thermal pad help

Due to Artifacting while watching YTB videos (and somehow only when watching YTB videos not while gaming etc., no matter the browser. I tried several) I checked VRAM temps and noticed that it idles at 60+C. I then proceeded to under-volt and it went down to 40-45C I then saw a Guide on what the...

About to upgrade to a sabrent rocket 4 m.2, and it comes with a pretty chunky heatsink and thermal pads. I've also got a single thermal grizzly minus pad 8 - will I see any kind of significant cooling upgrade to go with the thermal grizzly? or are the included strips somehow better? I'm not...

I have the 8-GB version of the following card: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/gigabyte-rx-570-gaming.b4442 GIGABYTE RX 570 GAMING So i bought some Artic 50x50 - 1mm Thicc thermal pads to replace it, and i covered the main parts - IMAGEs: View: https://imgur.com/a/PQiisEs I very...

Hi, I will be replacing various GPUs' and laptops' thermal pads and as you already might know, thickness of these pads vary from laptops to GPUs. I looked on various internet forums but couldn't actually find anything useful. Some say it is okay to stack and some say to put a little thermal...

This is the first time I've built a PC, so please go easy on me & forgive me if these are dumb questions. I have: An Aorus Pro Wifi 570 ITX board An Aorus Gen4 M.2 - mounted on the front M.2 slot (the one with the fan) A Samsung 970 EVO M.2 - mounted on the back of the motherboard My...

So, weird question, but I noticed that the factory thermal pad placed over the NVMe slot (Dell XPS 9560 laptop) is surrounded by an oil-like substance. Since I'm upgrading to a brand new SSD, I want to make sure that this is completely safe for it. The SSD that is currently in the XPS has the...

I am going to build a new rig in the future, and I am wondering which of the two sockets are better. I didn't put this under motherboards, but they tie into this as well. Right now, for the 1151 I would get an i7 6700k, and for the 2011 I would get an i7 5820k. On the CPU side, I am leaning...