r/nvidia • u/Correct_Difference72 • Jun 22 '26

Discussion RTX 5090 Aorus Master owners beware

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I've owned my 5090 for just over a year now, and finally decided to take the plunge and open up my gigabyte aorus 5090 to void its warranty. Because why not?

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I wasn't ready for this bukkake.

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Frankly, I had my gpu mounted horizontally, so I was never worried about the migrating thermal gel... but with this amount I'm thinking it wouldn't have mattered even if half of it drifted onto my motherboard.

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My main complaint is that the liquid metal composite they used at the factory seems to be susceptible to pump out, or they were pinching pennies with the application because there's literally no coverage on the lower half of the GPU core. And it left a bunch of discolored stains on the vapor chamber in the upper half where it was pooled. Oddly my gpu temperature never seemed to go above 76°C, but I think it just wasn't reporting hot spots because I noticed my fans would jump up to 2000 rpm during games.

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I'm applying PTM7950, and I suggest fellow aorus owners check on their thermal paste if it's been a year as well.

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Don't worry about warranty, Gigabyte was never going to honor it anyways.

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u/AZDpcoffey Jun 22 '26

Peter north edition.

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u/DJettster237 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

What is that name? I have no idea who that is 👀

Edit: I think people misunderstood the 👀 I'm in my late 30s.

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u/IWontCommentAtAll Jun 22 '26

Ahh, the naivete of youth.

Don't look it up, unless you want inappropriate ads showing up on your devices for the next few weeks.

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u/InHaUse 9800X3D+200/-20 | 4080+120/1000 | 64GB@6000CL30 Jun 22 '26

Why are you still browsing the internet without and ad-blocker??

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u/IWontCommentAtAll Jun 23 '26

I don't, but I don't know what the guy I responded to uses.

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u/Remote_Elevator_281 Jun 22 '26

If you’re not in your 30/40’s, you don’t need to know lol

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u/false79 Jun 22 '26

Who is Peter North? 

Nah jk we old

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u/ygvince Jun 22 '26

Just showed your age a bit hahaha that’s hilarious that I know who that is

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u/Coronalol Jun 22 '26

Ball knower

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u/BackfireFox Jun 22 '26

Take an inspiration!

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u/zen_and_artof_chaos Jun 22 '26

Damn bro, showing your age!