Review on Gelid Solutions GP-Extreme 12W-Thermal Pad: Unbeatable Heat Conduction & Easy Installation by Cyrus Wright

Use these as gap fillers on the back of my RTX 3080 FE which is on a full water block. The backplate is pure aluminum, so I use passive cooling on the back of the PCB (memory, VRM, memory controller, etc.) - the problem is that some of these spots need 2+mm TIM to make proper contact. Come. Below is a comparison of the stock Nvidia TIM Ultra soft pads, the regular TIM pads that came with the device, and Gelids after 30 minutes of full load using various 3D Mark RTX and non-RTX benchmarks. My card is overclocked to 2250MHz Core / +950 gddr6xNvidia Ultrasoft Pads: 55-70CGeneric Pads: 45-50CGelid Pads: 38-42C The results speak for themselves