Helios 300 Thermal paste or thermal pad?

YgrecPeKa

Hey I just wanted to repast my Helios 300 and I clean the vram and all around. Can I put thermal pad on vram? I put a picture of it

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thanks

Easwar

Hi YgrecPeKa,

By default what is placed in the markings thermal pad or thermal paste ?

Batareika007

Hello,

Have the same question,for my helios 300 rtx 2070, by default there was red-pink acer's thermal paste.

Easwar

Hi Batareika007,

Then it is better to go with thermal paste. 

Zipo0

What type of thermal paste did you apply? and what kind of results did you achieve? My triton 500 had a blueish powder (im assuming it was paste at one point) and when replaced with K5-Pro thermal paste, it gave me worse temps than with stock. Can I used regular ol' thermal grizzly or noctua thermal paste? or should i go with really thin thermal pads?

xapim

Batareika007 said:

Hello,

Have the same question,for my helios 300 rtx 2070, by default there was red-pink acer's thermal paste.

Yes they used thick thermal paste in the vram chips instead of thermal pads starting in the 2019 models and up the nearest similar you can find its the k5 pro but you can use normal thermal paste same as u use on the cpu/gpu kryonaut or similar i wouldnt use thermal pads as they might affect the contact between the heatsink and the diodes for proper heat dissipation good luck

xapim

Zipo0 what do u mean it gave u worst temps and where exactly because the cpu/gpu temps have nothing to do with the vram chips anyways just wondering  where did you applied the k5 and yes u can use any paste i have seen no issues with anyone who did the same also if u used kryonaut or similar in the cpu/dgpu i would recommend the spread method only a thin layer covering both diodes its enough too much its bad same as less

Erick-Acer_Retired

YgrecPeKa

Could you please tell me full model name of unit