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    m17x cooling pads help!!!!!!

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by dondadah88, Mar 25, 2010.

  1. dondadah88

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    I'm want to purchase memory pads for my gpu memory banks. But I heard it has to be exact.
    ex: 1.2mm

    I would like your help on what size I should get.

    I also would like to know what should I get for a pad on the northbridge???

    also what thermal paste I should buy???

    how much is a gpu heatsink for the m17x???? I want to try an experiment.

    thanks everyone. :)
     
    dondadah88, Mar 25, 2010
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    Look here, Don. You'll get your questions answered.
    page #11 is very educational. ;)

    You can try using the quality pads for NB as well. I used MX-3 (had to apply a lot) but others reported great success with ICD-7/24.
     
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    so mx3 over as5 I got my qx9300 under 30c evalvated in cool weather and mid-30s during hotter conditions. It's getting warm and I'm preparing. :)

    what about the heatsinks???

    also what should I put on the northbridge??? What kind of pad????
     
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    If you want to improve the heatsinks do what Soviet did (in that thread). You could add a copper plate instead of a pad on a northbridge and put some extra MX-3 on the CPU to account for a gap that would definitely appear.
    If you intend to use a pad on the NB, it won't give you much better results than the stock one, so it's either a thick and non-bleeding paste (MX-3, IC-7/24) or (the best way) a copper plate.
     
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    You can order the copper plates from here


    as for the pads: use BerGquis t ones. 1.5mm for the GPUs (AFAIK)
     
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    New project don?
     
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    yeah man. It's time. I pulled apart my computer to many times and know I want it to perform and operate better.
     
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    I just really want a heat sink right now before I do anything drastic.
     
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    what size plate for the NB then? I am thinking of doing this.. Thanks for the link to that site..
     
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    ROFL... and maybe some ducktape and chicken wire while i am at it.
     
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    As far as I remember, it should be around 1mm, but you'll have to be careful - better make it slightly thicker than thinner.

    Hehe, you'll have to dremmel it anyways to fit your gap perfectly.
     
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