Cooling Reinstalling graphics cooler

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  1. Lord-Vale3

    Lord-Vale3 His Tremendousness

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    So I was bored the other night and decided I would take the fansink off of my old GTX260 that I am planning on selling one of these days.

    I took all the OEM applied thermal paste and tape (they sure put a lot on the GPU, was rather nasty stuff starting to get crunchy).

    My question here is, is what should I use for thermal transfer material when I put the fansink back on?

    I was thinking Arctic Silver 5 for the GPU itself and then maybe some thermal tape for the rest? I heard ceramic paste works better than tape, but that it is rather permament, and I would want whoever bought the thing from me to do what they want with it without having to worry about permanent paste...
     
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  2. Jipa

    Jipa Avoiding the "I guess.." since 2004

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    If there are thermal PADS on the memories, just re-use them. The GPU-TIM is a bit tricky as the exposed SMD-components around the GPU don't really want to get bathed in the stuff. (dunno what's the case with Nvidia cards though, been just messing with AMD for a while)

    I'd recommend something non-conductive on the GPU just to be safe.

    Also what's that thing on your avatar?
     
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  3. Bloody_Pete

    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    I'm using AS Ceremique for my GPU and it works wonders :)
     
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  4. Wicked_Sludge

    Wicked_Sludge My eyes! The goggles do nothing!

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    i put AS5 on my ATI X1650 in the HTPC and its been running fine ever since. just dont get carried away and smear it all over and youll be fine.
     
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  5. Lord-Vale3

    Lord-Vale3 His Tremendousness

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    Mk I'll definitly use AS5 on the GPU heatspreader.

    But as for the original cooling pads - most of them fell apart and I just threw them away.

    Anyone have suggestions for a good type of thermal tape to use? Can I buy good thermal pads? Is there any form of 'non permanent' ceramic?
     
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  6. Fingers66

    Fingers66 Kiwi in London

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    Scan do this: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/akas...icro-fibreglass-double-sided-thermal-adhesive. You just cut it to size. You can also use a double layer depending on how thick the pads you need are. I think I also bought some in Maplins a while ago as well.

    I have just used MX-3 on a GPU. I found that AS5 was a bit too thin and the heatsink didn't feel that it was on tight enough (weak springs on the backing plate I reckon). MX-3 worked fine and it felt more secure. In addition, MX-3 is non-conductive so I wasn't as nervous about overspill as I was with the AS5.
     
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    Big Elf Oh no! Not another f----ing elf!

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