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Thermal Pads for 7870 GPU
The GPU is MSI Twin Frozr III
I want to replace the thermal pads due to they have a lot of dust on them which is causing problems with heat
I'm just lost on thermal pad thickness any help
The GPU is MSI Twin Frozr III
I want to replace the thermal pads due to they have a lot of dust on them which is causing problems with heat
I'm just lost on thermal pad thickness any help
If I understand you correctly your heat dissipate sinks under the fans are dirty (dusty). They can be cleaned without removing them with a brush and a can of air. Just remove the video card to do the cleaning.
Everything else is fine but the thermal pads that are on IC Memory & VRM are dirty there is crap on them
what matters is the surface between the pad and the memory/VRM and the surface between the pad and the heat sink. The sides aren't relevant for heat dissipation.
I washed with water a lot of gum-like thermal pads to "regenerate" them and they worked fine afterwards, but I cannot guarantee that it will work for you too. Can you post some pics?
I've seen thermal tape on evil bay in different thicknesses.
Does your thermal pads looking a bit like the attached pic?
If so, check the thickness and measure size, just with a meter.
You can find different size of thickness, 0,5mm, 1mm & 1,5mm.
I'll go for 1mm thick and those pads are soft and could not hurt when pressed on the Vram's. And i'll not use sided adhesive pads, just the common ones
1) There seems to be set of 2 or 4 thermal pads, sized 120mm x 20mm that you could use scissors to cut the right size for you, if needed.Please note: This thermal pad can be compressed to half of its original height!
2)There 's 5W/mk type or 7W/mk type, and seems the 5W/mk is the most common.
Here's a LINK