Good, Cheap Thermal Tape

[Ehren8879]

I'm looking for some tape to reattach my ram sinks to my video card and add a sink to my video card's voltage regulators. Where can I get a square or roll of something inexpensive?

 

[cyclone3d]

Fry's used to carry good thermal tape in their electronics part area of the store.... not sure if they still do since the last time I bought some was about 10 years ago.

I would think that pretty much any decent electronic parts stores should have some. (NOT radio-shack)

 

[spine]

While many may disagree with me, I've found that any old double sided tape works surprisingly well. The need for some kind of 'special' thermo dynamic properties in a tape doesn't seem necessary when dealing with ram chips.

 

[JaYp146]

I've heard that a dab of super glue on four corners of each individual RAM piece along with a bit of AS5 in the middle of the square will work, provided there's small enough clearance between RAM and heatsink.

 

[Ehren8879]

I've heard that a dab of super glue on four corners of each individual RAM piece along with a bit of AS5 in the middle of the square will work, provided there's small enough clearance between RAM and heatsink.

That seems potentially permanent and may effect the resale value of the card one day.

I have considered regular double sided tape as well, but wasnt sure about its effectiveness on the voltage regulators

 

[][V][AGIC]

That seems potentially permanent and may effect the resale value of the card one day.

Actually no, the sinks pop off very easily and will a razor blade you can scrape the extra glue off. It works well, i do it all the time.