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Thermal Pads? for Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 280X

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Its the 2 fans version one model number is 11221-02-40G for reference.

 

But long story short I basically had this card for awhile right now from 2013, no problems until 3 days ago one of the fans had issue spinning and it was hitting the sides of the cooler. Basically the fan was not flush with the motor and was spinning way to fast when the graphics card was on load. The fan that died was the one that connect to the lights so I had to sacrifice it. I just ordered 2 new fans from china, but dang the slow shipping... if I only knew if there was a good aftermarket cooler for that card I would of bought it in a heartbeat. That being said after taking all the fans out, heat-sink and cleaning the card from dust and thermal paste. I notice the thermal pads. Do these need to be replace to? or could I just keep them since memory heat doesn't produce that much heat so old would work just fine? Even if I need to replace them I had a hard time to finding the correct thickness until I emailed support and said 1mm will be fine. I am going to use Arctic Silver 5 for my GPU heat-sink. I just don't know what brand of thermal pad is the best or decent for Graphic Cards cause I never experienced this issue before.

 

TLTR: I took my fans and heat-sink off. should I replace the thermal pads if so what brand so I go for I am looking for 1mm in thickness.

 

Thinking about these

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAA0D4C42069&cm_re=thermal_pad-_-9SIAA0D4C42069-_-Product

https://www.amazon.ca/SODIAL-400mm-Silicone-Thermal-Heatsink/dp/B00H3CUD64/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1471907778&sr=8-4&keywords=1mm+thermal+pad

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You can reuse them ONLY for the spots they came from. If you want to replace them, you will need the correct thicknesses as VRAM modules and VRM could use different sizes.

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5 minutes ago, GreezyJeezy said:

thermal pads sounds gross 

Looks like your icon needs thermal pads...

 

That does sound gross. Never-mind.

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1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

Looks like your icon needs thermal pads...

 

That does sound gross. Never-mind.

eww wtf xD  

 

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59 minutes ago, GreezyJeezy said:

eww wtf xD  

I wanna touch your thermal pads

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3 hours ago, ARikozuM said:

You can reuse them ONLY for the spots they came from. If you want to replace them, you will need the correct thicknesses as VRAM modules and VRM could use different sizes.

I had to ask them again but all vram spots are 1mm thick but that being said I still dont know what brand to get. So I guess I am best off to leave them be since they are not damaged or peeling off as I can tell.

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They'll likely yield similar dissipation. Get the one that fits and is however much you need.

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Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste 
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Memory: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2x8GB 3200/14
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive 
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Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA - 970 SSC ACX (1080 is in RMA)
Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 750W with CableMod blue/black Pro Series
Optical Drive: LG - WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit and Linux Mint Serena
Keyboard: Logitech - G910 Orion Spectrum RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech - G502 Wired Optical Mouse
Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel  Headset
Speakers: Logitech - Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers

 

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