Alterative to thermal tape with Ramsinks

Wiggins · 27 Mar 2008 at 12:33

I have just cleaned my trusty Zalman Ramsinks as the thermal tape was getting a little worn.

I do not have any thermal tape as of yet and wondered if using a good sticky thermal paste like AS5 would keep the ramsinks stuck on or am I going to have to get some more tape?

gurusan · 27 Mar 2008 at 12:40

I would buy some thermal tape...normal thermal paste won't be adhesive enough. Some people mix epoxy in and that works but of course it's permanent.

Something like this will do: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=TH-001-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=27

Robzere31 · 27 Mar 2008 at 12:41

AS5 on it's own won't keep ramsinks on firmly.

I used to apply AS5, but also a couple of very small dabs of superglue
in the corners of the ramsink. It always worked fine for me.

Wiggins · 27 Mar 2008 at 12:45

Robzere31 said:
AS5 on it's own won't keep ramsinks on firmly.

I used to apply AS5, but also a couple of very small dabs of superglue
in the corners of the ramsink. It always worked fine for me.

I would need a hacksaw to get the ramsinks off then

I have read in some reviews that the Ramsinks don't really do a good job anyway.

Robzere31 · 27 Mar 2008 at 12:48

Wiggins said:
I would need a hacksaw to get the ramsinks off then

I have read in some reviews that the Ramsinks don't really do a good job anyway.

I could get mine off quite easy when I needed to.
Just warm the card up, then gently twist the ramsink off.

Wiggins · 27 Mar 2008 at 12:50

Robzere31 said:
I could get mine off quite easy when I needed to.
Just warm the card up, then gently twist the ramsink off.

I did the turning thing when they were on my 7900GS and it buggered the card up.

I currently have the GPU Memory idle at 40c

It doesn't go above 52c. Not sure if its worth it tbh.

Oh the joys of modding :rolleyes:

Neal · 27 Mar 2008 at 13:26

i used normal double sided sticky tape on my Accellero S1 and the 8800 gt

been fine.

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gurusan · 27 Mar 2008 at 13:27

I would imagine normal tape would act as an insulator....

helmutcheese · 27 Mar 2008 at 13:32

Mix TIM with Epoxy 50/50 or bit less, like AS5 and AS Epoxy, it will remove if you force it at a later date and even easier if you pop in the freezer for 2 hours.

Day03 · 27 Mar 2008 at 18:46

AS5 on its own will do the job, it acts in the same way as sticking two sheets of glass with water. I stuck on a northbridge heatsink using just AS5 and it's been hanging in a vertical position for over 1 year now. AS5 goes harder after a while and it sticks stuff pretty well. You need to put a very thin layer of it and press the heatsink firmly and move it around slightly to sqeeze away any excess AS5 .

helmutcheese · 27 Mar 2008 at 18:50

Day03 said:
AS5 on its own will do the job, it acts in the same way as sticking two sheets of glass with water. I stuck on a northbridge heatsink using just AS5 and it's been hanging in a vertical position for over 1 year now. AS5 goes harder after a while and it sticks stuff pretty well. You need to put a very thin layer of it and press the heatsink firmly and move it around slightly to sqeeze away any excess AS5 .

Thats complete Madness, and if it fell of it could short the whole Rig.

Day03 · 27 Mar 2008 at 20:07

Well it worked for me with ramsinks and chipset heatsink and never had any accidents. If you want to play it safe then stick it with something stronger.