Noted hardware guru igor'sLAB has finally put the thermal paste application argument to rest. Apparently, it's best to apply the thermal paste in a straight line. At least for GPUs. Harish Kumar M ...

In context: One of the oldest debates among PC builders concerns the correct or most effective way to apply thermal paste. A single blob, multiple blobs, a cross, or a butter spread? Igor's Lab ...

Too hot to handle Igor's Lab investigated community feedback that some owners of GeForce RTX 40 series AIB cards are hitting hotspot temperatures of 100° C after a few months of operating within ...

An RTX 5070 Ti with user-applied liquid metal died because the TIM leaked out everywhere and shorted multiple components, eventually killing the core as well. Despite being part of a "repair" video, ...

It has been discovered that Some of PowerColor’s Red Devil 7900XTX have been shipped with a factory defect involving the thermal paste application on the cards leading to high hot spot temperatures.

In this guide we'll show you how to lower your GPU temperature, enabling your graphics card to not only run cooler, but also quieter. There are several ways to lower your GPU temp, and in this ...

PowerColor has admitted that a “small percentage” of its Radeon RX 7900 XTX Red Devil graphics cards have an issue that results in a significant delta between the average GPU temperature and the hot ...

If you have a gaming PC, the graphics card is probably the most expensive item in it. Being the primary driving force of gaming performance, it should ideally last for as long as possible before a GPU ...