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Is this thermal paste or phase change pad?
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Thermal pads comes in many different versions.
Let me ask it more straightforward. Does MSI RTX 4070 Super Gaming X Slim use Phase-Change Thermal Pads so it won't pump out like Asus paste?
I asked ChatGPT and he said : The MSI RTX 4070 Super Gaming X Slim indeed features Phase-Change Thermal Pads (PCTP) as part of its advanced cooling solution.
But when I asked where he got that info, I got this: To verify if the MSI RTX 4070 Super Gaming X Slim specifically uses Phase-Change Thermal Pads (PCTP), I recommend checking MSI’s official website or looking for product reviews or teardown videos that might go into detail about the cooling solutions used in that model.
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I think you have to ask MSI about that, but to me those look like normal thermal pads.
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i would say it's a thick paste rather than a PTM Pad since they are so thin that they would never make such a mountain of excess material around the die.
a die sized PTM would look more like this:
a die sized PTM would look more like this:
I can only find this one review: 4070S MLG
Here he says they use PTM for already 2 years, old new: https://www.youtube.com/live/7YEWJzDsXso?t=3152s
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One way to know is if the paste appears solid or not, PTM solidifies when cold, regular paste should still be somewhat liquid on a relatively new card. Looks like some form of PTM to me.
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interesting. maybe they use a custom pad that is for some reason very thick (and easily 2-3x the price due to that thickness)