PP Mguire
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Can't decide if I wanna keep or sell my phase. 0_0
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Wildside
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Is it a good idea to open up my used GTX 570 n put my TX-4 on it? It just seems like a waste of thermal paste on such a huge GPU die. It has no warranty on it, according to EVGA customer service.
PP Mguire
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I always change the paste on my GPU's, but I'm not scared of a screw up.
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im afraid of using up all my TX-4 on it though. I mean, it is a huge die!
PP Mguire
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You need a small amount per die anyways.
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Oy i may try.
PP Mguire
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Each application needs the size of a grain of rice. I have had the same tube of AS5 for a few years now.
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Direct DIE contact is usually different... Back in the early P3 days before the last few runs of P3's when Intel went IHS, and back when AMD still used direct DIE instead of an IHS, most pastes said to thinly and EVENLY cover the entire DIE surface to ensure it was fully covered. There had been issues with portions of a DIE not being fully covered back in the days for manufactures to resort to that method I would say.
