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I recently bought an aftermarket cooler which was bundled with Arctic Cooling G1 Thermal Glue (http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/cooling/discontinued-products...). I applied it to the VRAM's (coupled with a heatsink) and because my IHS (Integrated Heat Spreader) above the GPU's processor slipped off, I used of that same G1-Thermal glue to bind the IHS and the processor. All of sudden I'm getting bad temperatures, before the IHS fell off and I got no more than 73° C down from a constant 100° C on a full load, now I'm back to square one with 100° C on full load.
I have a feeling that it could be the thermal adhesive's quality, should I buy Arctic Silver's thermal adhesive (http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_thermal_adhes...)?
[UPDATE]
I'm not entirely sure how much of the Thermal Glue (G1) needs to be applied to make good contact, I just set applied it as if it were general thermal paste. Dot in the middle and spread across the entire processor with my finger. If anyone can verify that this is the correct method of application then it'd be great.
When I feel around the GPU while furmark is running, the GPU running at a constant 100 degrees Celsius and it seems to be coming from the processor (center) which leads me to believe that either I applied it wrong or it isn't working correctly. I even let it set for the 1 hour cure time.
Also, the thermal adhesive (G1) that Arctic Cooling provides is fairly easy to remove, they even mention it in the product features, so it isn't a mission to remove.
This is not my GPU, this is just something very similar to what I have just to give you an idea. The amount of thermal adhesive applied to this GPU is almost exactly the same as I applied.
http://cdn.overclock.net/0/03/033ca3b1_DSCN1107.jpeg
I have a feeling that it could be the thermal adhesive's quality, should I buy Arctic Silver's thermal adhesive (http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_thermal_adhes...)?
[UPDATE]
I'm not entirely sure how much of the Thermal Glue (G1) needs to be applied to make good contact, I just set applied it as if it were general thermal paste. Dot in the middle and spread across the entire processor with my finger. If anyone can verify that this is the correct method of application then it'd be great.
When I feel around the GPU while furmark is running, the GPU running at a constant 100 degrees Celsius and it seems to be coming from the processor (center) which leads me to believe that either I applied it wrong or it isn't working correctly. I even let it set for the 1 hour cure time.
Also, the thermal adhesive (G1) that Arctic Cooling provides is fairly easy to remove, they even mention it in the product features, so it isn't a mission to remove.
This is not my GPU, this is just something very similar to what I have just to give you an idea. The amount of thermal adhesive applied to this GPU is almost exactly the same as I applied.
http://cdn.overclock.net/0/03/033ca3b1_DSCN1107.jpeg
