EVGA GTX 1070 SC (BL) thermal pads- are they worth it?

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Hi,

Recently EVGA gave out thermal pads free to customers. While gaming, my graphics card never goes beyond 65C under full load (fans are ~50%-60%), and when benchmarking with fans 100%, never goes over 45C (crazy cool, I know). My has huge fans, and has great air intake (no water cooling).

My question is, if I apply the thermal pads, could this actually increase temperatures? The idea is that since this graphics card is the black edition (meaning it has no back plate), could applying the thermal pad on the back trap heat? And for the front, say if I were to take off the heatsink and apply a thermal pad there, it would block the air flow from the fan to the board, but because the board is already so cool, that blockage could possibly trap heat.

Are my hypothesis's true?

Thanks!
 
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ko888
You have to remove the cooler to be able to get access to the metal plate that acts as a heatsink for the VRM MOSFETs and memory chips. On that metal plate there are already thermal pads applied. EVGA's thermal pad kit is to add extra thickness to the existing thermal pads so that they ensure better heat transfer from the VRM MOSFETs and memory chips to the metal plate.

When you remove the cooler you'll see this:
cooler3.jpg


On the back of that metal plate you'll see the existing thermal pads:
cooler4.jpg
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You have to remove the cooler to be able to get access to the metal plate that acts as a heatsink for the VRM MOSFETs and memory chips. On that metal plate there are already thermal pads applied. EVGA's thermal pad kit is to add extra thickness to the existing thermal pads so that they ensure better heat transfer from the VRM MOSFETs and memory chips to the metal plate.

When you remove the cooler you'll see this:
cooler3.jpg


On the back of that metal plate you'll see the existing thermal pads:
cooler4.jpg
 
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So you're saying that the additional thermal pads that EVGA provides only increase thickness and better help heat transfer- meaning there is no obstruction and can only help transfer heat to the heatsink?

Thanks for replying
 
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Yes. The sole purpose of thermal pads is to aid in transferring heat from an electronic component to the heatsink.
 
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