theskyisthelimit99
Chris Redfield
Gelid Ultimate are the best as one member suggested me,but since I couldn't find them I ordered Gelid Extreme that are similar,but have a bit more of goo or something like that.
He said those are fine too as long as I don't mind cleaning that goo.
He said that Thermalright aren't too good and that he used Gelid Ultimate and lowered temperatures by 10c.
I ordered Gelid Extreme,but it got lost in shipping so I had to order new one that are on the way.
So if you can try find Gelid Ultimate,if you can't,try Gelid Extreme as they are basically the same,maybe even a bit better but have more goo that needs to be cleaned when you're replacing them.
As for dimensions for each part of the GPU:
1x 80x40x1.0mm (chokes)
1x 80x40x2.0mm (memory chips)
1x 80x40x3.0mm (backplate and mosfet)
''you should use 3mm on the mosfets, but I only had 2mm on hand and it works just fine. I did diagonal cuts on the 2mm pads to get some extra thickness so it's contacting the mosfets just fine for me. It's also getting a lot of airflow since it's on the front side of the cooler, so i am not that worried.
Replace the mosfets pads with the 3mm pads, and use the leftovers for the backplate, if you want to buy the 3mm pads. the backplate would be at the way bottom of my priority list of cooling.''
That's what he told me.
And no,I don't think that would spike GPU at all.
As for paste,I only change it on chip itself since stock past was very dry and I haven't change it anywhere else,so I'm not sure where and how to change it on rest of GPU.
There are some tutorials on Youtube how to change paste and pads so try to search them and see the instructions.
However I think I read that you shouldn't use paste on pads at all,just the chip,but I'm not 100% sure so it would be best to watch few tutorials to get full picture about everything.
Thanks this is a useful list.
However,
Im seeing conflicting info out there,Some say to put thermal paste on the ram chips and/or on top of the thermal pad itself for the vram area. (to drop 20C), i guess ill dig around more on whether it really leads to 20C vs 10C for junction. Some say you can just change only the vram pads, but that might raise gpu temps (is what i meant/wondered). I was planning on only changing the ones for junction. On gelid vs thermalright, im surprised as i saw posts that said thermalright is better and use those and then they should last 2 years, but who knows.
I'm still waiting for my pads to arrive so I'm not sure for some things either.
I read that it's dangerous to put paste on pads because it would give terrible performance issues and even damage hardware itself.
However I also read that it's not a bad idea to put a bit of paste on it for a better ''contact'' because it will fill up micro gaps on the edges.
Problem is that many people say different things so it's hard to know what is good way to do something and what's not.
And yes,I heard that the pads could slightly raise GPU temperature itself,while lowering memory temperature at the same time.
However it's only a slight increase of few degrees and it's not something that should be considered ''bad'' since temperatures of memory without pads could cause much more serious issues to GPU than few degrees more of GPU itself.
Since I'm mining too,I wanted to get as lower temperatures as I could get so I decided to change it on every possible part of GPU.
Some said that if you do all mods with pads and changing paste you could even achieve as much as -20c down on junction.
As for Gelid vs Thermalright,it all depends of results of users that are individual as they use a slightly different methods while putting pads as well as having different results based on silicon lottery and Overclock settings.
I heard that Thermalright is both awesome and terrible.
Like I said it depends of more than one factor so everyone will say something good and bad of both brands of pads.
Guy who gave me instructions told me he used Gelid Ultimate and he got -10c so I decided to go with Gelid since EVGA uses sort of ''custom'' pads thickness and you can't really get ''right'' thickness from aftermarket pads,so it I used Gelid since he confirmed it fits.
PS
''Also, for just doing vram, is it necessary to change the pads on the backplate too?''
I think it's not absolutely necessary,but it's highly recommended.
However double check that just to be sure.
post edited by Chris Redfield - 2021/08/17 09:04:01