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Review on πŸ”₯ Thermalright Thermal Pad 12.8 W/mK - Non Conductive Heat Resistance, Extreme Odyssey Silicone Thermal Pads for PC Laptop Heatsink/GPU/CPU/LED Cooler (1.5mm) - Efficient Cooling Solution by Todd Look

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3080 FE: lower memory temperature, higher hash rate.

See pictures for RTX 3080 FE refill/reinsert. RESULTS: UP TO: 195W, -1000 memory, 50c core, 79 MH/s AFTER (conservative and cold): 195W, +1000 mem, 50c core, 82 c mem, 86 MH/s AFTER (aggressive, less cold) 208W, +1000 mem, 55c core, 88c memory, 97MH/sFRONT (Graphic Crystal Core) SIDE: Use 1 pack of 2mm. Cut carefully, you have room for maybe a mistake. I forgot to include a picture of this page AFTER, but I literally just replaced the stock 1:1 pads, nothing more, nothing less. Place the pads directly on the board itself on this side, you want them to rest on when you lower the board onto them. Press down slightly to ensure they are securely fastened and will not move. I used 5 dot thermal paste on a chip, the Kryonaut residue, maybe 6 months old, did NOT bleed, although I would recommend others to smear it due to the way you lower the board onto the pads , tends to be skewed, allowing more connections to be pushed to one side of the matrix. However, my results are fine with 5-point corners and a center point. BACK: Use 1 pack of 3mm. Cut carefully if you run out of paper, it's no big deal, just make sure you cover all the spare pads before proceeding to cover up the extra/optional areas. This side is generally less important as there are very few ICs and I believe there are NO memory ICs, but the better you cover the components that generate heat the better. On this side, you place the pads directly on the board components, not on the board. Again, this is to make sure there aren't any pads floating on the part you're lowering onto that could move or fall off during installation. GENERAL: I used a spatula of thermal grease to safely scrape off old thermal pads. I used 99% isopropyl alcohol with paper tower pieces to remove the old thermal paste. I didn't bother to remove the adhesive from the old thermal pads. Sorry I forgot to take a photo of the front/side AFTER but if you're confused just remember I made an EXACT replacement for what came out of the factory so take a look Look at the stock photo and imagine that there are gray pads instead of a thin white thing. I "think" that 2mm would probably fit the back too, but I went with 3mm and swage it like other people have done. If you want to use 2mm for the front and back there is a much larger sheet of this product. You can get almost double the material for the same price, but it's all 2mm. If you do, be sure to add a rating to your results. Good luck, buy with confidence, they work if you are diligent and get it right. It took me about 2-3 hours, most of the time was spent carefully trimming the pads to size.

Pros
  • WIDE APPLICATION - Great to replace traditional heatsink grease, ideal for control board, motor, electronics, CPU, GPU, heatsink, power LED, auto mechanics, computer host, laptop, DVD, VCD, lid, set top box, LED IC SMD DIP and all cooling modules
Cons
  • weak