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TIL you should clean the thermal paste off old GPUs before you sell them, not after the buyer complains
Sold a used GTX 1080 on Craigslist back in March and the guy called me two days later saying it was hitting 88C under load. I felt like an idiot because I'd just wiped the dust off and called it good. Opened it up and the paste was basically chalk, so I repasted it, dropped temps to 71C, and gave him $20 back for the hassle. Now I keep a tube of MX-4 on the bench and do it before anything leaves my place. How often do you guys repaste cards you're flipping, or do you just leave them alone?
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