I opened a supper ticket with evga and their response was simply that there's no need to worry or even apply the thermal tape mod. Simply run a more "aggressive" fan curve.
I don't feel comfortable not having some sort of air given there isn't a heat sink on the vrm to dissipate heat. I've set my fan to 20% from 0-31C(idle loads) and from 40C and on(which for me is under load) I've bumped them to 40-50% gradually.
Don't recall the exact look of my "custom" fan profile but I know I have three points of so.
Has been working perfect and temps steady even overclocked.
See evga response below.
"Hello,
I am sorry for any confusion on dealing with this issue.
Simply adjusting the fan curve to a more aggressive setting is more than enough to cool the VRM's properly.
There is no concern for extra thermal pads for your hybrid kit.
Please let us know if there is anything else we can assist you with in regard to your EVGA products by contacting support at
support@evga.com or 888-881-3842 for further assistance.
Thank you,
EVGA"