Repasting a few year old GPU that is thermal throttling is a MUST

Thanks to everyone on this sub for helping me out on these two posts:

[https://www.reddit.com/r/overclocking/comments/1ac6r47/is\_this\_a\_terrible\_score\_for\_stock\_2080\_and\_8700k/](https://www.reddit.com/r/overclocking/comments/1ac6r47/is_this_a_terrible_score_for_stock_2080_and_8700k/)

[https://www.reddit.com/r/overclocking/comments/1ac3f5n/should\_i\_go\_for\_a\_gpu\_thermal\_replacement\_after\_5/](https://www.reddit.com/r/overclocking/comments/1ac3f5n/should_i_go_for_a_gpu_thermal_replacement_after_5/)

My temps went down about 15-20 degrees sheesh! Probably would be a bigger gain if I set a more aggressive fan curve instead of the manufacturer default

Before repaste 3dmark score: [https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/106415838](https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/106415838)

After repaste scores: [https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/106520305](https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/106520305)

My strix 2080 was giving me a score of 8196 on timespy when the average was 10985, after repaste im now getting 10902! Eventhough I could have just sold this PC as is, I felt kind of bad not doing the repaste for the future buyer.

Here is what my GPU looked like before the repaste: [https://imgur.com/ekuNHjZ](https://imgur.com/ekuNHjZ) and heres after [https://imgur.com/g66hWPd](https://imgur.com/g66hWPd)

I used what I had left over from my thermal grizzly kryonaut and this ended in a slight empty space on the right of the DIE is not a huge deal?

I assume I probably would have gotten a bigger gain if I replaced the pads too and possibly applied more paste but I am happy with the results here, temps are now in the 50-mid 60s range which is nuts compared to constantly being in the 80-85 range before

**TLDR**:

If you are in the same position I was in, where your 5 year old GPU is constantly in the 80+ temp, definitely give your GPU a repaste!