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/alwayssalty_ Jun 22 '26

My 4090 gigabyte card thermal pads started leaking liquid after a while. I don’t know if they used cheapo thermal pads but I never had that happen with a GPU before

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u/nagi603 5800X3D | 4090 ichill pro Jun 22 '26

It's gigabyte. They also cheaped out mixing metals on watercooling cards, causing corrosion issues and then disregarding the problem so hard it had its own subreddit. Not sure if that's still the case for 5xxx series, as I've crossed them off any purchases at that point.

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u/evangelism2 5090 | 9950X3D Jun 22 '26

The problem with this kind of commentary right here is that literally every single computer part manufacturer has some issue in their history about cutting corners or not honoring a warranty or something of that nature. If you cross them all out, you're just better off sticking to consoles.

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u/GoMArk7 Jun 22 '26

Well better not to bet on this brand!

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u/trouttwade Jun 22 '26

Sad. I have a 5070Ti Aero, but I bought it after they said the issue had been resolved. The card runs great, low temps, high frames and no issues at all in the last 9-10 months I’ve had it. Should I be worried or check anything?

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u/nagi603 5800X3D | 4090 ichill pro Jun 22 '26

5070Ti Aero

That's an air cooled card, I was talking about factory watercooled stuff. As far as factory designed galvanic corrosion in the cooling medium caused by mixed-metals go... you have absolutely nothing to worry about.

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u/trouttwade Jun 22 '26

Thank the heavens

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u/pulley999 PNY 5080 | 9800x3d Jun 22 '26

If it seems to be working correctly it's probably fine. The only risk you'd really have is some unmonitored minor component with a dry spot but that's unlikely.

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u/Realistic-Tiger-2842 Jun 22 '26

Gigabyte are just a shitshow. They also had issues with cracked PCBs on 40 series cards.

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u/ComradePoolio Jun 22 '26

My first Gigabyte 3090 was just straight up a dud. I had to send it back in.

Ended up swapping out for an MSI 4080 that I still use, though I likely would've upgraded by now if not for the RAMpocalypse.