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changing thermal paste.

Leeroy123

Leeroy123

Leeroy123

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Just a quick question, my 2 evga 1 gig 460's temps are reaching late 80's early 90's when stress testing them with kombuster. They are overclocked high so I did expect a big rise in temps. I have a 10 year warranty with them which I've already registered for. I was thinking of changing the thermal paste on them to better paste. Think I have some arctic silver. I've read when putting the paste on all the companys use cheap paste. Is that true? And is it worth me changing the paste do you guys think. Before the overclocking I didn't see the cards hit anymore than 72. Also this wouldn't void my warrantys would it. As for putting the paste on is it just a case of unscrewing , slight twisting, clean old Tim off, put new Tim on and put back together? The cards I have are the external exhaust ones. Any help, vids, advice would be great.
 
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Yes it will Void your Warranty but if you are really careful/precise they "may" not notice.
Personally i have replaced my TIM on my 4890 & temps dropped quite a bit but then the original TIM was old.
It's one of those take it upon your self things.
 
Ive got the same problem with my 4870x2 asus trifan.Temps in 90`s while playing games and small artifacts appear.
Ive been thinking about changing the paste but warranty issues are putting me off.
 
Just asked at EVGA and they said it will not void my warranty as long as im careful and nothing breaks. and they also said most people get a better temp 5 - 10 degrees at least by doing this. Im have a mess with these babies tonight.
 
When you take the heatsink off will you replace the stuff over the memory or just the gpu paste?
The old 8800gtx i had,just had what looked like pads over the memory.Maybe it was just old and hardened paste.
 
I used this stuff last time I did and was very impressed. :)

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