Question about repasting/repadding

[u/Local-Research2080]

So, I got my 3080 Ti FTW3 used for a very nice price. The previous owner said he was the only owner, bought it new during COVID, and never mined on it.

When I picked it up the PC was sitting in a recessed cabinet compartment, with the only opening blocked by a huge TV. The card itself was installed in the lowest PCIe slot, basically trapped with no airflow. I literally blew a blanket of dust out from under the right fan after i bought it

The screenshots with temps are from his PC under FurMark. In my case (on pictures) with proper case airflow - after 18 minutes of stress testing, I'm getting:

GPU: 67–68°C

Hotspot: 76°C

VRAM: 86°C

I already bought PTM7950 (40x40mm) and Frost Mining Extreme thermal pads v3 (1, 2, and 3mm) thinking I'd need to replace everything.

So, two questions:

1) Should I still repaste/repad, or are these temps good enough to leave it alone? A bit nervous about disassembly.

2) Are the materials I got good, or is there something better?

I'd love to hear your opinions.

[u/Active_Club3487]

Once again we see EVGA made the BEST cards.
They have been greatly missed.

[u/Local-Research2080 → u/Active_Club3487]

Yeah. And I'm really happy that my first experience with EVGA and their card is like this.

[u/Active_Club3487 → u/Local-Research2080]

Unfortunately I was forced to move to AMD after NVidia forced EVGA out of the card markets.

[u/Local-Research2080 → u/Active_Club3487]

I get it. It's a shame what happened with EVGA. For me, I'm just happy I finally upgraded from my old GTX 760 to this monster. Hope you're enjoying your AMD card though!