![]() This is well known in electronic circles.and I did note that even EK mentioned this as an optional step in their instructions when I fitted an EK block to my 780Ti a while back. Thermal grease has way better thermal conductivity specs than thermal pads and adding thermal grease between a pad and the mating surface actually improves the overall thermal transfer performance quite substantially. Now apply the pads over the components and then mount your block. ![]() If you want to improve a thermal pad's performance, the best thing you can do is to select the correct thickness and then smear some quality non conductive thermal grease on the actual electrical component(s) first. ![]() You will not be able to notice any difference if using the cheaper thermal pads as their thermal specs are not really diiferent enough to be significantly measureable in our PC watercooling type applications. So in some cases you have to opt for thicker pads to fill a larger void. Thicker pads are actualy worse for transferring heat, the thinner the pad the better the heat transfer however you need to keep in mind the gap spacing as mentioned above. as the thicness is specified to fill the correct spacing left between the pcb and block. ![]() Ensure that the thickness stays as specified ie.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |