ram heatsinks falling off

[dragantoe]

my friend got the gelid icy vision cooler for his r9 290 and the heatsinks for the ram keep falling off in his case, so i need to know what solution would be the best? new thermal pads or thermal glue? also what do i buy specifically?
the cooler tells the user to reuse the old pads, but that clearly isn't working out...

 

[PliotronX]

Mix a little bit of this with this and you've got a decent bond that isn't permanent and better at thermal conductivity than any pad.

 

[Silverforce11]

Nothing, its the best solution compared to crappy thermal pads.

You cannot OC vram on R290/X too high for it to matter. I run them naked, in summertime here in Australia, 35C outside some days.

 

[dragantoe]

Nothing, its the best solution compared to crappy thermal pads.

You cannot OC vram on R290/X too high for it to matter. I run them naked, in summertime here in Australia, 35C outside some days.

are you serious? I thought they got pretty hot...

 

[Silverforce11]

VRM = hot.

GDDR5 ram.. nah. You could put your finger on them while its running, less than my hot water from a tap (65C!).

 

[Bateluer]

Did the Gelid came with no adhesive or pads for the ramsinks itself? They can't expect you to use the pads that came with the 290?

You do have to make sure you clean the RAM ICs thoroughly. 91%+ rubbing alcohol and an eraser. There's a few companies that make thermal glue, but you'll need to get them positioned properly to not interfere with the rest of the cooler before you actually glue them. Getting them off won't be easy if you use glue.

 

[IEC]

Gelid comes with poorly adhesive thermal pads. I cleaned my ICs with 95%+ isopropyl and an eraser and they STILL fell off.

I don't know why I thought I'd bother considering I never bothered with heatsinks for ANY other GDDR5, even ones OC'd to 1700 MHz on air. Never had a problem with unsinked GDDR5.