I got some copper bga ramsinks for my ram chips on my 7900GTX. I got some real sticky thermal tape, but I was wondering if it would be even a better idea to add Artic Silver 5 thermal compound in between the ram chip and the ramsinks?
I've applied it but the ramsinks can be more easily removed if you were just to use the thermal tape alone. I was curious if the card would cool better if I did add the AS5 to the ram chips on my video card? Has anyone done this before?
for those types of applications you should stick with the thermal tape but Arctic Adhesive works well too only problem is that if you use Arctic Adhesive you will never be able to get the sinks off.
The best thing you can do is mix artic adhesive with artic silver, i did 1:1 with mine, so hopefully I'll be able to persuade them to come off intact with a little force when I need to.
Granted they more than likely will do nothing for your overclock (if you are overclocking), but will take down the actual temperature of the chip (which is good).
I mixed it on a bit of plastic and then spread it onto the RAMsinks then put it on the chips. Takes a while to set and hold, and I've no idea if it will actually work when it comes to pulling them off but its been done by other people.
Ah I see now. For some reason I thought the ceramic was an adhesive. I just read the Artic Silver Adhesive instructions. This stuff ain't playing around! You gotta be real careful with this stuff.
I guess what they mean by "mixing" is mixing the thermal adhesive with the thermal compound.
Did you put silicon on the circuits around the ram chips when you applied your ramsinks?
but its been done by other people.