Even PowerGPU's founder can't escape thermal gel leakage from the Gigabyte RTX 50-Series Master GPU

Leaking thermal gel on Gigabyte GPU.

Gigabyte’s leaky thermal gel problem finally hit a prominent system integrator. According to VideoCardz, PowerGPU founder and CEO Jese Martinez discovered that his Gigabyte RTX 50-Series Master GPU, which he had owned since February, had been leaking its thermal putty after he switched to an RTX 50 Founders Edition graphics card. Martinez had already warned his customers about the issue, but didn’t expect the problem to impact his personal system.

Welp I got the Gigabyte gel leaking issue. I reported on this a few months back. pic.twitter.com/79POBtl3JwJune 19, 2025