WEBVTT 00:00:00.719 --> 00:00:09.200 this will be a quick heatsink removal guide for the gtx 580 now there's a 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:12.719 reason that i have an empty package for a screwdriver sitting next to it and 00:00:11.200 --> 00:00:19.119 that's that i actually had to run out and buy a screwdriver in order to get 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:21.920 the heat sink off so i had to get a torx 00:00:19.119 --> 00:00:26.480 number six oh no a t6 it's not yesterday i don't use number for torques 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:28.960 apparently so i had to go get a t6 bit 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:32.800 precision screwdriver because the majority 00:00:30.560 --> 00:00:38.000 of the screws on the back of this video card actually do use a torx which looks 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:42.239 like a star if you're not familiar with it hopefully i can get the camera to 00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:44.719 focus on the GPU there so you can see that 00:00:43.040 --> 00:00:49.120 so i've gone ahead and loaded the correct bit into my screwdriver already 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:53.520 so i will put that there and then that is how i will remove all the screws from 00:00:51.360 --> 00:00:59.359 the back so you don't have to remove the screws on the shroud like here you only 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:03.120 have to remove all the little screws on the back including the phillips head 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:07.920 ones here and that is how we will remove it so 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:11.600 bear with me in a moment so if you just want to replace the stock 00:01:09.920 --> 00:01:15.479 thermal compound with something else this is about as far as you go so you 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:21.200 can see here the gf-110 GPU is right there and then 00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:25.119 that's its corresponding cooling plate on the other side so i actually want to 00:01:22.960 --> 00:01:28.400 take the cooler apart which means i'm going to have to delve in a little bit 00:01:26.720 --> 00:01:32.479 further so i'm going to have to start undoing some of these other screws in 00:01:30.080 --> 00:01:38.159 here because i want to have a look at the vapor chamber cooler that is 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:41.520 responsible for keeping the gtx 580 so cool 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:44.799 at idle as well as under load now something to be aware of is if you are 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:50.399 replacing your stock thermal compound i guess that we could call this like a thermal compound removal guide too so 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:55.520 you know two birds with one stone you should use like um 00:01:52.799 --> 00:02:00.880 something lint free to wipe all of the thermal compound off of both surfaces 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:02.560 use some 99 isopropyl or rubbing alcohol 00:02:00.880 --> 00:02:05.920 to remove everything put on your new thermal compound bearing in mind you 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:10.000 should apply quite a bit more to a GPU than you would to a CPU because it's a 00:02:08.160 --> 00:02:12.319 very large area it's got a big heat spreader on it you want to make sure 00:02:11.200 --> 00:02:17.840 it's covered and then you put it back on now do not 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:20.800 replace the pads on the RAM or any of 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:24.720 the vrm because they are not thin they are not intended 00:02:23.040 --> 00:02:28.319 so you can no you're not really going to be able to see that are you 00:02:26.480 --> 00:02:32.480 you can kind of see they actually have some some depth to them the reason for 00:02:30.480 --> 00:02:36.560 that is there are manufacturing tolerances when they're affixing all of 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:40.000 these components to the pcb so they're not always going to be at exactly the 00:02:37.920 --> 00:02:44.560 same height you need a little little bit of variance in terms of where they make 00:02:42.239 --> 00:02:49.200 contact so that is why they do use a thicker pad for those parts 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:54.239 so completely disassembling the cooler from that point was actually the 00:02:51.040 --> 00:02:56.640 simplest step all i had to do was remove 00:02:54.239 --> 00:03:00.560 uh how many are there seven screws so there's one on the corner here one here 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:05.040 one here one here and then there's three more on the bottom of the this is the 00:03:02.239 --> 00:03:09.599 plastic shroud that goes over top and it's actually hard to tell when you're 00:03:07.040 --> 00:03:12.560 looking at the plastic shroud over the metal base that they're made of 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:16.720 different materials because the the finish on them is so close NVIDIA's done 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:20.239 a terrific job of making the card aesthetically appealing but this is 00:03:18.480 --> 00:03:25.519 actually a metal heat spreader here on the base and the metal heat spreader is what's 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:28.959 responsible for doing the cooling of the RAM as well as the vrm so you can see 00:03:27.760 --> 00:03:34.239 it's going to get a fair bit of incidental airflow from the fan itself 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:37.519 which you can clearly see here all right 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:42.400 and uh so yeah that does all of that now the vapor chamber this 00:03:39.760 --> 00:03:46.640 is where the magic happens um now with the gtx 580 i don't know if 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:50.239 you'll you know what let me go get my 580 and then 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:54.159 so there's my 480 for contrast you can kind of see inside where it's got a 00:03:51.760 --> 00:03:59.280 similar fin arrangement and then it's got these five massive heat pipes that 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:03.680 are carrying heat away from where the GPU is located right there 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:08.879 to the aluminum fins so the vapor chamber is actually a fairly similar 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:13.680 technology to a heat pipe in that you're 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:15.599 basically using a gaseous liquidy 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:20.000 substance inside sometimes it's water sometimes it's something else and you've 00:04:17.919 --> 00:04:24.080 got it at a very very low pressure in there which allows it to 00:04:22.400 --> 00:04:29.120 basically boil at a with very little heat input and 00:04:26.560 --> 00:04:33.040 then it will evaporate away and then it'll find a cooler part of the 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:37.280 vapor chamber or in this case a heat pipe so it'll go away from the hot GPU 00:04:35.520 --> 00:04:41.360 come up to the cooler aluminum fins which are being cooled by the fan then 00:04:39.280 --> 00:04:45.440 it'll turn back into a liquid and it'll be wicked away by the inside of the heat 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:50.800 pipe back down to the GPU so the vapor chamber works similarly except that it's 00:04:48.080 --> 00:04:54.400 kind of like a big huge flat 00:04:51.840 --> 00:04:59.360 thin heat pipe so it takes all the heat from the GPU right here 00:04:56.479 --> 00:05:03.680 and disperses it very evenly over this big surface area so then NVIDIA throws 00:05:01.840 --> 00:05:08.240 some aluminum fins on there and boom you've got a very 00:05:05.520 --> 00:05:13.360 potent cooler now vapor chambers are at this time more expensive than 00:05:09.919 --> 00:05:16.160 implementing heat pipes but it is 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:20.880 from what we can see a more elegant solution overall so there is the vapor 00:05:19.440 --> 00:05:25.280 chamber design so i'm going to throw this guy back together and thank you for 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:29.199 checking out my video on the disassembly and i guess thermal compound replacement 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:33.240 on the gtx 580.