Need help on how to apply thermal paste on a GPU.

[Sylver123]

Hi

I am am planning on upgrading my laptop to a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M GPU but i`m not sure how to apply thermal paste onto the GPU core the correct way and how much thermal paste is needed.

Can someone please give me some information on the best way to apply the thermal paste on a GPU and how much thermal paste I should put on?

Thanks for responding.

Sylver123.

 

[Sylver123]

I have never done anything like this before but are you sure a pea sized blob isn`t going to be too much for a GPU?

The reason why I ask the above is because a GPU core is a lot smaller than a CPU core.

 

[Sylver123]

Anyone?

 

[Sylver123]

Thanks guys for responding.

The GPU will be coming with some thermal paste but i`m not sure what kind or what make the paste will be.

I have some Arctic Cooling MX-4 thermal paste i`ll probably use instead of the paste that comes with it.

 

[Sylver123]

Hi guys.

Here is a screenshot of what the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M GPU looks like.

I take it the same methods of apply the thermal paste to a CPU and how much thermal paste would also apply to the NVIDIA GTX 480M GPU?

 

[Sylver123]

One last question.

Does anyone have any recommendations of a good thermal pad pack I could buy to cover the onboard chips like the surrounding ram chips and the other chips that will need to be cooled that surrounds the main GPU core?

If anyone has any recommendations and can let me know of a good online place in the UK that sells them cheap but very good quality, please let me know though trust.

Thanks.

 

[Sylver123]

Hi

Is there no one that can answer my question above in post #21?

Thanks for responding.

Sylver123.