I am planning on doing a re tim at some point and would like to know the thickness of thermal pads used on the reference cooler for the mem, PLX, and VRM's... just in case I mess them up and cannot reuse them Hoping not too, but just in case... ya know's

EVGATech_ChrisS

0.5mm

 
Thanks for the reply. So 0.5 on everything? mem, vrm's, and the PLX chip?

Yes 0.5mm on everything, as well as the 680. 

Thank you!

So I am trying .5mm pads, and they are not making contact. Any suggestions?
 

Michael_0780

double up the .5mm pads together and see if it makes contact then.  If it does, then do it that way or get some 1mm pads 

 
I do not have enough to do the whole card again. I just ordered some Fuji 1mm pads. I know they are squishy and will spread. I am concerned, however, it will raise the pcb and not allow good contact with the heatsinks on the GPU's
 

Okay, UGH! Just tried 1mm pads and they are far too thick. Even squished them with my finger to compress them to a decent thickness that could work, but doesn't! Makes the board all warped and funky. Probably broke the damn thing in the process ACK! so .5mm too thin. 1mm too thick. WTH now! I am trying to get my hands on an Arctic cooler, just so I can be done with this. But if I ever have to RMA, wth can I do? Am I screwed as is right now for warranty for changing them? SOOOO FRUSTRATED! Should have RMA'd it to begin with. Just wanted to try and keep the temps under control, cause they were far too high. After all of this, I kind of just want bin the thing.

loveha

You can change the cooler, change the TIM, but a waterblock on it, and it does not void the warranty. Only physical modifications to either the cooler or PCB does it void that. As long as it is put back to factory condition, the condition you pulled it out of the box you can RMA it. EVGA is not responsible for any backplates or high flow brackets that are left on the card during the RMA process.
Find it hard to believe that .5mm doesn't work. The cooler didn't come with any? Find that unusual for an aftermarket cooler.
 

 
Well that is  good to know, thanks.
No, I do not have the cooler yet. What I was trying to do was put some high quality fuji pads on the mem, vrm, plx, and change the tim to some quality stuff. This whole process has been a nightmare. Three orders of pads later, $75 bucks down the #%$^s. and left with a card I still cant use.

loveha

PanzerMensch

loveha

You can change the cooler, change the TIM, but a waterblock on it, and it does not void the warranty. Only physical modifications to either the cooler or PCB does it void that. As long as it is put back to factory condition, the condition you pulled it out of the box you can RMA it. EVGA is not responsible for any backplates or high flow brackets that are left on the card during the RMA process.
Find it hard to believe that .5mm doesn't work. The cooler didn't come with any? Find that unusual for an aftermarket cooler.

Well that is  good to know, thanks.
No, I do not have the cooler yet. What I was trying to do was put some high quality fuji pads on the mem, vrm, plx, and change the tim to some quality stuff. This whole process has been a nightmare. Three orders of pads later, $75 bucks down the #%$^s. and left with a card I still cant use.

I would never have changed out the pads. Just the TIM.

 
Yupp.. I agree

10x10x.5 means it is 10mm wide, 10mm long and .5 mm thick. Getting them in like 10x100x.5 is usually easy since you can trim them to fit.

As for the thickness... And I don't have a 690, so I could be wrong, but all of the pads have been .5 mm for the memory and 1mm for the vrm section on the waterblocks.

Going thicker is always better than going too thin for sure. Hopefully that helps.

No, it shouldn't cause lift if you tighten it properly, since the thermal pad is going to indent pretty easily.

I wouldn't stack the thermal pads either. They are super cheap unless you go with something like the fujiploy extreme thermal pads. I have EK thermal pads on everything I use currently, and have never had any issues out of them.