Patrons Ask GN 23: Thermal Paste vs. Cold? Voltage vs. Lifespan (Patreon)

Patrons Ask GN 23: Thermal Paste vs. Cold? Voltage vs. Lifespan

TIMESTAMPS below: Burnout? 00:16 – MustangsbyMatt: “@Steve Burke Do you ever get burned out from the constant work and long hours? What do you do to recharge?” Thermal Paste vs. Cold? 00:47 – SerpentXSF: “#askgn-questions @Steve Burke I am curious, we know that certain paste, or thermal interfaces can crack under sub-zero temps. However with Jayz chiller, would sub-ambient cooling cause issues with thermal coupounds? #askgn-questions Excuse me thermal interface with Ln2 can crack, but what about in sub-zero. Or using chillers, does it have an impact on thermal compounds?” Voltage & Temps vs. Lifespan 02:52 - Partial Noobity: “#askgn-questions I've herd some conflicting data on overclocking. Some articles i have read state that its not voltage that kills components, its temps. But other places say to never surpass sertan voltages even if your temps are in a "safe" range. Is there truth to both or is one just wrong?” Diagnosing a Bottleneck 04:46 – rezbrick: “#askgn-questions Hi Steve, is monitoring percentage usage of CPU Core and GPU sufficient to diagnose bottlenecking between those two? I ask because the cores on my 3930k (4.2 OC) CPU rarely exceed 80% usage in SotTR while my 1080 Ti is often at 100%, yet the games benchmarking tool indicates that I’m 20% CPU bound. What is going on here? CPU frequency vs. percentage usage? X79 platform too slow? What tools can I use to measure whatever the issue is? Thank you” Firmware Modification of RTX 06:40 – zombienerd: “#askgn-questions @Steve Burke How hard do you think it would be to modify the firmware on the RTX cards to increase the maximum power target?”