Is it worth replacing the thermal past on my MSI card?

[king smp]

I have a MSI HD 5670
and I was thinking about removing the heatsink and replacing the paste
I already have AS-5 thermal and Isopropyl alcohol from doing CPUs
and i was wondering with modern cards is it worth it?
I do overclock the card heavily from 775 core/1000 mem up to 900 core/1250 mem
I used to do it in the old days with my cards (example 7600 GT)
but I was wondering with the new cards nowadays
is it worth the trouble?

 

[inzone]

If you already have the paste and are comfortable removing the heatsink then by all means go ahead I'm sure the manufacturer didn't use AS-5 when they put the heat sink on. They also don't do a very good job of spreading the paste on the chip. From what I have seen when I have removed varius heatsinks even the best companies just put a dab in the middle and screw it down.

 

[king smp]

I was thinking about since to fit the card in the Dell
I had to cut the dual fan assembly in half (Twin Frozer)
and use just one fan on the heatsink
in a 70F room it is at 45C at idle
which seems a little high to me
it will max at about 70-75c under load (furmark)
so it isnt outrageously bad temps
but I am trying to OC it hard
I can get it to 900/1250 but doesnt stay stable (stable 880/1200)
so I think I will do it
since a few C cooler could get me my OC I want
I know it is silly but without voltage modding the card
900/1250 would be one of the highest OCs on a HD 5670
I have seen on the OCing forums for the HD 5670
I would kind of like to see if I can do it
the sink looks pretty simple to remove

Thanks for the quick reply

 

[king smp]

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