does anyone know where to get cheap thermal pads

[Pachuca]

I'm going to be installing a gpu block soon and I wanted to replace the thermal pads that came with the package. I have no idea how good they are, but it's from a chinese manufacturer so i'm pretty sure it's the cheapest junk they could find that barely works. I want to get replacement pads and started looking around for some 120x20x1mm thermal pad. I found Thermal Grizzly minus 8 pads, but they are so expensive ($8-$14 online.) Why is this stuff so costly and does anyone know where to get good ones for less? I need to get about 5 and that will run me close to $50, at that price point it's not even worth it.

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

10 minutes ago, Pachuca said:

but it's from a chinese manufacturer so i'm pretty sure it's the cheapest junk they could find that barely works.

if its from china , then buy from china.

no idea what the quality & quantity , help yourself out

eg:

https://s.taobao.com/search?q=導熱墊&type=p&tmhkh5=&spm=a21wu.241046-global.a2227oh.d100&from=sea_1_searchbutton&catId=100

[Enderman]

It costs a lot because it has high thermal conductivity.

[UncleJarvis]

17 minutes ago, Enderman said:

It costs a lot because it has high thermal conductivity.

No, because actual grizzly bears make it and little elves do the delivery. Sheeesh, you guys think you know tech! 

[Bananasplit_00]

look if you didnt bother getting a nice block, dont bother getting better thermal pads.

[mariushm]

You can buy bigger sheets from an electronics distributor and cut the squares and rectangles you need.

 

Here's a bunch of thermal pads with thickness between 0.039" (0.991mm) and 0.0433" (1.1mm) : DIGIKEY Thermal Pads page (pre-filtered to thickness range and in stock only, sorted by price)

 

Look at the thermal conductivity, you want high value ... Thermal Grizzly says it's 8-W/mK so look for around 6W/m-K or higher. 5W/m-K will probably also be fine. 

try not to get conductive pads,

don't look for the cheapest per unit, also look at square area, you may find a bigger piece cheaper than buying 10 smaller pieces.

 

For example

36$ (0.0016 per mm2) 150mm x 150mm x 1.016mm 6W/m-K : https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/t-global-technology/H48-6G-150-150-1.0-0/1168-1294-ND/3042123

30$ (0.0005 per mm2) 288mm x 192mm x 1mm 5W/m-K : https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/t-global-technology/TG832-288-192-1/1168-2188-ND/7928340

8.5$ (0.0008 per mm2) 101.6mm x 101.6mm x 0.991mm  5W/m-K : https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/wakefield-vette/PL-1-5-1016/345-1524-ND/6680593

 

13.2$ (~ 0.0022 per mm2, 242mm x 24 mm) : 1.32$ x 10pcs x  [24.2mm x 24.2mm x 1mm] 6W/m-K : https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/t-global-technology/TG6050-24.2-24.2-1/1168-1692-ND/3300350

 

[Mick Naughty]

Plenty from eBay, amazon and Newegg. Even the normal pc part stores like performancepc. 

 

Dont see how that price is too high and wonna call the cheaper stuff crap. 

 

Like you have the ability to test the efficiency of either. 

[Pachuca]

1 hour ago, Mick Naughty said:

Plenty from eBay, amazon and Newegg. Even the normal pc part stores like performancepc. 

 

Dont see how that price is too high and wonna call the cheaper stuff crap. 

 

Like you have the ability to test the efficiency of either. 

like i said idk if it's crap or not, but it's from a chinese company and in general chinese companies have a good track record of cutting corners so i just don't want to take the gamble on it. 

[Pachuca]

5 hours ago, UncleJarvis said:

No, because actual grizzly bears make it and little elves do the delivery. Sheeesh, you guys think you know tech! 

that sounds about right, isn't that how it's done?

[Pachuca]

4 hours ago, mariushm said:

You can buy bigger sheets from an electronics distributor and cut the squares and rectangles you need.

 

Here's a bunch of thermal pads with thickness between 0.039" (0.991mm) and 0.0433" (1.1mm) : DIGIKEY Thermal Pads page (pre-filtered to thickness range and in stock only, sorted by price)

 

Look at the thermal conductivity, you want high value ... Thermal Grizzly says it's 8-W/mK so look for around 6W/m-K or higher. 5W/m-K will probably also be fine. 

try not to get conductive pads,

don't look for the cheapest per unit, also look at square area, you may find a bigger piece cheaper than buying 10 smaller pieces.

 

For example

36$ (0.0016 per mm2) 150mm x 150mm x 1.016mm 6W/m-K : https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/t-global-technology/H48-6G-150-150-1.0-0/1168-1294-ND/3042123

30$ (0.0005 per mm2) 288mm x 192mm x 1mm 5W/m-K : https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/t-global-technology/TG832-288-192-1/1168-2188-ND/7928340

8.5$ (0.0008 per mm2) 101.6mm x 101.6mm x 0.991mm  5W/m-K : https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/wakefield-vette/PL-1-5-1016/345-1524-ND/6680593

 

13.2$ (~ 0.0022 per mm2, 242mm x 24 mm) : 1.32$ x 10pcs x  [24.2mm x 24.2mm x 1mm] 6W/m-K : https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/t-global-technology/TG6050-24.2-24.2-1/1168-1692-ND/3300350

 

that site doesn't work for me, getting error 403. 

[Pachuca]

5 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

look if you didnt bother getting a nice block, dont bother getting better thermal pads.

it's the only gpu block that is compatible with my gpu, so what you said makes no sense.

[Mick Naughty]

10 minutes ago, Pachuca said:

like i said idk if it's crap or not, but it's from a chinese company and in general chinese companies have a good track record of cutting corners so i just don't want to take the gamble on it. 

Place of manufacture can’t say the quality of the component. They have the ability to make the proclduct unlike other countries that would have to cut every corner to even stand a chance. 

 

Ek sells pads if that’s considered a good brand to you. But may be out of the price range you’re wanting. 

[Pachuca]

1 hour ago, Mick Naughty said:

Place of manufacture can’t say the quality of the component. They have the ability to make the proclduct unlike other countries that would have to cut every corner to even stand a chance. 

 

Ek sells pads if that’s considered a good brand to you. But may be out of the price range you’re wanting. 

They have the ability to make it cheaper that doesn't mean it's the same standard of quality, but I know they try to market themselves as being on par with brand names that do a lot of quality control. Lesser known companies like BySki in my case usually cheese out on the little stuff and normally don't apply the same practices/standards as brand companies which is why I would rather buy new thermal pads from a brand I trust. If I had another option for a GPU block I would have taken it instead of a Chinese brand, but I didn't. 

[Mick Naughty]

1 minute ago, Pachuca said:

They have the ability to make it cheaper that doesn't mean it's the same standard of quality, but I know they try to market themselves as being on par with brand names that do a lot of quality control. Lesser known companies like BySki in my case usually cheese out on the little stuff and normally don't apply the same practices/standards as brand companies which is why I would rather buy new thermal pads from a brand I trust. If I had another option for a GPU block I would have taken it instead of a Chinese brand, but I didn't. 

But what brand do you trust? There is a good brand but you said $8-12 is too much? You want good and trusted but want to spend China prices?

 

all of the stuff in your pc was made in China. So quality is what the company request when establishing a built standard. 

[Pachuca]

1 minute ago, Mick Naughty said:

But what brand do you trust? There is a good brand but you said $8-12 is too much? You want good and trusted but want to spend China prices?

 

all of the stuff in your pc was made in China. So quality is what the company request when establishing a built standard. 

I don't know, that's why I'm asking what brands are good and won't charge so much. Seems like pads have a long shelf life, there's no market shortage of them and yet some how they cost a fortune. I just don't get why they are so expensive. 

[Mick Naughty]

3 minutes ago, Pachuca said:

I don't know, that's why I'm asking what brands are good and won't charge so much. Seems like pads have a long shelf life, there's no market shortage of them and yet some how they cost a fortune. I just don't get why they are so expensive. 

They aren’t. Plenty of them on eBay. Bought quite a bit myself. 

 

Did you bother to check performancepc or frozen pc? 

 

Seems like an issue with the card. Having no options for real blocks that would come with the pads needed. 

[Bajantechnician]

https://www.primochill.com/products/primochill-extreme-thermal-pad-100-x-15-x-0-5-thermal-conductivity-11-0-w-mk

 

https://www.primochill.com/products/primochill-ultra-extreme-thermal-pad-60-x-50-x-1-0-thermal-conductivity-17-0-w-mk

[Pachuca]

thanks everyone for the input.