should i replace my gpu thermal paste?

[tortir]

i have an evga gtx 970 and I bought it in 2016, in furmark my temp reaches 84 celcius, im wondering if I should replace my thermal paste, and if I should, can I use my arctic mx-4 thermal paste? or do I need special thermal paste? also please tell me anything I should know.

[KSKGAMETV]

i litreally just re thermal pasted my msi gtx 970 today as it was knocking on a few years now and temps were not great and were about the same as what you mentioned.

 

the results were good for me as idle temps went down and also temps in gaming decreased also 

 

 

[Drama Lama]

thermals seem ok not you could replace your paste but it won’t get you anything significant 

[Nakedpeanut]

8 minutes ago, tortir said:

i have an evga gtx 970 and I bought it in 2016, in furmark my temp reaches 84 celcius, im wondering if I should replace my thermal paste, and if I should, can I use my arctic mx-4 thermal paste? or do I need special thermal paste? also please tell me anything I should know.

It might be worth it on the GTX 970 - But Nvidia uses quite good thermal paste which does last long, but yeah MX4 for the GPU would be perfect.

 

I replaced the paste on my GTX1070 with conductonaut liquid metal and only saw ~5C change vs like 20C on my CPU. So next time I'd just go MX4.

 

[Drama Lama]

7 minutes ago, tortir said:

or do I need special thermal paste?

No 

when you are repasting your your gpu make sure only to apply it on the die and not to short contacts around it 

[KSKGAMETV]

1 minute ago, Drama Lama said:

thermals seem ok not you could replace your paste but it won’t get you anything significant 

yes i forgot to mention that they were only minor drops in temps.

[tortir]

Just now, Drama Lama said:

No 

when you are repasting your your gpu make sure only to apply it on the die and not to short contacts around it 

so should I use less than what I use on my cpu?

[Drama Lama]

Just now, tortir said:

so should I use less than what I use on my cpu?

Yes 

just watch a video 

[KSKGAMETV]

Just now, tortir said:

so should I use less than what I use on my cpu?

maybe test it with a tiny amount a press down with see through plastic so you can see how much your putting on is actually spreading on the die 

[Nakedpeanut]

7 minutes ago, tortir said:

so should I use less than what I use on my cpu?

I find it actually better to spread it out on the GPU die vs the CPU blob or x method (when using paste and not just liquid metal) - To each their own, but I'm less stressed about the cooler mounting pressure being even.