2019 Hardware Thread


  1. Kol12
    Posts : 2,979
    Windows 11
       New #761

    Have you EVGA guys noticed anything different with the new version of EVGA PX1? I can never tell what's changed. Plus it seems like my GPU performance is worse. I think I might roll back.
    Last edited by Kol12; 21 Jun 2019 at 06:19.
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  3. Dude
    Posts : 16,644
    Windows 11 Pro X64
       New #762

    Just ordered a thermal pad. I think it was Polo who showed one a while back. I will report back with results

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  4. CountMike
    Posts : 19,518
    W11+W11 Developer Insider + Linux
       New #763

    Dude said:
    Just ordered a thermal pad. I think it was Polo who showed one a while back. I will report back with results

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    That stuff should be a life saver if it has good thermal conductivity, no more mess, cleaning and wrong amount of paste.
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  6. Cliff S
    Posts : 27,183
    Win11 Pro, Win10 Pro N, Win10 Home, Windows 8.1 Pro, Ubuntu
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       New #764

    Because most Intel IHS's have a slight curve to them, I feel Paste is still the much better choice for filling any gaps.
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  7. CountMike
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    W11+W11 Developer Insider + Linux
       New #765

    Cliff S said:
    Because most Intel IHS's have a slight curve to them, I feel Paste is still the much better choice for filling any gaps.
    Most of thermal pads are a bit spongy and should conform to slight curvatures.
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  8. ThrashZone
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    3-Win-7Prox64 3-Win10Prox64 3-LinuxMint20.2
       New #766

    Hi,
    Pad you wouldn't end up with metal to metal though there would always be some pad there unlike a wet product.
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  9. ThrashZone
    Posts : 7,724
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       New #767

    Hi,
    Most see concave/ humps as defects from over clamping pressure and after lapping you can pretty much see the exact size of the cup Intel used too
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  10. Geneo
    Posts : 1,191
    Windows 11 Pro x64
       New #768

    CountMike said:
    Most of thermal pads are a bit spongy and should conform to slight curvatures.
    I don't believe it is the curvature so much - pressure takes care of that - so much as irregular surface imperfections that paste fills in - excess paste squeezed out. You want as much IHS bare-metal to cooler plate bare-metal contact as possible, which paste is good at but for which a pad fails.
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  12. Dude
    Posts : 16,644
    Windows 11 Pro X64
       New #769

    Geneo said:
    I don't believe it is the curvature so much - pressure takes care of that - so much as irregular surface imperfections that paste fills in - excess paste squeezed out. You want as much IHS bare-metal to cooler plate bare-metal contact as possible, which paste is good at but for which a pad fails.
    Have you tried a pad? I haven't so was curious if it would work.
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  13. Dude
    Posts : 16,644
    Windows 11 Pro X64
       New #770

    Geneo said:
    No, I too have thought about trying the thermal grisly one thougj.
    That one was out of stock, so I'm trying this one
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