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    Nvidia 460M GTX Thermal Pads

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by Syth, Mar 10, 2011.

  1. Syth

    Syth Notebook Consultant

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    should be the same, but i'm not sure if the 460m has the vram underneath too, so you could need more.

    i think widezu did the same thing, hopefully he can chime in.

    i just recieved some thermal pads from frozen cpu, i think i kinda went over board, bought 2 sheet but i do like to keep a supply handy just in case i ever want to do a mod. last year i went through 2 sheet on the M15x alone, heheh
     
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    I just bought the 5850 and I am upgrading from a 5730. Should I buy some thermal pads from Microcenter? What should I buy? I got Antec Formula 6 Diamond paste. PITA to spread ( I put it on my CPU), but I didn't know about the thermal pads for the GPU, I haven't done any Computer mods since the early 2000's.
     
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    Haha inap, I just checked Canadacomputers.com and they don't seel them anymore :( So thx for the link :)
     
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    actually microcenter has thermal pads in stock. I am confused. Do I use pads and paste? Just pads, just paste?
     
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    The pads are for the mem chips and the paste is for the the actual gpu.
     
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    I put fujipoly pads along with mx-4 on my m15x with a 5870. My idle temps stayed at 51 degrees and not much change but my load temps went from about 97 degrees in furmark after 2 minutes to 84 degrees tops after 13 minutes and gaming temps dropped more than 10 degrees also.
     
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