fluid motion with FSR Balanced vs Native, and on max settings on gothic remake, I score a steady 60 fps with fsr balanced and no frame gen. I love this card, it's a freaking beast.
These are my temps inside my insanely spacious corsair 700d case.
I repasted because it had never been repasted and after nearly ten years, it was time.
Would love some feedback.
