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Hello everyone. I decided to service my video card and change its thermal pads, tell me what thickness of thermal pads is used? my graphics card is called 1080ti ftw3
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Re: thickness of thermal pads
2020/05/03 18:36:11
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Re: thickness of thermal pads
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Re: thickness of thermal pads
2020/05/25 11:15:30
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Cool GTX Should Read +0.25mm / -0.00mm = Thicker is OK
So, 1.5mm is ok, right??
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Re: thickness of thermal pads
2020/05/25 13:04:21
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Cool GTX Should Read +0.25mm / -0.00mm = Thicker is OK
So, 1.5mm is ok, right??
Yes It is what I just used on two 1080Ti FTW3 cards https://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2963461Tech_RayH We use .25mm increments for some pads, going up to the next size (.25mm), if that is what is available to purchase, will not cause any issues.
https://forums.evga.com/FindPost/3011022Tech_RayH Yes, 1.5mm can be used in place of 1.25mm pads on the FTW3 card
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Re: thickness of thermal pads
2020/05/25 13:19:16
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Going from 1mm to 1.5 though? still good right?
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Re: thickness of thermal pads
2020/05/25 13:30:21
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stalinx20 Going from 1mm to 1.5 though? still good right?
Which pads are you looking at ? the "2 thicker pads" - On top of the mid-plate & below the cooler ? 0.75mm --> 1.0 mm [two near top of photo below] 1mm pads are available ... so I would not push the envelope ... It MIGHT work ... I do Not Know The "2 thinner pads" --> opposite the GPU Die are 0.5 mm https://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2963448Tech_RayH There is no simple answer to the thickness of the pads on the GTX1080 Ti FTW3 model, as they are not all one thickness. - The ones on the underside of the baseplate, which contact components on the PCB, are all 1.25mm in thickness. - The ones on the top of the baseplate, which contact the heatsink are 0.75mm and 0.25mm, 2 of each. - The ones on the backplate are all 2.0mm thick except for the square one on the back of the GPU die, which is 0.75mm thick.
https://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2963461Tech_RayH We use .25mm increments for some pads, going up to the next size (.25mm), if that is what is available to purchase, will not cause any issues.
All of these pads are 1.25mm --> 1.50 mm I could only find 1.5mm so that is what I used Sharpie pen marking (Before film removed from Pads) - Easy way to make sure you do not forget to remove one of the film covers
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Re: thickness of thermal pads
2020/05/25 13:55:04
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I was able to find 1.5 no problem, but the FAQ states they normally use 1mm thermal pads. So, the question here is would there be any issue if they end up being "too thick"? I saw that they used 1.25 on their FTW, but that's the FTWs. I also read a thread that someone bought a video card from someone where they actually put thermal pads that were too thick and it didn't allow the heatsync to make full contact on the GPU core. So, that made me a little wary if I should use 1.5 or not considering EVGA uses 1mm.
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Re: thickness of thermal pads
2020/05/27 09:56:59
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stalinx20 I was able to find 1.5 no problem, but the FAQ states they normally use 1mm thermal pads. So, the question here is would there be any issue if they end up being "too thick"? I saw that they used 1.25 on their FTW, but that's the FTWs. I also read a thread that someone bought a video card from someone where they actually put thermal pads that were too thick and it didn't allow the heatsync to make full contact on the GPU core. So, that made me a little wary if I should use 1.5 or not considering EVGA uses 1mm.
This is a 1080 Ti FTW3 Thread ... is that the card you are asking about ? Mid-plate is screwed down on this card --> See photo below this [these 1.25mm to 1.50mm pads compressed by all the little backplate screws] Top of mid-plate has 4 pads --> 2 of each thickness (see photo below - Mid-plate is Mounted - this is before placing TIM & Cooler) The Cooler has 4 springs & mounted to the Mid-plate & the GPU heat plate is also spring mounted to apply pressure to the TIM on the GPU Die. The normal mounting of the Card would have everything Hanging upside down ... So, yes overly thick pad could cause an issue ---> Some brands of thermal pads are much stiffer & harder to compress I just rebuilt 2 cards with Arctic pads that I bought in 1/4 sheet & MX-4 ... got some Great Temps
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