Tear-Down: NVIDIA RTX 3070 Founders Edition Disassembly

We're taking apart the NVIDIA RTX 3070 Founders Edition GPU for full disassembly of the cooling solution, die shots, and a look at thermal paste and fan replacement. Only some glue involved!
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The NVIDIA RTX 3070 FE had some of the best pressure contact we've seen with our new pressure testing yet, benefiting also from a relatively flat coldplate. This tear-down takes a closer look at why the pressure distribution was so even and shows the step-by-step disassembly process / how-to for taking apart an NVIDIA RTX 3070 Founders Edition GPU. We'll also show hole spacing for water cooling efforts, the safest way to remove the glue from the ribbon cables, a GPU die shot and die sizing, and more.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Flashbacks to the 3080 Tear-Down
01:02 - External Walkthrough of RTX 3070 Founders Edition
03:23 - Fan Measurements & Airflow Focusing
04:09 - Removing the 3070 Backplate
04:59 - ... Seriously? Plastic to the Thermal Pad?
06:57 - Rear Pad Looks Like an After-Thought
07:39 - Removing the Ribbon Cables & Slot Shunt Resistor
08:47 - Removing the Retention Bracket
10:22 - IO Plate Removal
11:14 - PCB & Cooler Separation
11:54 - 12-Pin Placement is Better in Center
13:27 - Coldplate & Heatpipe Convergence
17:11 - Lockpicking the Shroud & Fin Stack
18:57 - Unibody Shroud Design & Flow Blocking Plates
22:59 - GLUE!
25:19 - Looking at the RTX 3070 PCB & Memory
26:32 - RTX 3070 Hole Spacing, GPU Die Shot
28:23 - Conclusion

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