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    GT683DX and Phobya XT 7W/mK Thermal Pad

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by sanpats, Apr 20, 2012.

  1. sanpats

    sanpats Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm going to use this thermal pad (0.5mm) with my 570m. I saw some people here, ie Meaker, posted that they are using it. So can you guys who experience using the pad with 570m in GT683DX/16f2 tell me whether it fit or how is your experience With it?
     
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    That's perfect to use 0.5mm thermal pads with GTX570M (or 580M) in MSI 16F2/GT680/3. Though I advise you to use the 5w/mk Phobya 0.5mm since they are a bit more sticky than the 7w/mk (which to me are not sticky at all but some could use them so I guess I was pretty bad :p)
     
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    I have the 7w/mk pads, they are tricky to use though.

    I completely missed your retailer status pau1ow, congrats, let me know if you have any parts I'd be interested in, i'll keep you in mind when advising people.
     
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    How are they tricky, Meaker? Not sticky like pau1ow said or hard or what?
     
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    Since the heatsink has lateral movement they slide.
     
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    Thanks for the info. I read this forum for a long time but never post before.
     
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    Yeah it is not sticky and really tricky to install, but after install successfully temp down 5C. Great!

    What I found out during the modification is that the stock pads are too thick and prevent the heatsink to fully touch the GPU die. Now the contact is great. I tried to change my previously pasted MX-4 to Phobya Hegrease Extreme, because SkineeLabs test show me that this paste is the best, almost equal to Indigo Extreme in performance, but I return to MX-4 as it give me 2C better temp than phobya one.
     
    sanpats, Apr 21, 2012
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    Temp in OCCT GPU 20 Minutes Run Clock 715/1800 Stock Voltage (My P1 Clock using Svet Tool BIOS mod)

    Stock Pads/Stock Paste Max 83C
    Stock Pads/MX-4 83C
    Phobya XT Pads/MX-4 78c

    My gaming clock(P0) is 800/1800 overvolted from 0.85v to 0.9v, but I don't wanna run Stress Test with it. I afraid it gonna get fried.
     
    sanpats, Apr 21, 2012
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    It's not gonna get fried, it's just gonna hit 95 Celsius and start throttling in order to be able to keep it at 95. I've tried it.
     
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    Mx-4 seems to respond perfectly to the pressure of the heatsinks.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Apr 21, 2012
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