Heat pad not touching.

[Adarsh Singh]

Hey, I just got a msi GTX 1050ti and I found that one heat pad isn't touching the capacitor properly.

Should I replace it?

[dany_boy]

Capacitors don't need heat-sinking

[Adarsh Singh]

3 minutes ago, dany_boy said:

Capacitors don't need heat-sinking

I'm talking of that heat conductive pad just above the capacitor, if it is there it should touch it.

 

Maybe..

[dany_boy]

Just now, Adarsh Singh said:

I'm taking of that heat conductive pad just above the capacitor, if it is there it should touch it.

 

Maybe..

Again capacitors don't need to be attached to a heat-sink, they (in theory) don dissipate any heat. In practice, because of ESR and reactance (during transients) they will dissipate some heat, however it is such a small amount that you might as well assume they don't.

TLDR it's fine as it is

[bgibbz]

52 minutes ago, dany_boy said:

Again capacitors don't need to be attached to a heat-sink, they (in theory) don dissipate any heat. In practice, because of ESR and reactance (during transients) they will dissipate some heat, however it is such a small amount that you might as well assume they don't.

TLDR it's fine as it is

Everything conducting electricity releases heat (2nd law of thermodynamics). You are right however that the head release is negligible. 

[dany_boy]

4 minutes ago, bgibbz said:

Everything conducting electricity releases heat (2nd law of thermodynamics). You are right however that the head release is negligible. 

How did you extrapolate that from the fact that entropy cannot decrease? genuinely curious BTW

[bgibbz]

1 hour ago, dany_boy said:

How did you extrapolate that from the fact that entropy cannot decrease? genuinely curious BTW

The second law of thermodynamics more or less says that all energy degrades continuously into entropy (until equilibrium). In a closed loop system, like a circuit, energy level remains constant throughout the system. As all energy continuously degrades to entropy (heat) it would make sense that all electrical energy (and kinetic energy of the moving electrons) would also degrade into heat. I could be way off base here, that has just been my understanding of it. 

[dany_boy]

2 minutes ago, bgibbz said:

The second law of thermodynamics more or less says that all energy degrades continuously into entropy (until equilibrium). In a closed loop system, like a circuit, energy level remains constant throughout the system. As all energy continuously degrades to entropy (heat) it would make sense that all electrical energy (and kinetic energy of the moving electrons) would also degrade into heat. I could be way off base here, that has just been my understanding of it. 

Not to brag or anything, but I'm currently studying thermodynamics in physics in college. And I do think you are way off . Heat is energy, and Heat != entropy. Entropy = disorder. 

[bgibbz]

Just now, dany_boy said:

Not to brag or anything, but I'm currently studying thermodynamics in physics in college. And I do think you are way off . Heat is energy, and Heat != entropy. Entropy = disorder. 

Ahh, a bio teacher of mine used them almost interchangeably, so i assumed that entropy WAS essentially heat. Either way, terminology aside, I think i am still somewhat on track with my explanation. The kinetic energy at the very least should cause heat due to friction. 

[Mick Naughty]

Either way it's not a thermal pad. At most it's the standard foam they use for insulation. This should only make contact, if need be.