In honesty it didn’t stop me
I managed to drop the temps over 8 degrees by using thermal grizzly kryonaut and that enough reason for me to want to do it.
Sadly Asus, like all gpu venders use crap paste - that is the bottom line*
I9 12900KS @ 5.7Ghz
ASUS ROG Strix RTX 3090 OC Edition
ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 EXTREME EATX Motherboard
ASUS ROG PG35VQ @ 200mhz in 3440x1440
Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 32GB DDR5 CL36 @ 6200mhz
Samsung 980 EVO Pro M.2 x 3 off
NZXT Z63 Kraken AIO CPU Cooler
NZXT H700i + Hue 2 (Pubg Edition) - Heavily modified
ASUS ROG THOR 1200w PSU
Corsair M65 RGB Mouse
Corsair K95 RGB Keyboard