Anybody used thermal pads rather than paste ?

[gooober]

Hi all, iam looking at swapping cases, so iam looking at getting the thermal pads rather than paste as it will be easier for a noob xD My current max temp seems to be around the 65 mark under full load

Also maybe a silly question, can they be used on gpu also? Or cpu only?

Thanks for any info. Hope this was the right place to post this.

 

[gooober]

As mentioned prior, pads are reserved for VRM's, and paste is for cpu/gpu chips. That being said there are pads for cpu's known as graphite pads, but honestly you can't go wrong with paste. If you're concerned about it spreading out/getting on the board etc you can just get non conductive paste.

My worry is using too much or too little lol. Is there much price difference between non conductivity and conductive? It will be ny first time doing it so it's just nerve wracking as if I get it wrong iam worried about it ******* jy pc up as I cut afford anything lol.

 

[gooober]

I'd imagine the price difference to be pretty negligible, something like Arctic MX2 is a few quid at most. General consensus for years regarding paste was a pea sized dot, though with chips nowadays having a larger heatspreader/die people opt for a line/cross etc - heavily debated subject. I'd look up the chip you have in some build guides on YouTube/Google and see what people do regarding paste.

What paste do you think I should go for ?

 

[gooober]

I wouldn't worry too much about repasting if your max temp is 65c, which CPU is it? 65c is very good, I would only be worried if it went to the high 80s depending on which CPU it is.

I have a ryzen 7 1800x.
How much do you think I will need? 8g or 4g? Sorry no idea how much I need