Hello there fellow ROG's, this is my first post at this great community.
Recently bought an used Strix 1080ti OC Edition, bought it to a close friend and the card didnt have more than 4 months since purchase. Anyway, the first thing i noticed after installing it on my case was the temps. I know 1080ti's are among the hottest cards and this OC edition even more, but also read on a lot of forums, reddit and youtube videos the average temps people were reporting on this cards and mine, well it was just very very high.
I was averaging 80-84 No less. Having an EXCELLENT cooler design as multiple youtube videos confirm i was certain the problem HAD to be the thermal paste.
After some videos on how to disassemble it -pretty easy!- i got to work on it.
Bought the
Cooler Master Maker Nano, so after careful steps, replaced the stock one with this one and it was like a miracle!
Temps stabilized at 73 under FULL load and i mean Core Clock 1960 and Mem clock at 11200 With GPU fans averaging 50-60%
So if anyone has this problem go ahead and try it. On my case seems like the person that worked on my card at Asus placed VERY LITTLE thermal paste, also found a couple of digital prints on the heatsink base (No gloves for Asus workers!? :p)
Hope it helps anyone facing this hi temp problem.
I used
THIS VIDEO on how to disassemble the card, just the first 9 minutes as after that this guy installs a Water block, so just check the part on how to open and clean it.
Some Photos here