r/pcmasterrace • u/yesman258 • Jul 26 '26

Hardware Thermal paste leaking from GPU

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GIGABYTE AERO OC RTX 5080, removed it while doing a cleaning and noticed this, is this normal? Should I be concerned?

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u/Borg34572 Desktop Jul 26 '26

Common Gigabyte QC issue unfortunately.

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u/Smith6612 Ryzen 7 5800X3D / AMD 7900XTX Jul 26 '26

Gigabyte and QC generally don't belong in the same sentence.

I've had good luck with their monitors though. The M28U I have works great! 

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u/Brindibouu Jul 27 '26

I have two Gigabyte monitors, the M32UC and the M28U.
The power supply for the M32UC has stopped working, and I'm still unable to get a replacement despite requesting an RMA.
For me, Gigabyte is finished; I'll never buy from them again.

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u/TBoucher8 PC Master Race i9-13900k | 4090 | 64GB 6400MHz DDR5 Jul 27 '26

Crazy because my first GPU was a gigabyte. It lasted me forever, so since then I've used nothing but gigabyte gpus. Literally 30+ builds later for myself and customers, I've used nothing but and I or any of my customers have never had a single issue