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    Thermal pad thickness 970m

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Duck W, Sep 16, 2019.

  1. Duck W

    Duck W Notebook Consultant

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    Hello guys,

    I just got a 970m to upgrade my m17x r4. I'm currently stuck on how to apply thermal pad properly to make contact with the heatsink. I tried google and it showed me these 2 pictures. I'm not sure if they are correct or not. I just ordered thermal pads with 0.5 and 1.5 thickness from ebay.

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    Depends on your heatsink to some extent, but I usually don't bother with those guides and eyeball it until everything fits right. I prefer using the thinnest possible pads on the chokes as they are the highest point of the GPU, then i make sure all the other pads are thinner too to compensate. This gives you the best contact with the GPU die.
     
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    Thank you. I will try. :)
     
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