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Thermal Pad

Physical Product · Other PC hardware · 6 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/buildapc

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Pros

  • Reuse the existing pads. Do not use paste.

Cons

  • Don't use paste. You may want to buy a variety pack of thermal pads that has a bunch of different sizes. This way you can use a "thicker than you think it should be" pad and try the heatsink to see if it fits comfortably. If it doesn't w...
  • I haven’t replaced the thermal pads though. Do you think degraded pads could cause black screen crashes even if core and hotspot temps look normal?
  • Can I just use thermal paste in place for the thermal pads on my chipsets? I don’t know the mm size pads for the chipset
  • Even by 0.5mm TOO THICK of thermal pad will cause no contact with your GPU die to the GPY cooler you know?
  • No pads and paste are not interchangeable.

Sentiment

1 positive (17%) · 1 mixed (17%) · 4 negative (67%)

Trust + time weighted score: -55% · raw score -50%

What redditors said (6 of 6)

Don't use paste. You may want to buy a variety pack of thermal pads that has a bunch of different sizes. This way you can use a "thicker than you think it should be" pad and try the heatsink to see if it fits comfortably. If it doesn't work, try the next size thinner and go from there until you find something that works.
negative · u/L****4 · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 26, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
I haven’t replaced the thermal pads though. Do you think degraded pads could cause black screen crashes even if core and hotspot temps look normal?
negative · u/p****e · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 22, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Can I just use thermal paste in place for the thermal pads on my chipsets? I don’t know the mm size pads for the chipset
mixed · u/T****7 · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 26, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Even by 0.5mm TOO THICK of thermal pad will cause no contact with your GPU die to the GPY cooler you know?
negative · u/A****0 · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 23, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
No pads and paste are not interchangeable.
negative · u/N****n · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 26, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Reuse the existing pads. Do not use paste.
positive · u/9**m · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 26, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗

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