Arctic Silver and GPUs

[xbdestroya]

Well, I have a Leadtek/Winfast 6800LE with a large copper cooler on it, inside an Antec Aria case. I actually run the card without it's fan and use an adjacent slot cooler to reduce noise significantly, but thus the GPU runs hot (idles 59C - burn as high as 90c as per RivaTuner).

Now, I haven't had artifacting or anything, but of course temps *that* high freak me out. What I'm wondering is if I can safely apply Arctic Silver to the core - I removed the cooler before so I know he thermal seal has been compromised, but I want to make sure I use the riht compount to redo it.

 

[forumposter32]

I've read some people have done it but I also read Arctic Silver Ceramique does not void your warranty. I wouldn't bother with AS5 myself although they say it's 2 or 3 degrees cooler than Ceramique.

BTW, the Arctic Cooling Silencers are pretty silent.

 

[keeleysam]

I have AS5 on my 6600GT.

Just don't put it on your RAM.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: keeleysam
I have AS5 on my 6600GT.

Just don't put it on your RAM.

Yup. Although if you have Arctic Silver Ceramique, that stuff works great on RAM (and it's non-conductive).

I usually put AS5 on the core and Ceramique on the RAM chips of my video card.

 

[xbdestroya]

Awesome - thanks for the replies guys! I'll feel safe to go with the AS5 then.