crystal6tak
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Hey all!
First time posting here, please let me know if I did something wrong!
I’m wondering when using self-adhesive thermal pads to stick tiny heatsinks on VRAM/VRM on a graphics card, does the thickness matter? Normally the thickness is determined by the gap between the two object squishing against each other, but since I’m just sticking heat sinks on the PCB, what thickness thermal pads should I use then? 0.5mm? 1mm? 1.5mm?
Specifically, I have an EVGA 980 Ti FTW ACX 2.0 4996 and an Arctic Accelero Xtreme III I want to slap on. I’ll have to remove the front plate of the 980 Ti to install the Accelero cooler. Meaning it’ll reveal all the VRAM/VRM and what not that normally are cooled by the front plate. The thermal adhesive paste provided by Arctic creates pretty much a permanent bond between the PCB and the heatsink which I don’t want. I looked around and found the Alphacool Eisschicht self-adhering thermal pads 14 w/mK (17 too expensive) which I can buy at where I’m at. Problem is I don’t know whether to get the 0.5mm or 1mm variant.
Here’s a picture below showing the tiny silver heatsinks I want to stick on the VRM/VRAM
First time posting here, please let me know if I did something wrong!
I’m wondering when using self-adhesive thermal pads to stick tiny heatsinks on VRAM/VRM on a graphics card, does the thickness matter? Normally the thickness is determined by the gap between the two object squishing against each other, but since I’m just sticking heat sinks on the PCB, what thickness thermal pads should I use then? 0.5mm? 1mm? 1.5mm?
Specifically, I have an EVGA 980 Ti FTW ACX 2.0 4996 and an Arctic Accelero Xtreme III I want to slap on. I’ll have to remove the front plate of the 980 Ti to install the Accelero cooler. Meaning it’ll reveal all the VRAM/VRM and what not that normally are cooled by the front plate. The thermal adhesive paste provided by Arctic creates pretty much a permanent bond between the PCB and the heatsink which I don’t want. I looked around and found the Alphacool Eisschicht self-adhering thermal pads 14 w/mK (17 too expensive) which I can buy at where I’m at. Problem is I don’t know whether to get the 0.5mm or 1mm variant.
Here’s a picture below showing the tiny silver heatsinks I want to stick on the VRM/VRAM