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Cleaning old video cards, w/ die shots!

Johnvosh
By Johnvosh
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Recently got some older video cards and thought I would show why it is a good idea to clean, check, and replace the old thermal compound! Some of these I have had for quite sometime as well.

 

Please add your photo's as well! I still have 5 more to add, but need to get some more thermal compound. I cleaned and replaced all the thermal compound with Cooler Master brand as that is what I had. Would of liked to have used Arctic Silver 5

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11 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

T4C fantasy from the TPU forums would like to know about this.

Just registered and made a post there :)

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Took and pulled apart my old video card, an MSI Radeon 7970 OC. Looks like I need some new thermal pads for the memory. Can anyone tell me where I can purchase some? I'm guessing newegg.ca or maybe Amazon.ca would be good places to look? What thickness should I get? Thank you!

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12 minutes ago, Johnvosh said:

Took and pulled apart my old video card, an MSI Radeon 7970 OC. Looks like I need some new thermal pads for the memory. Can anyone tell me where I can purchase some? I'm guessing newegg.ca or maybe Amazon.ca would be good places to look? What thickness should I get? Thank you!

https://www.arctic.ac/uk_en/thermal-pad.html

Stinkpci5 3550. DDR3 1600mhz 8GB. Gigabyte GA-H61N-USB3.0. Sapphire RX 570 Nitro 4GB oc. Noctua NH-L12. WD Black 600GB. Silverstone PSU 1KW. Advent 1440x900 75hz VGA monitor 1ms. Acer Veriton M464 chassis.

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MSI Radeon 7970 OC. The die on this card has a mirror finish and no writing.... When I had it cleaned, it was so shiny I could hold it facing the TV behind me and watch it as if I was looking at it. Very shiny!

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Cleaned up my old passively cooled 7600GT not too long ago, wish I had taken a few more/better pictures of it.  

 

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