So this stuff is a thermal adhesive right? Would this be good for attaching heaksinks to my GPU's VRM?
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It's intended to be thermally conductive not thermally adhesive although it does seem to stick or "adhere" to a small degree. I personally wouldn't rely on it to act like a glue for attaching a heatsink to anything.
1366173
No, it's not an adhesive. It is a liquid metal thermal conductor. You will need to mechanically secure your heatsink another way.
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I wouldn't. This stuff is basically solder and would instantly short out your VRM or possibly the whole board if it cam in contact with the pins of the VRM. stick to either pads or non-conductive thermal grease for VRMs. It is best used under the heat spreader of the processor, though can be used directly under the heat sink (where normal thermal grease is applied) as well. Again, heed the warning above as it applies to any microchip on the board.
801288
I wouldn't. Its not made for that. Get thermal pads for vram. I only use This for cpus and gpus
1988503
I use it for my gaming machine on one pci-e x16 slot. It's VERY good. Stable, easy to install and the 2gb really crank out the graphics. I'm playing skyrim, da2, me3 and other graphic intensive games with any trouble. I recommend it. Larry
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It appears to be, from other vendor sites. Be sure to use Arctic Silver, and a copper shim(which helps with heat dispersion) on the video chip, if you want this to last a long time.
149280
It sits between two heatsinks like the filling inside an oreo cookie. Thermal paste must be used to provide a good thermal bond, and it's up to you to figure out how to hold the heatsinks to it.
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Yes, it is necessary to use thermal compound for proper heat conduction to the heatsink, otherwise, the contact area would not be high enough. It's cheap.
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I use it for this exact purpose as well. I paired it w a 4130 i3 proc which has a gpu on the proc. Killed two birds w one stone!
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I believe you can remove it but I wouldn't recomend it. There is nothing worse the an overheating GPU. You would probably experiance some preformance loss and you might damage the card.
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it is actually called thermal paste and arctic silver is the best to get and just one good drop in the middle of the cpu on the back side is all you need. it will spread out when you install the cooling fan and heat sync
736470
I found this product to be just like a black high temperature resistant caulk. I used it to seal a pressure washer engine after replacing some internal components. I'm not sure how it would preform as an adhesive.
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I've used it for exactly this purpose. So long as you don't ever need to get back at the circuit to work on or replace anything, yes, this is fine. It is pretty damn permanent, though, so do make sure it's perfect before you seal it up. Also good for holding components to those pesky HMD boxes. Just rough up the surface of the box first to ensure great grip. Good luck!
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Kinda... You could remove the cover and the fans from your graphics card, then place this to blow air on the graphic's card heatsink. I recommend against this because the fans on your graphics card are designed to change speeds depending on temperature. This will not do that automatically. I recommend to either buy the proper replacement fan for your current heatsink/graphics card or google search "graphics card aftermarket heatsink" and replace all of it.
794357
This is marine adhesive and expensive. It is overkill on the cooler when good silicone will do that job. You could buy a new cooler almost for what a tube of this costs.
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I would have my doubts. It didn't work well with heat applications for me. When it gets too hot it seems to get soft. It may depend on how hot it gets . . . not sure. I would probably try solder for that. (?) Dale
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I don't know. I used it as a contact inside the chip after deliding my cpu. But I've always used Arctic Silver 5 as a thermal compound and have had good results with it.
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While I have no idea what the answer to your question is, I do know this product is designed for CPU/GPU temps which rarely exceed 100 C.
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You do NOT want to spread it around the top of the CPU, or anything crazy like some people are suggesting! Drop a dab the size of a small pea in the middle of the CPU, and then apply whatever heatsink/fan you plan to use. The pressure of the heatsink will cause the paste to spread out even, and where it's needed. This also is a lot easier, and cleaner to do! Remember with Arctic Silver (and other similar compounds) it has conductive material that if you got anywhere else could cause some issues! Less is best! :)