reminder to change ur thermal paste for your gpu.

[Sherra]

Was doing some spring cleaning yesterday, that led me to take out my graphics card.

Since it was pretty dusty, i took out the heatsink for a clean and also wiped off the stock's thermal paste with some cotton wool and isopro alcohol.

Reapplied AS5 and powered back on..

Before this was done, tempt could peak at bout 86 or 87 degree after a few hours of full load stress test.

Now, tempt is only peaking at 72 degree and its also after pushing the card 50mhz faster, doing the same full load stress test.

Well, of course not all can be contributed to the thermal paste change as it was a little dusty at the hsf fins.

but if you guys are concerned about the temperature, give this a try - changing the thermal paste


But... YMMY .

cheeeeers

 

[Humster]

Something need to add. Becareful of the warranty sticker.

 

[robolee]

I only do tat after my warrenty end.

 

[watzup_ken]

I always do that the moment I purchase a new graphic card. And yes, be careful some manufacturers will have a warranty sticker on a screw for the heatsink and will void your warranty. I tend to avoid these brands.

 

[jkohlc2]

I always do that the moment I purchase a new graphic card. And yes, be careful some manufacturers will have a warranty sticker on a screw for the heatsink and will void your warranty. I tend to avoid these brands.

Sorry to ask but how come new one need to apply?

Or 3rd party thermal paste better?

 

[wuweiz]

Sorry to ask but how come new one need to apply?

Or 3rd party thermal paste better?

3rd party better

 

[wwenze]

I find those exposed die (i.e. AMD) very sensitive to proper TIM. Those with heatspreader (i.e. nVidia) not so much, use toothpaste also can.

 

[Sherra]

mmm yeah,

my graphics card brand is sapphire, no issue with warranty sticker pasted over screw or something to void it while doing this.

I'm still amazed by how much difference the 3rd party thermal paste gave over the crappy stock one..

a whooooping 15degrees..

 

[Vulpix]

I dunno how to take out my Zotac 770 leh. Older cards easier to figure out, but this one I totally can't figure out.

 

[bhtan83]

I dunno how to take out my Zotac 770 leh. Older cards easier to figure out, but this one I totally can't figure out.

Maybe got sticker on the screws preventing u to take it apart?

 

[Sherra]

mmm i think if u take out all the screws on the backplate, it should come off already?

normally the case.. no harm trying, just make sure u be gentle, see if anywires connecting before u pull out.

 

[devilwahaha]

3rd party better

Got any evidence to back that up?

 

[Ferolare]

I dunno how to take out my Zotac 770 leh. Older cards easier to figure out, but this one I totally can't figure out.

you could always use one of your 770s as lab rat then...

simply buy another when it goes south (or under)

 

[zelda1031]

Got any evidence to back that up?

google !!!
no need evidence cos u ask 10 ppl, 10 ppl will reply the same ;p

 

[bhtan83]

Got any evidence to back that up?

lol we alrdy know y, so if u dun believe its for u to find out.

 

[Vulpix]

Maybe got sticker on the screws preventing u to take it apart?

you could always use one of your 770s as lab rat then...

simply buy another when it goes south (or under)

There's like 30,000 screws on the back so I also not sure which ones to remove first...

 

[bhtan83]

There's like 30,000 screws on the back so I also not sure which ones to remove first...

There is a video on linustechtips recently showing how to remove the stock cooler.

 

[devilwahaha]

lol we alrdy know y, so if u dun believe its for u to find out.

He said, and I'm quoting, that all stock TIM are **** and any 3rd party ones are better.

While that's true for some brands using lousy TIM or even good TIM but bad application, its not true for every brand, especially the more renowned ones like EVGA/Asus/MSI to name a few.

Surely they can afford the extra perhaps $0.50 to the BOM for a good TIM and seeing the recent temps of stock reviews for the past generation of cards, it sure looks like they have applied the TIM well enough.

So dont make a sweeping statement if you cant back it up with some truth, it might mislead the new ones to spend extra unnecessary cash.

 

[Ferolare]

There's like 30,000 screws on the back so I also not sure which ones to remove first...

you could always go "eeny meeny miny moe"

fortune favours the bold they say