Replacing GPU thermal paste

[lolsmurfzs]

Hi there,

 

My GPU (MSI R9 380 4GB) has been getting a bit too hot for comfort while gaming, and with too hot I mean 99 degrees celcius.

This is measured with Radeon settings (or whatever its called these days) and MSI Afterburner. Both report the same temps.

I have already cleaned my pc and removed dust from the gpu, but I still hit 99 degrees when gaming. Also i'm pretty sure it goes above 99 but i'm getting a feeling that afterburner doesn't go any higher than 99.

 

Now, since i don't plan on cooking anything with my pc i've decided to replace the gpu's thermal paste.

 

The only thermal paste I have is the one that came with my cooler master hyper 212 evo. I heard that I should use non-conductive thermal paste but I can't find any specs for this paste.

So my question is: is it safe to use my hyper 212 evo's thermal paste on my gpu?

[Haro]

9 minutes ago, lolsmurfzs said:

is it safe to use my hyper 212 evo's thermal paste on my gpu?

If it comes with a tube sure 

If your talking about somehow using the pre applied one then that won't work 

[flopana]

Basically everyone modern thermal paste is non conductive so you should be ok but i dont know if its any good.

Paste is cheap tho you can buy Arctic MX-4 for a couple of dollars from amazon for example

[lolsmurfzs]

3 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

If it comes with a tube sure 

If your talking about somehow using the pre applied one then that won't work 

It's in a tube, so i guess i'm good to go.

[lolsmurfzs]

Just want to update this post so anyone that might find it can see what i did.

 

I opened up my gpu and immediately noticed that the stock thermal paste was completely dry.

After removing the old thermal paste I used the thermal paste (out of the tube) that came with my CM Hyper 212 Evo cooler.

 

I did some benchmarking and noticed that my gpu now runs about 30 degrees celcius cooler! That's insane!

Anyway, I hope this might help someone in the future!