Thermal Grizzly Minus Pad Extreme - 100x100x0.5mm Thermal Interface Pad, Self-Adhesive Cooling Conductive Thermal Pad - Elastic and Adaptable Silicone Thermopad CPU/GPU/Console

YES these are AUTHENTIC. These are legitimate. I contacted Thermal Grizzly. They replied and said the Minus 8 does NOT come with a certificate. The (2) vendors here on Amazon I ordered from (MemoryC & one other I cant remember) were both listed as authorized.After adding some generic aluminum heatsinks to the back of the card and rigging up a 120mm 2000rpm Vardar fan, I still could not keep the VRAM temps below 100 without reducing Vram to no overclock and keeping hashing at like 106 Mh/s.I ordered 1mm, 1.5mm, and 2mm Thermal Grizzly Minus 8 because you can disassemble and re-assemble without having to replace it. The other brands have higher wattage dissipation but the videos I watched and reviews I read, said those other brands tear apart really easy and are not for amateur hour like me!Used some of each on the front and back of my MSI Gaming X Trio 3090. Vram temps were hitting over 106C before. Now, after replacing front and back pads on most things except the capacitors, it hovers between 84C and 88C (room is low to mid 70s F most of the time) while mining 121 Mh/s on Etherium. My settings in MSI Afterburner: 1290mhz core locked (using Ctl F and hitting L to lock it), 1107 memory, 85% fan, 85% power.Took me disassembling and re-assembling three times to get it right though. First time, after installing the Minus 8 pads, I accidentally lifted the front fan/cooler assembly off the circuit board while moving it. Thought nothing of it, re-seated it back in place assuming everything was fine. NOPE! One row of thermal pad had lifted off the VRAM, moved over, and flipped and twisted. This caused my GPU temp to be in the 70s, and the VRAM to be back over 100. Took it back apart, found and fixed the issue, and reassembled. Temps were not any better. Took it back apart. Had to add more Noctua Thermal paste to the GPU core. Also decided to replace the thermal pads on more than just the VRAM. GPU temps were back down to high 40s C to low 50s C but VRAM was still high. Took it back apart and decided to look more closely at my back VRAM thermal pads I installed. I noticed the pads were not all the same height over the heat pipe section. I doubled up the 1mm I had used on the section directly next to the heat pipe (half of the VRAM here touches the Heat-pipe and half doesn't). This time the pads all looked like the same height. Reassembled and finally the VRAM temps were in the low 80s. Third time's a charm!Here is the complete list of authorized vendors in the USA from Thermal Grizzlys site:Performance PCsNeweggMemoryCTitan RigOutlet PCSA On-LineSilver Knight PCFrozen CPUModMyModsLittleCoolingStoreDS-DistributionNab Cooling StorePlatinum MicroBlueStreakPC

These thermal grizzly pads are awesome - high performers. They are more expensive for the size though so I bought this 120x20x1mm to apply to the high heat areas like the VRAM on the baseplate. I paired these grizzlys with a cheaper 1mm alternative with a lot more surface area to work with for the less sensitive areas and the backplate (the blue stuff in the image). The combo worked like a dream. These pads don't deform or elongate at all when removing the film, unlike the other brand I was using (AIYANNI). This made it really easy to apply and stay in place (and cut to precise rectangular areas) and just sticky enough! As far as the orientation, I would recommend FLAT side down on components and rough side upward because this will make it easier to remove baseplate in the future without tearing off pads since they will have a better adhesion to the PCB components.When it was all said and done, my card was 20 degrees C cooler!! This was at both resting and full-load. If anybody was worried about the different size of pads on this specific card, fret no more! 1mm is perfect for all areas! Just be sure to carefully cut and apply to the correct areas and components, and you're set!

I don't dabble in thermal pads really. I typically use thermal grease. After 17 years the Wii was due to have its thermals redone. They work great. Tip of advice tho. If you're going to be using these make sure you buy them in 1.5mm thickness. .5 and 1 mm are too thin. Happy gaming.

I have used these Minus 8 pads for years for all sorts of projects. They come in every possible thickness and are very easy to work with. 9/10 times they are outright better than the factory pads being replaced. These particular pads were purchased to refurbish an Xbox One X. There is plenty of material here for the entire console several times over. You could probably do 3 or 4 of them given the amount needed. Along with some Noctua NT-H1 thermal paste my Xbox is quieter and cooler than ever.

These are good they got the job done but I have had better

My Mac had started to throttle and would choke when it came down to higher tasks and needing to really do CPU intensive work, whether it was streaming multiple things while also having a video call going, or using video editing software. I figured that it would be worthy to clean out the underside and put thermal padding on the areas where the heatsink are. So I received this thermal pad and cleaned my Mac out and applied this and wow. I can't believe how much the effect has been. My peak temperatures would get to 212 F and throttle and cause the computer to choke and freeze. Now with my CPU operating at 100% (using BOINC for World Community Grid software), I'm getting peak temperatures of about 168-175 F. I would say that if you are even slightly technically inclined and want to increase the performance of your computer and own a MacBook, this would be a very worthy use of your time. It took me about 1 hour from the time I started removing the case to closing it back up and getting all the padding cut to fit onto the heatsink. Don't forget to take the plastic film off the top of the pad as well when you're done!I will say that this does not seem to really increase the performance of the CPU and GPU, but allows it to run at a higher load for a longer time due to a better heat transfer process. I'm glad I chose the 2 mm pad because I think it makes better contact with the metal surface of the backplate vs the smaller ones. I would not use this on my lap for these intense tasks, however. But when I use it on my lap for light tasks, there's really no issue.

These were easy to apply and cut into the shape I needed.

.5 on the bottom/1.0 on top... along with a good third party heat-sink (the "Thermal Grizzly NVMe M.2 SSD Cooler" works great), Lowers the temps of my SSDs profoundly.

Cambie los que trae la tarjeta madre por defecto a estos y hubo un cambio muy grande. Mis Ssd m.2 no se calientan, incluso cuando juego juegos muy pesados y exigentes. Los recomiendo bastante.

Muy buen producto, bajo la temperatura de mi SSD 5°C :)

I bought this for my PS4 and ended using just a small portion of it. Good quality and helped my PS4 run cool and no more jet fan noise.

Los pads se aprecian de calidad, se los he puesto a mis ssd m2 y hasta el momento no me ha decepcionado, las temperaturas no son altas.

Muy buen producto, Justo lo que necesitaba!