Question Gigabyte RX 580 GAMING 8 GB thermal pad sizes

[howtobeironic]

So, I have this Gigabyte RX 580 Gaming 8 GB (https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/gigabyte-rx-580-gaming-8-gb.b4429 according to GPU-Z) and we're now having overheat shutdowns (previous thread: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/gpu-shuts-down-to-overheat-at-60-c.3833894/), so it's time to take action by fully repadding the card (and getting a new, less-likely-to-detonate PSU, but that's slightly out of scope here). However, every source on the internet can't just decide on the correct thickness for the outer PCB pads.

The VRAM pads are 0.5's on every resource, but outer pads, I have heard 1, 1.5, 0.75 and so, which one is correct here? Also, there's this annoying backpad which doesn't seem to reach PCB if a 1.5 mm thick pad is used, is there any way to get that one done without getting a third pack of pads? Why does this card even need three separate packs of pads?

 

[Lutfij]

This should help you out;

THERMAL PAD SIZES ON GIGABYTE RX 580 GAMING 4GB – 8GB – THERMALPAD.EU

thermalpad.eu

be sure to read the comments as well. I would make sure you have an assortment. Having extra at hand would be a plus in the long run. Running short during a project/rebuild isn't what you want.

 

[howtobeironic]

This should help you out;

THERMAL PAD SIZES ON GIGABYTE RX 580 GAMING 4GB – 8GB – THERMALPAD.EU

thermalpad.eu

I have seen the site, but this video was the one that mainly confused me:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVXHP7t0fXM


In this one the person replacing the pads tells 1.0 mm for the outer pads, and also says that the card he's repairing has a lifted cooler due to too thick pads (though it could be the VRAM pads being too thick as he mentions moving the VRAM pads to outer area and using 0.5 thick pads in there)

 

[Nice Nicer]

Maybe you can measure the pads with calipers? Do you still have the original pads ? If the question is 1 or 0,5 for example, that might answer your question. Not sure how acurate pads have to be in some cases, but i used 0,4 and 0,5 for the VRAM on my RX 580 2048sp, and both worked, which means that the temperatures didn´t differ in ameaningful way.