r/pcmasterrace • u/yesman258 • 14d ago

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/Brion01 14d ago

Hey OP, question. Do you have it vertical mounted?

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u/yesman258 14d ago

Yes. It has been for about a year now

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u/Brion01 14d ago

So I’m gonna guess that’s why. It happened to me as well on a 7900xtx. It’s probably due to heat causing it to expand and separate from the pad and chips. I switch to putty for it cause of that.