Do I need new thermal pads when re-pasting my GPU?

[A Silver]

I want to re-paste my GTX 1080, would I need to replace the thermal pads too or can they be reused?

 

Secondly, I have a ~4 year old tube of MX-4 Thermal compound, would that still be useable or should I get a new tube?

[Moonzy]

13 minutes ago, A Silver said:

I want to re-paste my GTX 1080, would I need to replace the thermal pads too or can they be reused?

as long as you dont damage it, it's fine to re-use

some pads are easily damaged upon disassembly, so take note of that

 

you can take the opportunity to swap it anyways

 

13 minutes ago, A Silver said:

Secondly, I have a ~4 year old tube of MX-4 Thermal compound, would that still be useable or should I get a new tube?

as long as it's not dry and conductive, it should be fine

[A Silver]

38 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

as long as you dont damage it, it's fine to re-use

some pads are easily damaged upon disassembly, so take note of that

 

you can take the opportunity to swap it anyways

 

as long as it's not dry and conductive, it should be fine

Thanks for the info!

[jaslion]

39 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

as long as you dont damage it, it's fine to re-use

some pads are easily damaged upon disassembly, so take note of that

 

you can take the opportunity to swap it anyways

 

as long as it's not dry and conductive, it should be fine

Just a small addon. Ripping a thermal pad in 2 or something isn't the end of the world you can just put it back together and it will be fine. However if it gets ripped into many pieces yeah tough luck go and get a new one.