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humdinger

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Dec 17, 2002
aka Thermally Conducting Adhesive Tape... what is the "best" one i.e. best heat conducting ability or are they all the same, and where can I get some in the UK? Local Maplins, B&Q, Electrical stores have nothing!
 
Yes, I want to attach some BGA ramsinks to my graphics card memory chips but don't want to use epoxy (invalidates the warranty!) - there's no other way to mount them that I can tell
 
Well... I would probably juse use whatever tape you have. GPU Ram ICs don't put off so much heat as to warrant super-conductive thermal interface tape. You could use the best thermal tape out there and probably only see a 1° difference compared to the average run-of-the-mill tape. Just buy from a trusted site and you'll probably get a good product.
 
I think that normal double sided tape can act like a pretty good insulator. I would not go with normal tape if you already purchased (expensive) ramsinks... kind of defeats the purpose of getting that small cooling benefit.
 
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