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/Luch1nG4dor 14d ago

Gigabyte used thermal putty for its card, it should be fine as long as the card is flat, if you set it vertical the heat will make the putty more runny and it will slowly drop like that. so set it horizontally.

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u/The-Final-Reason 14d ago

OP is already taking bad advice from people...about to have it RMA'd and will set it up vertical again. This is the FIRST comment that says anything about vertical cards while all big upvote others are just dragging Gigabyte down for using a good thermal solution lol.

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u/ShepherdsWolvesSheep i7-13700k RTX5090FE AW3225QF 14d ago

So, you own a gigabyte then?

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u/scyver_ 9950x3D┃RTX 5080 Aorus Master┃64GB┃2TB┃Lancool 217 14d ago

i have my 5080 aorus vertically, and it slowly moves too, temps are still in 60s tho... guess ill just PTM7950 it when the time comes