badboy64
How do you guys cut these pads to down to size of the gpu and cpu? I am gonna redo 2 of my watercooled computer systems next weekend.

I used an x-acto knife, I used painters tape on the gpu die itself because you cannot take proper measurements at least on mine due to the caps in the way without a caliper. Large piece of blue painters tape X-acto knife to cut around the die gently, peel off place on Honeywell ptm7950 pad as a cutting template stencil, use x-acto Knife with a ruler to help keep a straight line, apply it to the gpu die, toss my air cooler back on and done.

I got it setup in one of my computer with my eVga 3090Ti and i9-14900KF with these pads on both cpu and gpu. I have both my cpu and gpu with waterblocks installed on them. Temps are almost the same as before but don't rise in temps as quickly with regular paste on them before. Is there a cure time for these pads in which temps start to go lower? It took me a total 6 hours from start to finish to it up and running. I will be doing my 2nd computer this weekend with MSI 4090 and i9-14900KS. I had to stick the pads in my refrigerator for about a hour before applying them to the cpu and gpu.

badboy64
I got it setup in one of my computer with my eVga 3090Ti and i9-14900KF with these pads on both cpu and gpu. I have both my cpu and gpu with waterblocks installed on them. Temps are almost the same as before but don't rise in temps as quickly with regular paste on them before. Is there a cure time for these pads in which temps start to go lower? It took me a total 6 hours from start to finish to it up and running. I will be doing my 2nd computer this weekend with MSI 4090 and i9-14900KS. I had to stick the pads in my refrigerator for about a hour before applying them to the cpu and gpu.

Mine seemed to be good to go after the first 15 minute burn in at 576w.

badboy64
I got it setup in one of my computer with my eVga 3090Ti and i9-14900KF with these pads on both cpu and gpu. I have both my cpu and gpu with waterblocks installed on them. Temps are almost the same as before but don't rise in temps as quickly with regular paste on them before. Is there a cure time for these pads in which temps start to go lower? It took me a total 6 hours from start to finish to it up and running. I will be doing my 2nd computer this weekend with MSI 4090 and i9-14900KS. I had to stick the pads in my refrigerator for about a hour before applying them to the cpu and gpu.

You may need to lower your fans and pump speeds to really get it to bake properly at an accelerated rate. Hardware needs to exceed 45c and stay well above 45c to bake & cure properly, the more heat the better. It's what it was designed for and around after all. Like on my AIO cooled cpu and vapor chambered gpu it has been amazing.

New month. Temps still holding. 

Sajin
New month. Temps still holding. 

same stuff is amazing.
I cannot get IC Diamond 24 anymore so this is my go to.

Temps still holding. 😎

Sajin
Temps still holding. 😎

nice to see no issues

Those wondering and wanting to see how good Honeywell PTM7950 pads are if you do not believe those of us who are using it, maybe you will believe Igor.
Not over-hyped: Honeywell PTM7950 in a lab test and a real game changer for graphics cards | igor´sLAB (igorslab.de)

donta1979
Those wondering and wanting to see how good Honeywell PTM7950 pads are if you do not believe those of us who are using it, maybe you will believe Igor.
Not over-hyped: Honeywell PTM7950 in a lab test and a real game changer for graphics cards | igor´sLAB (igorslab.de)

nice find, great details
 
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"Where I see problems are with water coolers and water blocks, where there might not be a complete phase change, at least on the cooler side. But you need at least 55 to 60 degrees throughout the pad for a complete change of state. “Half-defrosted” pads are counterproductive and are even more prone to cracking. At least that’s what one of the OEMs has now confirmed to me. Everyone has to work out for themselves how to solve this properly. I wouldn’t use a pad on a water block, at least not a PCM,"