thermal griz minus pads or arctic thermal pads for vrm?

fastboy · 26 Sep 2018 at 09:38

hi
im after some thermal pads for my gpu block in 1mm,anyone had any experience with either the minus 8 pads or the arctic pads?

arctic 6w/mk
minus 8w/mk

cheers

psychas · 27 Sep 2018 at 20:18

https://www.hwcooling.net/en/test-of-chewing-gums-3-arctic-and-thermal-grizzly-minus-pads/3/

this will give you general idea , i need some as well to replace vrm and for ram heatsinks to install accelero extreme , just not sure what thickness to go for

edit : there is diferent ones to :

Fujipoly 100*15mm 11W/m*K
Fujipoly 100*15mm 17W/m*K
Gelid Solutions gp-extreme 12 W/mK

Distracted · 27 Sep 2018 at 20:31

psychas said:
https://www.hwcooling.net/en/test-of-chewing-gums-3-arctic-and-thermal-grizzly-minus-pads/3/

this will give you general idea , i need some as well to replace vrm and for ram heatsinks to install accelero extreme , just not sure what thickness to go for

I was wondering whether the minus pads were worth the bother over stock. Ty for the link.

fastboy · 27 Sep 2018 at 21:00

I ended up getting a 150x150 arctic pad and have over half left after doing my zotac 1080ti amp extreme,time will tell if they work ok,i got the 1mm thickness,

Distracted · 27 Sep 2018 at 21:31

psychas said:
https://www.hwcooling.net/en/test-of-chewing-gums-3-arctic-and-thermal-grizzly-minus-pads/3/

this will give you general idea , i need some as well to replace vrm and for ram heatsinks to install accelero extreme , just not sure what thickness to go for

edit : there is diferent ones to :

Fujipoly 100*15mm 11W/m*K
Fujipoly 100*15mm 17W/m*K
Gelid Solutions gp-extreme 12 W/mK

Damn, those fujipoly are expensive! :eek:

fastboy · 27 Sep 2018 at 23:16

well these arctic pads seem to be doing ok,transferring plenty of heat to the backplate too.

Distracted · 27 Sep 2018 at 23:29

fastboy said:
well these arctic pads seem to be doing ok,transferring plenty of heat to the backplate too.

Better than the stock pads?

fastboy · 27 Sep 2018 at 23:47

not sure because I fitted a waterblock too that's why I wanted pads.

psychas · 28 Sep 2018 at 09:33

what thickness to use for vram heatsinks 1 mm or 0.5?

fastboy · 28 Sep 2018 at 09:45

depends what was on there originally I guess

LuckyBenski · 28 Sep 2018 at 19:42

psychas said:
what thickness to use for vram heatsinks 1 mm or 0.5?

As fastboy says. It's pretty critical to use the current thickness pads and be aware some cards require several thicknesses on one board. If you don't match the right thickness, some components might not be cooled or the block/backplate can be lifted away from the board.