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    Should i put thermal pads on my VRAM?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by -L1GHTGAM3R-, Mar 30, 2009.

  1. -L1GHTGAM3R-

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    My comp is a GATEWAY M-6862

    Can i put thermal pads on my VRAM?
    Will it lower temps in anyway?
    Do i have to apply thermal grease?
    Where can i buy the BEST thermal pads?
    --Pads must be at least 1mm--
    Any LINKS would be gladly appreciated.

    :) THANKS IN ADVANCE EVERYONE :)
     
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  2. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    The purpose of a thermal pad is to transfer as much heat as possible from one surface to another; that is, from a CPU die or GPU die to a heat sink, which is in turn cooled by a fan. Adding thermal pads will do nothing if the heat isn't transferred to a sink and then dissipated.
     
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    Does any one at least know where can get thermal pads from, i want good ones plz. i took out the old one off my gpu and now theirs a 1mm of space between heat sink and gpu. .And it now reaches temps of 106 Celsius :eek: .

    :) THX IN ADVANCE :)
     
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  4. martee

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    Hello L1GHTGAM3R,

    As I wrote you in the other thread, the pad should be placed between the cpu and the hitsink. Usually the pads are little thicker and will compress itself under hitsink pressure. I think this one will be good:
    http://cgi.ebay.com/Thermal-Conductive-Pad-for-Vedio-Card-2-5cmx2-5cmx2mm_W0QQitemZ350171657928QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLaptops_Nov05?hash=item350171657928&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1234%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

    Originally the gateway use the thermal putty ( look at the photos in the next link), if you will be able to buy the putty you can use it instead the pad.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=363157

    Please note that on the chipset there is thinner pad, so you have to get the thinner one, too.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-THERMAL-PAD-REPLACING-HEATSINK-PASTE_W0QQitemZ350179972730QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item350179972730&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1234%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

    http://cgi.ebay.com/StarTech-Thermal-Pads-T725-Phase-Change-5-pack_W0QQitemZ350182698970QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item350182698970&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1234%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Thermal-Conductive-Pad-for-CPU-heatsink-3cmx3cmx1-2mm_W0QQitemZ350171656505QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLaptops_Nov05?hash=item350171656505&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1234%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

    All pads are little too large so you will have to trim them to size.
     
    martee, Mar 30, 2009
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