Do I need to change thermal pad

[Alson]

Hi, I'm still figuring out whether I should change the Thermal pad for VRM's on

my Asus Dual Gtx1060 6gb Oc when I change the thermal paste. If I do need what's the thickness I should use?

[DoctorNick]

1 minute ago, Alson said:

Hi, I'm still figuring out whether I should change the Thermal pad for VRM's on

my Asus Dual Gtx1060 6gb Oc when I change the thermal paste. If I do need what's the thickness I should use?

You don't need to change thermal pads unless they are dry. You sure you need to change thermal paste? It's a very cool card. What temps you get on full load?

[Alson]

Just now, DoctorNick said:

You don't need to change thermal pads unless they are dry. You sure you need to change thermal paste? It's a very cool card. What temps you get on full load?

Im getting around 70 on full load and I think it's quite high... Is there any way to know if the thermal pad needed to be change without opening the heatsink?

[DoctorNick]

8 minutes ago, Alson said:

Im getting around 70 on full load and I think it's quite high... Is there any way to know if the thermal pad needed to be change without opening the heatsink?

Whats ambient temp? And no, you'd need to take the heatsink off. 70c is nothing, max temp is 94c. 

[Alson]

Just now, DoctorNick said:

Whats ambient temp? And no, you'd need to take the heatsink off. 70c is nothing, max temp is 94c. 

Ambient temp is around 30+ and will it affect the temp if I take the heatsink off and didn't change the thermal pad and put it back?

[DoctorNick]

9 minutes ago, Alson said:

Ambient temp is around 30+ and will it affect the temp if I take the heatsink off and didn't change the thermal pad and put it back?

Then 70c is low actually. It could. Also if your thermal paste application isn't on par, then you'll get higher temps. (I would just leave it alone tbh)

[Somerandomtechyboi]

52 minutes ago, Alson said:

Im getting around 70 on full load and I think it's quite high... Is there any way to know if the thermal pad needed to be change without opening the heatsink?

Yea 70c is low, might aswell overclock the crap out of the core and vram for extra performance, just make sure not to go over 90c

[Alson]

28 minutes ago, DoctorNick said:

Then 70c is low actually. It could. Also if your thermal paste application isn't on par, then you'll get higher temps. (I would just leave it alone tbh)

Okay thanks!!