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System Name | Addison Clark |
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Processor | Ryzen 9 7950x3D |
Motherboard | Asus Strix X670E-I Gaming |
Cooling | Custom Bykski loop CPU and GPU |
Memory | G.Skill DDR5-6000 64GB CL30 |
Video Card(s) | Gigabyte 4090 Aorus Master |
Storage | Kingston Fury 2TB and 4TB NVME |
Display(s) | LG 32" 1440p |
Case | Lian Li O11 mini |
Audio Device(s) | Asus Hive |
Power Supply | Thermaltake 1000w SFX-L |
Mouse | Corsair Dark Core RGB SE |
Keyboard | Corsair K95 Platnium |
Software | Win 11 Pro |
I received the Asus 1080 turbo on Friday along with a Corsair H55 and NZXT Kraken 10 with full intention to water cool it. First I put the card in my htpc and after a heaven benchmark was glad I purchased the aio and Kraken....LOUD!!!
I like the EVGA hybrid cards but not the price plus like to have some fun so started tearing the 1080 apart. I couldn't believe how much thermal paste was used when I took the heatsink off:
Wish I purchased some Thermal Grizzley or EK 1m pads but I can always come back to that. Here's the board in all her non-reference glory:
Checking the heatsink assembly out it appeared there was some tough epoxy the only thing mending the GPU heatsink to the board brace so it was time for the heat gun. After about 10 min of full blast from the heatgun the heatsink came off like butter.
Please a silence of prayer for my Wen heatgun. It was it's last mod project.
MORE TO COME THIS WEEKEND
I like the EVGA hybrid cards but not the price plus like to have some fun so started tearing the 1080 apart. I couldn't believe how much thermal paste was used when I took the heatsink off:
Wish I purchased some Thermal Grizzley or EK 1m pads but I can always come back to that. Here's the board in all her non-reference glory:
Checking the heatsink assembly out it appeared there was some tough epoxy the only thing mending the GPU heatsink to the board brace so it was time for the heat gun. After about 10 min of full blast from the heatgun the heatsink came off like butter.
Please a silence of prayer for my Wen heatgun. It was it's last mod project.
MORE TO COME THIS WEEKEND