You don't need to replace the thermal paste on your graphics card, or at least, you don't need to within its normal lifespan.

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Enthusiasts replaced the liquid metal in the NVIDIA RTX 5090 cooling system with regular thermal paste. The minimal increase of +2°C did not affect the operation of the video card. After the photo ...

Here we look at how thermal pastes can differ, what to look out for, and how best to apply them. Why thermal paste matters. If you’re going to be building a gaming PC or overclocking it, you ...

He took apart a Manli-brand GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card and performed some high-tech testing on the stock thermal paste. There's a bunch of data to sift through for anyone interested, but what ...

Igor decided to get to the bottom of this mystery and used a brand new RTX 4080 from a company named Manli. The test involved taking the GPU apart, scraping the thermal paste off the die, and then ...

NVIDIA’s graphics card partners are allegedly using cheap thermal paste in RTX 40xx cards, which causes them to overheat. This is according to a well-known German repairman and enthusiast, Igor ...

PC cooling specialist Cooler Master has just unveiled a new colored thermal paste range, with its latest grease coming in several bright hues, including green, red, and yellow. In fact, the blobs ...

According to the company's listing for its new CryoFuze 5 "AI" thermal paste, it is infused with nano-diamond technology and is shown in six different colors for some reason.

Then, using the plunger on the thermal paste tube, apply a pea-sized amount of paste to the center of the processor. Step 2: Install the CPU cooler while applying downward pressure.

It’s on a asus tuf gaming z790-plus motherboard and I’m using the Noctua NH-D9L which has a 80mm fan with the thermal paste applied like they recommend for this The motherboard temp shows 33C ...

Too much paste can spill over the chip and penetrate the CPU socket, possibly causing thermal problems and potential damage. Scholars argue about the ideal amount of thermal paste (here from Noctua).