Suggested GPU memory replacement cooling pads?

[Radium_Angel]

So I got myself, for a cheap n cheerful build, a old(er) AMD FirePro W7000 video card. On the back of the card is a metal plate with some cooling pads on it that cover the RAM chips (or what I assume are the RAM chips anyway)

(see huge image here of what I am taking about, those eight black rectangles)

Spoiler

The pads are kinda dirty and worn, and I ought to replace them, before putting the metal cover back on over them.

 

They are very thin and green, if it matters, anyway, any suggestions for replacement pads? Or will any GPU thermal pads do?

[Know One]

When measured the pad areas (thickness) that were not crushed by the heat spreader were 0.5mm ±0.04mm.

That will probably work for you but you will need to cut out the individual pads to place them on your VRAM.

You can use any thermal pad that is 0.5mm thick in theory but I did notice on mine that the 0.5mm pads had a bad contact pattern.

Using the 1mm thick thermal pad on the back of the card (side shown in your image) you run the risk of deforming the GPU card itself during re-assembly but it will allow for a better thermal contact pattern.

The side of the card that has the GPU on it has the VRAM thermally connected to the heatsink with 1.0mm ±0.02mm thermal pads. The other chips (smaller that the others) with thermal pads are for power distribution and had 0.5mm thermal pads on them(do not use 1.0mm thermal pads on these)

When applying these pads make sure to remove both plastic layers to allow maximum thermal conductivity between the heat source and the heatsink (after cutting out the appropriate shape for your application).

1mm thick thermal pad:

https://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Thermal-Efficient-Conductivity-Handling/dp/B00UYTTXSM/

0.5mm thick thermal pad:

https://www.amazon.com/nkomax-Thermalright-85x45x0-5mm-Conductive-Temperature/dp/B08CGR62QX/

[mbrijun]

This is the only place that I have found any info about replacing thermal pads on an AMD FirePro W7000. I will need to open up my W7000 as it sounds the fan is on the way out as it is making a high pitch noise. Would you mind sharing the details of roughly how much thermal pad should be prepared for this replacement? Thank you.

[Radium_Angel]

8 minutes ago, mbrijun said:

This is the only one place that I have found any info about replacing thermal pads on an AMD FirePro W7000. I will need to open up my W7000 as it sounds the fan is on the way out and is making a high pitch noise. Would you mind sharing the details of roughly how much thermal pad should be prepared for this replacement? Thank you.

IIRC (and it's been some time since I replaced the pads on that card) I bought a "standard" sheet of pad, something that was the size of a 3x5" index card. Let me see if I can find my original purchase link and post it.

[Radium_Angel]

14 minutes ago, mbrijun said:

This is the only one place that I have found any info about replacing thermal pads on an AMD FirePro W7000. I will need to open up my W7000 as it sounds the fan is on the way out and is making a high pitch noise. Would you mind sharing the details of roughly how much thermal pad should be prepared for this replacement? Thank you.

Thisis what I bought. Worked fine

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/295318451378?hash=item44c259f4b2:g:UDQAAOSwlKVdjvs3&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoJDVIRyQkeCP0E%2BR6EQGOHzAOcJiwHLsIcp7FNOp78Ui85bFr7Sla8bO5oWHazZSb87D5%2F%2BA7434wT3NT2oe2mSS9lcY0BlvFQO23YageSdCnSoI%2F3FMwgMEIql%2FqUKqW36CiNQruds98BoPZvXLMQMiEJtYFq8ah8TCYqBhV1kYAicJZy7rOg9ZzLQnwakRRXC9RLsb5FDb8PGmb5TOOO4%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8jj29CPYQ

 

[mbrijun]

Thank you very much for sharing.