- Apr 21, 2017
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I got a second hand R7 360 video card which has TDP slightly upwards of 100W. When gaming, its fans spin up to max. There is very little space around the cooling area of the GPU, as the mobo has the GPU mounted almost to the bottom of the case (around 1" from GPU fans to bottom of case), with only on slot (unused pcie x1) below the double height GPU. The matx case is fairly compact too.
I'm wondering how much improvement one might expect from disassembling the GPU to redo the thermal interface between the cooler and the GPU.
Given that my card is Rx-300 generation, it may be around 8 years in age. Does anyone here have any idea whether, or how much, thermal performance degrades in such amounts of time?
I'm wondering how much improvement one might expect from disassembling the GPU to redo the thermal interface between the cooler and the GPU.
Given that my card is Rx-300 generation, it may be around 8 years in age. Does anyone here have any idea whether, or how much, thermal performance degrades in such amounts of time?