Thermal Pads

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Maxed Out

Maxed Out

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Bored waiting for bits and pieces to arrive for a new build, had a go at fitting an EK waterblock to a Gigabyte 1070 G1 Gaming gpu. Basically, the generic thermal pads will have a lowish thermal transfer rate. Can't find the link here to a cool build which used Fujipoly pads over the stock pads to improve cooling. The fuji pads come in 3 flavours, 11,14, and 17W/MK.
Availability and price put me off, so looking about, came across the new Gelid GP extreme pads rated at 12 W/MK. 1 small sheet of .5mm and 1.0 mm, are both 80mmx40mm. It was enough to do the job. Cutting with a scalpel was easy, but application was tricky. The pad is like a piece of plasticine sandwiched between 2 sheets of plastic film. Its the removal of film that you need to be careful with. Board and waterblock now assembled. I have no idea how this will perform over the stock EK pads. Just thought I would put it out there.
 
And I won't be doing a before and after comparison, unless something goes wrong. I dare say there will be someone who can do a meaninful review/comparison. Hope it does the job.
 
sorry, reading it back, it looks a bit rude

I was just trying to say that on an amd card, you could compare pad performance easily using VRM temps, but on Nvidia, it doesnt really tell us anything
 
Wondered about this also (The new range of higher thermal pads that seem to have come out)

Would be interesting to see some tests done.
 
VKleita said:
Wondered about this also (The new range of higher thermal pads that seem to have come out)

Would be interesting to see some tests done.
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Might have been my build you saw, I spent about £80 on pads - the Gelid pads seem decent cost alternatives but you're right about the quality as they do fall apart really quite easily. Fuji pads are nicer but unless you import a massive sheet the cost is really quite crazy - mine was on two 1080s though so obviously something like £30-40 would be 1.

Really with all the product advancements EK should up their stock game considering the cost of the blocks you are buying.
 
Yes, it was you! Got the 2 Gelid pads for £15 which was a bit easier on the wallet. Removing the original ek pads I did notice some moist residue traces left on the chips. Whether its an impregnant within the pad material or an application of thermal compound, I couldn't say. Down the line I could see EK offering a 'Plus Pad' variant on the blocks for a few dollars more.
 
It's safe moisture, it's from within the pads and the same on all the stock coolers I've removed. Normally give the chips a clean anyway so it's not a problem. I used the pricey pads on the backplate also which was not really necessary but there you go :)
 
I might just copycat you with the exotic pads on the backplate. There were no pads fitted originally here, just the plate as a support and cosmetic. Guru 3D even provided a thermograph of my 1070, highlighting hotspots. A bit of extra passive cooling can't do any harm.
 
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