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780 thermal paste amount?

Chriz6097
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How much thermal paste should i have put on my 780? I installed an ACX cooler and I've noticed it has a hard time getting down from 50c unless you manually change the fan to 50%.

My System Specs: (Short list) i7 4770k, GTX 780, many SSD's, a 2 TB HDD(deceased :( ), Corsair 650D. Full list: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/kchriz6097/saved/8dh7YJ

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How much thermal paste should i have put on my 780? I installed an ACX cooler and I've noticed it has a hard time getting down from 50c unless you manually change the fan to 50%.

I would say about 1.5x the amount you would put on a CPU.

CPU: i7 3770k@ 4.6Ghz@ 1.23v - GPU: Palit GTX 660ti - MOBO: Asrock Extreme 4 - RAM: Corsair vengeance 8GB 1600Mhz - PSU: OCZ 650watt - STORAGE: 128Gb corsair force GT SSD/ 1TB seagate barracuda 7200rpm

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I would say about 1.5x the amount you would put on a CPU.

ok, I think I will have to redo mine, I put a small grain of rice size... well at least my card stays at 70c when hot :P

My System Specs: (Short list) i7 4770k, GTX 780, many SSD's, a 2 TB HDD(deceased :( ), Corsair 650D. Full list: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/kchriz6097/saved/8dh7YJ

Upgrade Plan: Acquire some Black Noctuas then add 16 or 32GB of 2133MHz memory

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ok, I think I will have to redo mine, I put a small grain of rice size... well at least my card stays at 70c when hot :P

Yeah you put abit more on GPU's than CPU's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQIal_982fE#t=479

CPU: i7 3770k@ 4.6Ghz@ 1.23v - GPU: Palit GTX 660ti - MOBO: Asrock Extreme 4 - RAM: Corsair vengeance 8GB 1600Mhz - PSU: OCZ 650watt - STORAGE: 128Gb corsair force GT SSD/ 1TB seagate barracuda 7200rpm

                                                                                         COOLING: NH-U14s/ 3x Noiseblocker blacksilent pros/ Silverstone Air Penetrator/ 2 corsair AF120s

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