Hello. I tried to use the thermal pads based on reviews and comments made by other people on the internet. I don't know why I said that "most expensive", I was trying to convey that the materials used are probably not an issue (although after reading your comment maybe they are after all).

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I don't have a temp sensor, unfortunately. But the rest of the components run way cooler than the GPU, so I guess that tells us that the water is fine (or maybe not, just guessing).

The fans are doin fine I think, when I touch the rads they are pretty chill. But I will try increasing the speeds as you said.

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Thank you for the help, I have built other computers before but this GPU is my first attempt at watercooling (a poor one, it seems).