Review on 🔵 ARCTIC Thermal Pad 145 x 145 x 1.0 mm (Pack of 1) - Enhanced Thermal Conductivity, Cooler Thermal Compound, Efficient Gap Filler, Non-Stick, Safe Handling, Easy Application - Blue by Reid Rickerson

Up until yesterday I was planning on getting 3 or 4 stars and saying they do the job just as well as the stock pads on my Gigabyte GTX 1070 G1 with Micron VRAM. After playing around with memory overclocking yesterday I had to give it a 5 star rating. All the 0.5mm pads on my card have been replaced with this stuff and gddr5 seems to like the change a lot. Previously, I was only able to get up to 8750MHz effective memory speed before stability became an issue. After applying arctic pads to the video memory, I got an effective speed of 9250MHz on micron gddr5. Unlike the previous 8750MHz frequency, the new 9250MHz frequency is 100% stable in any situation. Some games crash at 8750MHz, but now 9250MHz is stable. I didn't think this would be possible with micrometers, but it turns out that some of the limitations I had were caused by video memory temperature. I even tested the speed with several monitoring and benchmark programs. All tests showed a significant increase in performance after the memory reached an effective frequency of 9000MHz and continued to show gains until I stopped at 9250MHz. I wish this stuff was cheaper, but given its supposedly average road quality, I'm impressed with its performance. If you have a gigabyte card, this stuff is definitely an improvement over standard shims and worth buying if you're trying to get the best performance out of your video memory.