If you are applying grease or thermal paste, it would be with the thermal pads as well, not by itself.

The pads that come on gpu’s are more than sufficient, but many people swear that fujiploy pads are better, although no one provides any testing to show actual change, they just say google it, without any definitive tests done on actual benchmarks and tested with thermosters.

If you are willing to pay a lot for no noticeable change over stock pads, grab the fujiploy 11 watt/mk pads. There are .5mm and 1mm thickness on different parts of the gpu, so you will need multiple sizes.

the_Scarlet_one
If you are applying grease or thermal paste, it would be with the thermal pads as well, not by itself.

The pads that come on gpu’s are more than sufficient, but many people swear that fujiploy pads are better, although no one provides any testing to show actual change, they just say google it, without any definitive tests done on actual benchmarks and tested with thermosters.

If you are willing to pay a lot for no noticeable change over stock pads, grab the fujiploy 11 watt/mk pads. There are .5mm and 1mm thickness on different parts of the gpu, so you will need multiple sizes.

Yes, Fujipoly are consider one of the "best" out there but their supposed performance doesn't really justify their cost.  The 11W/mK pads are priced alright and then there are the 17W/mK pads which are even more.  If you are looking for cheap thermal pads with around 3-3.5W/mK you can get the EK Thermal pads that are pre-cut for VRAM chips they are pretty great, they come in a bunch of sizes and thickness, I would recommend these.
https://www.ekwb.com/shop/accessories/thermal-interface-materials/thermal-pads    

Black Plate hermal Grizzly Minus Pad 8 High Performance Thermal Pad - 100x100x2.0mm
ARCTIC Thermal Pad (145 x 145 x 0.5 mm) - Silicone Based Thermal Pad with 6.0W/mK Thermal Conductivity - Flexible and Adaptive
ARCTIC Thermal Pad (145 x 145 x 1.0 mm) - Silicone Based Thermal Pad with 6.0W/mK Thermal Conductivity - Flexible and Adaptive


ARCTIC Thermal Pad (145 x 145 x 1.5 mm) - Silicone Based Thermal Pad with 6.0W/mK Thermal Conductivity - Flexible and Adaptive

the thermal grizzly pads work quite well and hold with out all the extra ooze that some pads leave, PPCS have them and ones from phobya which to be honest look and feel with the same specs as thermal grizzly for half the price. i have used them for a awhile over stock pads including ek ones and have no complaints, temps do seem more stable with them also. the fujipoly ones are crazy priced.

Hello guys,
 
personally I am using the K5 PRO the last two years and I don't have a complain.If you would like to give a try the following tutorial will be very helpful
 
 

dswalterwi
I'm  replacing my GPU Thermal Pads with the Grizzly minus pad 8 which is 8 W/mK conductivity.  My big question is the manufacturer used long strips that covered even the gaps between the chips.  And in some area there were only two chips but the strip was long enough as if there were 4 chips.  Did they do that to be lazy or do you think it actually provides more thermal transfer?  I'm wondering if I should just cut squares that match the chips like I've seen on other boards.

The TIM (Thermal Interface Material), whether it be pads or paste or whatever, only needs to go between the heat source and the cold plate.
 
TIM outside of those areas does nothing..Who knows why they put one-piece, maybe to save on assembly time instead of cutting/placing each piece.
 
It won't matter if you make a one-piece piece or cut-to-fit, but why waste material?