super glue HSF to GPU?

[Slickone]

Will a dab of super glue in each corner of a GPU hold a pentium 1 HSF on it (no LAN parties)?

 

[NYHoustonman]

I'm pretty, but not entirely, sure that you have to use a thermal paste to bond the two, to aid in heat transfer.

 

[Slickone]

There will be, everywhere else, just not in the corners. People do that all the time on CPU HSF's, northbridge HSF's, and GPU's, but didn't know about on a heavy P1 HSF to a GPU.

 

[JulesMaximus]

You can purchase a thermal glue that would be better. Not sure how it holds though for heavy stuff.

 

[Jeff7181]

I doubt super glue has the proper thermal conductivity to efficiently transfer heat from the GPU to the heatsink.

 

[LostToys]

Jeff7181 -

He is talking about the edges of the HSF that are not in contact with the GPU core. What he is attempting to do is "permently" attach the HSF to the GPU.

Slickone -

I dont know if Superglue will be strong enough to bond that particular HSF to the GPU. Another thing to worry about is how heavy the heatsink is. There is a possibility that you could bend the card [either at PCB or at the AGP slot] if there is too much weight. I would do some searching and see what the highest weight limit is for GPU heatsink [CPUs have a higher weight limit because the connection on the motherboard is distributed evenly across the horizontal and vertical plane. A GPU heatsink, though attaching to the video card like a motherboard, weight is distributed on the vertically, since the heatsink is facing towards the ground].

 

[Theslowone]

Super glue is not a good choice. To answer your question yes in most cases it will hold on the hsf, but it will not benifit you much. The point in thermal compound is to fill in the spaces in the metal and to aid in transfer of heat. Artic alumina(sp) epoxy would be a more viable solution.

 

[Auric]

Wow, there are some serious reading comprehension issues here.

Slickone, assuming it is a standard sized base, how tall is it (and thus how heavy)? I did that with a "586" class HS on my 8500 that was maybe an inch tall -wee dabs of super glue on the plastic corners and thermal compound in the middle. If you are worried about it falling off then rig up some safety strap.

 

[rickn]

I used superglue on my old tnt2 card. i put dabs of it in the corners of the gpu, and thermal paste blop right in the center. the super glue did not spread into the paste, thus the paste was sufficient. superglue is a thermal insulator though, but it can withstand really high temps. not sure I'd use to mount a very large heatsink in a computer i'd be moving around or putting into a car. you may hear a big CLANK if do that.