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radeon 5970 hd gb sapphire thermal pads & paste ???

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August 10, 2014 7:41:07 AM

Hello everyone, I have had this video card for about 2 years now and I think its time to change the thermal pads and paste. what ones should I use and where would I buy these at? thank you so much.

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a b U Graphics card
August 10, 2014 7:45:40 AM

depends on the gap between the cooler and the cards parts its cooling ... if theres a .05 gap between the cards chip and the cooler then you will need a pad to fill that gap ... seems there was a thing on this at evga forums

http://forums.evga.com/Can-you-put-thermal-paste-instea...
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a c 1429 U Graphics card
August 10, 2014 7:48:58 AM

Have you cleaned the cooler to reduce temps?
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a b U Graphics card
August 10, 2014 7:56:37 AM

one more thing to conceder is when cold it may show a good tight contact but when the card heats up there may be some warpage or separation and contact may be lost with paste unlike a cpu this may have no positive compression of the cooler and chip [cooler may just snap in place and have no way to tighten down further it insure a gap free contact
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