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Hey LTT members! I've got a question to ask!

I've replaced the thermal paste on my 290x like a month or smth ago 

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and the load temps i am getting now is like 85-89c (fml) and yes i have checked that i have seated the cooler properly. (heck people are telling me this is wayyy too much thermal paste)

The initial load temps right after i've replaced it that time was ard 80c~

 

Now I've once again changed the thermal paste to a new set of mx4 with slightly more thermal paste and the load temps is maxing out at 76c

What is going on?

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Hey LTT members! I've got a question to ask!

I've replaced the thermal paste on my 290x like a month or smth ago 

post-121155-0-98156400-1439517558.jpg

and the load temps i am getting now is like 85-89c (fml) and yes i have checked that i have seated the cooler properly. (heck people are telling me this is wayyy too much thermal paste)

The initial load temps right after i've replaced it that time was ard 80c~

 

Now I've once again changed the thermal paste to a new set of mx4 with slightly more thermal paste and the load temps is maxing out at 76c

What is going on?

You got bad mounting pressure when you first installed and it didn't spread properly? I use far less for a gtx 970. 

 

 

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big dot, plop on top. 

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Seems like it's too much to me. 

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tbh I would still have used the pea method but just used proportionalely more peas

But the grain method should have better coverage due to the die's shape...

 

Sure you putted everything back on correctly?

Yeap! I screwed the 4 screws in a star pattern first before screwing others in!

 

You got bad mounting pressure when you first installed and it didn't spread properly? I use far less for a gtx 970. 

When i took the GPU out from the cooler i could see how little the previous thermal paste was on the actual die tho....(the amount is in the pic)

 

It might be from how well the paste was applied and the lack of air pockets.

Hmmm maybe!

 

big dot, plop on top. 

huh?

 

Seems like it's too much to me. 

But the more i put the better the temps D:

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instead of a line, next time just put a big ass blob on top and then plop the heatsink on top. clean excess goo with q-tip or paper towel. 

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did you replace the thermal pads?

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instead of a line, next time just put a big ass blob on top and then plop the heatsink on top. clean excess goo with q-tip or paper towel.

I'll try itifthis doesntwork!

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did you replace the thermal pads?

Nope!

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Nope!

that would help with the temps...

 

but the GPU die does need a lot more than a CPU usually does

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I usually spread them very thinly and then drop a pea size in the middle.

You need to cover the whole die imo.

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I usually spread them very thinly and then drop a pea size in the middle.

You need to cover the whole die imo.

Wait so you spread them and then put a pea in the center?

 

that would help with the temps...

 

but the GPU die does need a lot more than a CPU usually does

Sadly i cant get my hands on any thermal pads D:

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Wait so you spread them and then put a pea in the center?

Pretty much, yes.

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Pretty much, yes.

How's your load temps for 290x then? Since our ambient is pretty much the same (plus the haze from indon is really screwing me up xD)

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How's your load temps for 290x then? Since our ambient is pretty much the same (plus the haze from indon is really screwing me up xD)

29c ambient.

 

71-72 at stock.

75-76 @1111/1350

80-82 @1170/1450

 

Mind you my TwinFrozr4 cooler is not that good compare to the new TwinFrozr5.

 

The haze caused ambient temp dropped to 24c at night.. i can OC my card to 1200mhz because of it. xD

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29c ambient.

 

71-72 at stock.

75-76 @1111/1350

80-82 @1170/1450

 

Mind you my TwinFrozr4 cooler is not that good compare to the new TwinFrozr5.

 

The haze caused ambient temp dropped to 24c at night.. i can OC my card to 1200mhz because of it. xD

I have my 290x oced to 1090/1380 with 77c as load temp... is that okay?

The ambient is FUA hot at 32-34c xD

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