[SOLVED] Thermal Pad size and Thickness on the Gigabyte 970 G1 Gaming Edition?

[Wheaten]

Hi,

Does anyone know the thickness and size of the Thermal Pads on the Gigabyte 970 G1 VRMs and Memory Chips?

I'm trying to find out the size and thickness of the thermal pads on the VRMs and Memory Chips for replacement. I have read a couple reviews of people replacing theirs with 0.5mm and their temperatures have increased.

Also is all thermal pad material made equal? If not, which material is recommend?

Any other information regarding the replacement of the thermal pads on the 970 G1 is greatly appreciated so feel free to fire away!



Thank you very much.

 

[alceryes]

I don't know if this info is readily available from the manufacturer. To cover most (all?) bases, you could just pick up different thickness pads (.2mm, .5mm, 1mm, and 1.5mm).
See here for some reviews and different brand suggestions - https://graphicscardhub.com/best-thermal-pad/

The other question you need to ask yourself is how much money you want to put into an older card. Especially since replacing the thermal pads may not even help temps.

 

[Wheaten]

I don't know if this info is readily available from the manufacturer. To cover most (all?) bases, you could just pick up different thickness pads (.2mm, .5mm, 1mm, and 1.5mm).
See here for some reviews and different brand suggestions - https://graphicscardhub.com/best-thermal-pad/

The other question you need to ask yourself is how much money you want to put into an older card. Especially since replacing the thermal pads may not even help temps.

Thank you for the reply.

Are all thermal pad materials equal? Any recommendations on which one to get? I have never done a replacement so I don't know which ones to buy. I guess $30 - $50NZD at best. The disassembly seems very simple which I can manage it's just finding out thermal pad size and thickness is the issue as I've done quite a few google searches to no avail, I have read some accounts of people replacing their thermal pads with 0.5mm(They don't specify whether they used the same thickness/size on both Memory/VRMs but I assume they did) and they've seen temperature increases.

I can't seem to easily find them for sale in my country when I google search so if I can manage to acquire, get multiple thickness to be better prepared.

Apparently if/when you take separate the PCB from the Heatsink, if the thermal pads aren't stuck to the heatsink then they don't need replacing it's only when they've come off the PCB memory and VRM's, is this true?

Thanks for the link, I'll check it out.

 

[Wheaten]

I don't know if this info is readily available from the manufacturer. To cover most (all?) bases, you could just pick up different thickness pads (.2mm, .5mm, 1mm, and 1.5mm).
See here for some reviews and different brand suggestions - https://graphicscardhub.com/best-thermal-pad/

The other question you need to ask yourself is how much money you want to put into an older card. Especially since replacing the thermal pads may not even help temps.

I sent a support ticket to Gigabyte requesting the Size and Thickness of the thermal pads on the VRM's and Memory Chips of the Gigabyte 970 G1 and they responded saying "Please note that opening any of our systems void the warranty and therefore we are unable to disclose any more information". I've also downloaded the manual for the 970 G1 and there's nothing in there about replacing the pads.

I'm going to have to continue my search or worst comes to worst open the card up and investigate myself although I don't want to do this due to being inexperienced and fear of the thermal pads needing replacing and not having a PC to use until they get placed, so until then I'll continue searching the forums.

From what I've gathered so far is that do NOT use 0.5mm on the VRM and Memory Chips, use 1.0mm - 1.5mm for the VRM and 0.75m - 1.00m for the memory chip and for Length x Width use 100mm x 100mm. Not entirely too sure as the people who have recommended this are the same people who have used 0.5mm on both Mem and VRMs and are just saying their temperatures have increased or remained the same so it's best to go slightly thicker on each.

 

[alceryes]

You should NEVER reuse thermal pads. Once you separate the heatsink and fan from the chips that's it. It doesn't matter what side they 'stick to'.
You just need to make sure you use the correct thickness pads for your components.

 

[Wheaten]

You should NEVER reuse thermal pads. Once you separate the heatsink and fan from the chips that's it. It doesn't matter what side they 'stick to'.
You just need to make sure you use the correct thickness pads for your components.

Ah, I'm glad you said this, I was under the impression that if you disassemble and the thermal pads are stuck to the heatsink then they must be replaced but if they aren't then it's okay.
So glad you told me this.