VRM Heatsink Re-Padding on a Gigabyte B650M Aorus From Amazon... Again

Another late night hang out with a suburban home crypto miner filled with various ummm, coughs, and rambles.
Preemptively addressing the nasty thermal pads that are on these open box motherboards
All the best mining fam!
#cpumining
#cryptomining
#SaveThatMoney

[@sadiesometimes1141]

Happy Hashing!🙂💜

[@Nick_K-]

yooo hi! from the experience you have how often change the thermal pads? over a year or more?🤔

[@sadiesometimes1141]

@@Nick_K- Good morning Nick!☕☕🙂
So usually high heat environment(Like 3080 Dell Vram) I'll get a year or two on pads...
Normal temps or light use I've went many years without changing pads. So I'm thinking some of these boards were abused or this is some kind of re-manufacturer using very sub par quality pads.
Can't say how much your consistent engagement means. Thank you Mr Nick🙂💯💜🥂

[@moaalseiari4115]

This board has big heatsink. What is the benefit of replacing thermal pads on this board? I am not convinced.

[@sadiesometimes1141]

@@moaalseiari4115 These are open box boards and the third-party Rma company is putting in thermal pads that smell of chemicals. So I replace them