Going to replace my GPU thermal paste

[ili199]

My XFX R7 260X 1GB Core edition is just a bad card.

It gets extremely hot so extremely noisy even with my custom fan curve and I hate it!

But i have a idea: What is the thermal paste is bad... I could try to replace it just like Linus did in this video

 

In this video Linus said that is does not matter if you get thermal paste on your PCB but in another video someone said that you should only use non conductive thermal paste because it can kill your GPU if it gets on PCB.

I am planing to use my left over thermal paste from my BeQuiet Shadow Rock 2 to replace the stock one. But no ware in the manual or on BeQuiets website i could see if it was conductive or not.

 

So here are my 2 questions:

Is it dangerous to use the conductive thermal paste?

And is the BeQuiet thermal paste conductive or not?

 

Thanks

 

[iamdarkyoshi]

I never use conductive paste because i do not own conductive paste. But if its conductive, dont use it...

[givingtnt]

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[iamdarkyoshi]

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Yah I was gonna comment on that

[Textosterone]

Wait so why isant all thermal paste non conductive?

[Oshino Shinobu]

The majority of TIM is non-conductive, and it's pretty likely that bequiet's included one is non-conductive. 

 

It can be dangerous to use conductive TIM, as it can cause shorts if it gets in the wrong place. Something like Arctic Silver 5 is conductive. I wouldn't recommend using them, as they don't perform any better and have some risks to them. 

[elfensky]

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[givingtnt]

My XFX R7 260X 1GB Core edition is just a bad card.

It gets extremely hot so extremely noisy even with my custom fan curve and I hate it!

But i have a idea: What is the thermal paste is bad... I could try to replace it just like Linus did in this video

 

In this video Linus said that is does not matter if you get thermal paste on your PCB but in another video someone said that you should only use non conductive thermal paste because it can kill your GPU if it gets on PCB.

I am planing to use my left over thermal paste from my BeQuiet Shadow Rock 2 to replace the stock one. But no ware in the manual or on BeQuiets website i could see if it was conductive or not.

 

So here are my 2 questions:

Is it dangerous to use the conductive thermal paste?

And is the BeQuiet thermal paste conductive or not?

 

Thanks

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[ili199]

The majority of TIM is non-conductive, and it's pretty likely that bequiet's included one is non-conductive. 

 

It can be dangerous to use conductive TIM, as it can cause shorts if it gets in the wrong place. Something like Arctic Silver 5 is conductive. I wouldn't recommend using them, as they don't perform any better and have some risks to them. 

 

So I set up a test: put some thermal paste on a peas of paper and just use a multi meter to test the conductivity. And as it is: it isn't conductive.

Baseline test: 40seconds of OCCT's gpu test: 95c 

Replaced the thermal paste

And: 3 min of OCCT's gpu test: caped at about 72c

 

SO IT WORKED!!!

It got 20c cooler so now it is a lot more silent wile gaming and I love it!

 

Thanks for the help

[-iSynthesis]

Most is non-conductive, i doubt bequiet would use conductive one. Also, just don't put too much on the GPU, but i believe you shouldn't use drop method like on CPUs because the GPUs are larger. I did it for my 580 and it was nowhere near getting on the pcb.

 

EDIT: 

sry didnt read your last post. Glad it worked, it does indeed ive a nice temp boost. 

[ili199]

Most is non-conductive, i doubt bequiet would use conductive one. Also, just don't put too much on the GPU, but i believe you shouldn't use drop method like on CPUs because the GPUs are larger. I did it for my 580 and it was nowhere near getting on the pcb.

 

EDIT: 

sry didnt read your last post. Glad it worked, it does indeed ive a nice temp boost. 

 

When i got the cooler of I found out that the R7 260X chip is really small. about 1x2cm. So i just put a small drop on it and well... it worked

[-iSynthesis]

When i got the cooler of I found out that the R7 260X chip is really small. about 1x2cm. So i just put a small drop on it and well... it worked

Yeah, back in 580 days the chips were huge. Like 2x as big as now maybe.