[8051]

I was reading about a tear-down of the Xbox Series X and it looks like thermal putty is used on the new Xbox Series X builds and the Xbox One for the VRAM instead of thermal pads.

In the comments people talked about possible replacements for the thermal putty used in the Xbox Series X and Xbox One:

"Okay so after looking, the closest thing I could find to the blue or green stuff is TG-PP-10 from t-Global on DigiKey. It’s 10 W/mK, so probably a good bit better than the blue or green stuff which is usually 1-6 W/mK. IIRC other manufacturers of this stuff are Bergquist (now Laird?), Henkel, Dow Corning, but t-Global sells the most reasonably priced one for small quantities at just 28$ USD for 50 grams."

The thermal resistance of thermal putty doesn't look as good as you can get with the best thermal pads, but there are variants better than the Phobya 5W/mK thermal tape I bought and it looks a lot easier to apply.

So would it be possible to replace thermal pads with thermal putty? Maybe there's some sort of upper limit on the maximum gap it can fill?

 

[iggy2k]

I've been trying to find some thermal putty to fill in the air gap between my gfx card and it's back plate. Did you have any luck?

 

[wuttman]

I've been trying to find some thermal putty to fill in the air gap between my gfx card and it's back plate. Did you have any luck?

That stuff is in stock in usa, but you can also cook your own from good performing thermal paste mixed with 20% of non acid silicone RTV gasket.

 

[T.Sharp]

How goes it @wuttman

here's a link for TG thermal putty

 

[wuttman]

here's a link for TG thermal putty

Hope you'll be able to do consistency comparsion of this vs home made putty

 

[T.Sharp]

Hope you'll be able to do consistency comparison of this vs home made putty

Should have some in a couple days. Probably won't be making any DIY putty, but I'll let you know what the consistency is like.

 

[T.Sharp]

@wuttman Just got the TG-PP10 in the mail. It's similar in consistency to modelling clay, dense and relatively soft but not gooey. It's not oily like K5 Pro either. Has a dry feel to it.

I'll make a post when I've got it applied to my lab rat 1060. I've got some data points recorded so I can tell if it increases the max mem OC potential. Also planning to "lap" the cooler and die for shtits and gigs.

 

[sonuyos]

Any update? I am planning to get that putty instead of gelid 2mm (mainly because the easy of use and ease to mould it and not to worry about size) for my RTX3080

 

[T.Sharp]

@sonuyos Memory cooling with copper shims and thermal putty...