Thermal Pad Replacement For GTX1xxx

[nomdeplume]

Tried numerous searches on the internet that lead nowhere. Either sellers don't list kits or information for cards this old or 100 different answers lied behind a link. Curious how to go about measuring thickness or if someone here can share the correct information for my Strix 1060.

Pulled my GPU apart for cleaning a few too many times. Was hoping the small tear I saw wouldn't pose much of a problem. 60F room with 110cfm fan full blast right into the card is doing little to improve temps that now keep climbing.

 

[Laurijan]

best guess is to estimate the thickness of the old thermalpads and go with that. probably wont be much thicker than 2mm

 

[Super Firm Tofu]

For what it's worth, I bought this set (and an x-acto knife):

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B096ZNHY8F/

And eye-balled it for an old R9 290X and it worked out fine.

You could always spend the $20 and grab one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/Measuring-Stainless-Micrometer-Fraction-Household/dp/B08Y8M54M9/

 

[nomdeplume]

Thank you for the responses.

You could always spend the $20 and grab one of these:

I have a micrometer but .05 is a pretty small margin of error for something that is fixed to a board and probably flatter than it started even if I did get a representative piece free. Chance of there being two or more thickness used was also a concern.

Sounds like without manufacturer or other reputable information I'm probably going to have to roughly estimate and spot check if contact is being made.
What is a recognizable sign of a pad that is too thick? Other than going together a bit too tight.

 

[Super Firm Tofu]

Thank you for the responses.



I have a micrometer but .05 is a pretty small margin of error for something that is fixed to a board and probably flatter than it started even if I did get a representative piece free. Chance of there being two or more thickness used was also a concern.

Sounds like without manufacturer or other reputable information I'm probably going to have to roughly estimate and spot check if contact is being made.
What is a recognizable sign of a pad that is too thick? Other than going together a bit too tight.

I just checked, and in my case, I needed to use two different thickness (1.0 and 1.5 - the .5 and 2.0 sheets are still uncut).

From memory, when comparing by putting sided by side (old vs new) it was very apparent on which to choose. Even next to each other new, they're easy to tell apart.

I checked for even contact when reassembling, and then for any temperatures that seemed off afterwards. All turned out well for me, and dropped 15C from actual GPU temp under load.

I used SYY157 for thermal paste.