Can I apply arctic silver 5 on my evga 7800gt?

[Xellos2099]

I am wondering if it is possible to apply arctic silver 5 on my 7800gt to lower it temperature since recentlt it show a sigh of overheating. If so, how do I go around and do it?

 

[sisq0kidd]

Yes, you can. Unscrew the heatsink, wipe off old paste, apply AS5. Done.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

I did it with my 8800 and well it didnt affect the temps one bit, running the fan at 85% with Riva does alot better.

 

[ForumMaster]

sure. i did it. i can't say i've noticed and incredible difference, but there isn't any problem with doing it.l

 

[f4phantom2500]

as others have stated, it would not be a problem. remove the heatsink, wipe up the old paste, use a coffee filter with some high percentage rubbing alcohol to wipe down the gpu and heatsink (really cleans the old paste), then apply the new paste.

 

[Woofmeister]

Didn't make one bit of difference for me. As the other poster mentioned, increasing fan speed using RivaTuner was far more effective.