Planing to copper shim mod 3080ti
I'm from india, As the title suggests I plan to do copper shim mod in a friend's 3080 ti Galax HOF card and the reason is it doesn't have proper pads from the factory itself and it came as RMA for his old faulty card which was at the end of warranty so when he received this card the warranty was already over so he couldn't give this card for replacement again so we're forced to do this juggad fix
Thermal pads from gelid costs 1.1k INR a pop and we dont know the exact thickness of the pads too
Piplus has CNCed copper shim in single piece thats about 3k INR a pop and 1.6mm thickness if it's not compatible then its a dud purchase we cannot affort financially
So we plan to install and try this juggad fix with 1.0mm shims from amazon(350rs INR)
I bought 15x15 1mm copper shims(20pcs) and I'm planning to use c14 sub-zero thermal paste above and below the copper shims, it has about 13-14w/mk thermal conductivity
Anybody did it copper shim mod please guide me or share your experiences and suggestions please