CryptoAtHomeStep by step guide on how to replace the thermal pads on the 3080 FE, including a complete teardown and the dimensions of each pads to cut. You'll see the drop in temperature and increase in Ethereum hashrate after the mod at the end of the video.
⚠️⚠️I suggest buying ONLY Gelid Extreme for front and back as they're a bit softer than the Ultimate and thus more forgiving if you're not super-precise!⚠️⚠️
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_________ Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:51 - Temps before mod 01:33 - Tools needed 03:38 - Removing the triangle 04:04 - Unscrewing the Phillips 04:19 - Removing the little covers 04:51 - Unscrewing the Torx 05:09 - Removing the backplate 05:54 - Unplugging the cables 07:56 - Removing the IO shield 08:29 - Removing the leaf bracket 09:08 - Remove the PCB 09:41 - Cleaning the GPU and memory 11:25 - WARNING 12:30 - Back side analysis 14:05 - Back PCB diagram 14:21 - Cutting the thermal pads 14:43 - Installing the thermal pads (back) 19:19 - Front PCB 17:23 - Front PCB diagram 19:37 - Installing the thermal pads (front) 21:34 - Repasting the GPU 22:12 - Putting back the PCB 22:33 - Putting back the leaf bracket 23:15 - Putting back the IO shield 23:50 - Plugging back the cables 25:02 - Putting back the backplate 25:40 - Screwing back the Torx 26:03 - Putting back the little covers 26:42 - Screwing back the Phillips 27:00 - Putting back the triangle 27:13 - Temps after one hour 28:26 - Outro
3080 FE Thermal Pad Mod (-20°C) | Improve your mining hashrate!CryptoAtHome2021-05-06 | Step by step guide on how to replace the thermal pads on the 3080 FE, including a complete teardown and the dimensions of each pads to cut. You'll see the drop in temperature and increase in Ethereum hashrate after the mod at the end of the video.
⚠️⚠️I suggest buying ONLY Gelid Extreme for front and back as they're a bit softer than the Ultimate and thus more forgiving if you're not super-precise!⚠️⚠️
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_________ Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:51 - Temps before mod 01:33 - Tools needed 03:38 - Removing the triangle 04:04 - Unscrewing the Phillips 04:19 - Removing the little covers 04:51 - Unscrewing the Torx 05:09 - Removing the backplate 05:54 - Unplugging the cables 07:56 - Removing the IO shield 08:29 - Removing the leaf bracket 09:08 - Remove the PCB 09:41 - Cleaning the GPU and memory 11:25 - WARNING 12:30 - Back side analysis 14:05 - Back PCB diagram 14:21 - Cutting the thermal pads 14:43 - Installing the thermal pads (back) 19:19 - Front PCB 17:23 - Front PCB diagram 19:37 - Installing the thermal pads (front) 21:34 - Repasting the GPU 22:12 - Putting back the PCB 22:33 - Putting back the leaf bracket 23:15 - Putting back the IO shield 23:50 - Plugging back the cables 25:02 - Putting back the backplate 25:40 - Screwing back the Torx 26:03 - Putting back the little covers 26:42 - Screwing back the Phillips 27:00 - Putting back the triangle 27:13 - Temps after one hour 28:26 - OutroHow to clean mining rigs | CompuCleaner Xpert reviewCryptoAtHome2021-04-23 | Review of the CompuCleaner Xpert, a powerful Air Duster. My rigs have been accumulating a lot of dust and cat hair over time so this is the perfect opportunity to try to clean them "live". I'll show you how loud it gets and discuss the positives and negatives of this product.
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_________ Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Specs 02:03 - Unboxing 05:08 - Noise 05:47 - First nozzle 07:15 - Second nozzle 07:35 - Third nozzle 08:01 - Pressure test 08:22 - Cleaning a rig 09:32 - Cleaning CPU fan 10:10 - Stuck hair 10:48 - My opinionMSI Z390 Gaming Pro Carbon AC review | 6 GPU Mining MotherboardCryptoAtHome2021-04-17 | Unboxing and review of the MSI Z390 Gaming Pro Carbon AC motherboard which has 6 PCIe slots and makes it suitable for a mining rig. This motherboard uses a Z390 chipset more recent that all the others "mining" motherboards.
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_________ Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:05 - Unboxing 02:07 - Motherboard 02:32 - M2 slots 02:44 - PCIe slots 04:45 - I/O Ports 05:29 - Bios 06:28 - Fix no display 06:46 - OutroBig mining farm in an apartment | 6 rigs How-toCryptoAtHome2021-04-17 | In this video, I'll show you how I've set my mining farm in my apartment. I'll be going over the electricty used, the sound and some of the problems I'm facing and how I'm trying to deal with them.
My farm has 6 rigs with 48 cards (mix of 3060 TI/3070/3080/3090) for a total of 3 GH/s.
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_________ Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - Rigs in bedroom 02:26 - Rigs in living room 03:46 - Rigs in kitchen 05:16 - Dust 06:30 - Industrial extractor fan 07:07 - Fire extinguisher 07:53 - OutroBiostar TB250-BTC PRO review | 12-GPU Mining MotherboardCryptoAtHome2021-03-15 | Unboxing and review of the Biostar TB250-BTC PRO which has 12 PCIe slots that make it perfect for crypto-currency mining (Ethereum, Bitcoin, Ravencoin, ...)
Stay tuned for more mining hardware reviews and guides.
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_________ Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:57 - Unboxing 01:51 - Motherboard 02:45 - PCIe slots 04:08 - I/O Ports 05:30 - Bios settings 05:25 - My opinionAdd more PCIe slots to your mining motherboardCryptoAtHome2021-03-13 | Review of an expansion card that you can plug into your mining motherboard to add 3 extra PCIe slots to plug in more graphics cards.
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_________ Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:07 - Mining motherboard 01:50 - PCIe multiplier 02:44 - Plugging in the multiplier 03:20 - Plugging and testing the first card 04:31 - Plugging and testing the second card 05:48 - Nicehash 06:23 - OutroHow to unplug the 3090 FE and 3080 FE cablesCryptoAtHome2021-03-11 | Quick video following the previous guide to show in full zoomed-in glory how to unplug and plug in all the 3090 FE and 3080 FE cables, including the dreaded led cable.
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_________ Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:53 - First ribbon cable 01:25 - Second ribbon cable 01:44 - LED cable 03:19 - Outro3090 FE Thermal Pad Mod (-20°C) | Improve your mining hashrate!CryptoAtHome2021-03-06 | Thermal pad (120*120): Step by step guide on how to replace the thermal pads on the 3090 FE, including a complete teardown and the dimensions of each pads to cut. You'll see the drop in temperature and increase in Ethereum hashrate after the mod at the end of the video. Go check my other video focused on how to unplug the cables in details: youtube.com/watch?v=X5a8EbhVYSI
Pad cutting layout by Matthew Lloyd (pdf on Google drive): bit.ly/2Q8fcPk
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N.B: I'm aware that I did touch the pads with my fingers in the video which you should generally avoid doing but what you don't see is that I actually clean my fingers between each shots. Also, you should also change the thermal paste on the GPU. I didn't receive mine in time to make the video.
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The thermal pad mod for the 3080 FE is largely similar.
Credit to "Steve" from Gamers Nexus, "falkentyne" from Reddit and "AwkwaBear" from Overclockers.net for instructions.
_________ Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:22 - Temps before mod 05:19 - Heat sink and fan 05:26 - Tools needed 06:47 - Removing the triangle 07:19 - Unscrewing the Phillips 08:06 - Removing the little covers 09:08 - Unscrewing the Torx 09:54 - Removing the backplate 10:15 - Unplugging the cables 11:36 - Removing the IO shield 12:40 - Removing the last piece 13:37 - Remove the PCB 14:19 - Cleaning the memory modules 14:47 - Front PCB diagram 15:01 - Cutting the thermal pad 15:38 - Installing the thermal pad (front) 17:00 - Back PCB 17:23 - Back PCB diagram 17:40 - Thermal pad applied (back) 18:03 - Putting back the PCB 20:18 - Plugging back the cables 21:24 - Putting back the IO shield 22:02 - Putting back the backplate 22:40 - Screwing back the Torx 23:14 - Putting back the little covers 23:58 - Screwing back the Phillips 24:15 - Putting back the triangle 24:31 - Temps after one day 25:25 - Outro40 RTX cards ready to mine Ethereum !CryptoAtHome2021-03-06 | A quick look at the Ampere cards currently installed in my mining rigs.
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_________ Chapters 00:00 - Intro 02:05 - Blinking cursor on black screen 02:17 - Fix step 1 02:45 - Fix step 2 03:16 - Result 03:41 - OutroMSI Z390 Gaming Edge AC review | 6 GPU Mining MotherboardCryptoAtHome2021-03-01 | Unboxing and review of the MSI Z390 Gaming Edge AC motherboard which has 6 PCIe slots and makes it suitable for a mining rig. This motherboard uses a Z390 chipset more recent that all the others "mining" motherboards.
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_________ Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:03 - Unboxing 02:45 - Motherboard 03:18 - PCIe slots 05:02 - M2 slots 05:27 - I/O Ports 06:13 - Bios 08:12 - OutroDIY Mining Rigs | Mine without a frameCryptoAtHome2021-02-18 | How to make the most of your desktop computer for crypto-mining without getting another full rig. In the second part, I'll show how you can setup a full rig without an expensive frame.
_________ Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:46 - DIY Rig 1 05:04 - DIY Rig 2 07:20 - DIY Rig 3 08:11 - OutroGigabyte GA-B250-FinTech review | 12-GPU Mining MotherboardCryptoAtHome2021-02-13 | Unboxing and review of the Gigabyte GA-B250 motherboard which has 12 PCIe slots that make it perfect for crypto-currency mining (Ethereum, Bitcoin, Ravencoin, ...)