GTX 1660 Super Tear-Downs: 9mm of Thermal Pads & Bendy Backplates
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Date: 2020-05-06
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Comments and reviews: 10
Evan
I'm a fan of the backplates. Don't they protect you from getting poked by sharp PCB elements while working in the case? Also they might protect the card from getting scratched by screwdrivers, and they let you put the card down on its back without worrying that the PCB will come into contact with an inappropriate surface. Before backplates, even with small cards, it was tricky to work with them because there was very little surface area to grab. For a low budget card, the thermal performance losses associated with having a plastic back plate might not be so bad, when compared with the benefits.
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I'm a fan of the backplates. Don't they protect you from getting poked by sharp PCB elements while working in the case? Also they might protect the card from getting scratched by screwdrivers, and they let you put the card down on its back without worrying that the PCB will come into contact with an inappropriate surface. Before backplates, even with small cards, it was tricky to work with them because there was very little surface area to grab. For a low budget card, the thermal performance losses associated with having a plastic back plate might not be so bad, when compared with the benefits.
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RoseOfHizaki
IMO If EVGA knew they were gonna have massive clearence between the ram and heatsink, I dont see why they could of machined or bought a tonne of small aluminum or copper ramsinks, stuck them on and charged an extra 5 on top. It is my belief that thermal pads perform a lot worse the thicker they are and since the pads are only making contact with the fins of the heatsink and not some copper or aluminum base plate to help transfer the heat across, no heat will really be dissipated. Extremely lazy and silly corner to cut
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IMO If EVGA knew they were gonna have massive clearence between the ram and heatsink, I dont see why they could of machined or bought a tonne of small aluminum or copper ramsinks, stuck them on and charged an extra 5 on top. It is my belief that thermal pads perform a lot worse the thicker they are and since the pads are only making contact with the fins of the heatsink and not some copper or aluminum base plate to help transfer the heat across, no heat will really be dissipated. Extremely lazy and silly corner to cut
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Manny
Looks like the Gigabyte card is the better choice after you remove the backplate. Too bad you have to remove the cooler to properly remove it. The EVGA card might be a good candidate for modification to add chipsinks on the VRAM or a water cooling block that contacts the VRAM. The lack of heatsink contact with the mosfets is concerning. I've got an EVGA GTX 970 that has poor contact with the mosfets (1mm thermal pad is too thin) which is the cause of the overheat shutdown issues it has. Too many compromises EVGA!
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Looks like the Gigabyte card is the better choice after you remove the backplate. Too bad you have to remove the cooler to properly remove it. The EVGA card might be a good candidate for modification to add chipsinks on the VRAM or a water cooling block that contacts the VRAM. The lack of heatsink contact with the mosfets is concerning. I've got an EVGA GTX 970 that has poor contact with the mosfets (1mm thermal pad is too thin) which is the cause of the overheat shutdown issues it has. Too many compromises EVGA!
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EpenCrep
I think all these big companies are having to cheap out a lot more to be able to cover all these SKUs Nvidia is forcing down their throats. The r&d and engineering costs to develop separate coolers for every card at all these different prices in an over saturated market is costly! If they only had 3 SKUs they would sell basically the same amount of cards as the 13 currently on the market and save a lot of overhead that could be better spent elsewhere
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I think all these big companies are having to cheap out a lot more to be able to cover all these SKUs Nvidia is forcing down their throats. The r&d and engineering costs to develop separate coolers for every card at all these different prices in an over saturated market is costly! If they only had 3 SKUs they would sell basically the same amount of cards as the 13 currently on the market and save a lot of overhead that could be better spent elsewhere
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dougler500
I'm one of the people that's not upset about the shit backplate. Let me say I WONT be buying a cheap card like this but if I were I would be happy to have something that at least has the look of a nicer card. In my mind, I would trade the looks for 2-3 degrees temp. difference. Kind of like putting a camaro body on your civic, I mean why not?
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I'm one of the people that's not upset about the shit backplate. Let me say I WONT be buying a cheap card like this but if I were I would be happy to have something that at least has the look of a nicer card. In my mind, I would trade the looks for 2-3 degrees temp. difference. Kind of like putting a camaro body on your civic, I mean why not?
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Pickle
You should test the effectiveness of those thermal pads with a hotplate. See how much heat they transfer from top to bottom, or whatever good metrics for seeing how well (or badly) the pads do compared to say. Half the size pads, and 1/4 and so on. Just a thought. See how much these pads actually help if at all.
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You should test the effectiveness of those thermal pads with a hotplate. See how much heat they transfer from top to bottom, or whatever good metrics for seeing how well (or badly) the pads do compared to say. Half the size pads, and 1/4 and so on. Just a thought. See how much these pads actually help if at all.
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hedgehog1965uk
Hmm I have only watched about 30 seconds of this video and am scared to watch any more. I just bought that exact EVGA card and am literally about to shut down my PC to install it. I have never bought EVGA before, my last two cards were MSI. I got a special deal on the new card. Is this why?
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Hmm I have only watched about 30 seconds of this video and am scared to watch any more. I just bought that exact EVGA card and am literally about to shut down my PC to install it. I have never bought EVGA before, my last two cards were MSI. I got a special deal on the new card. Is this why?
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Dubsys
EVGA back with the lazy practices, last time they were lazy my 1070 blew up while on the windows desktop, and they wanted me to pay for return shipping to taiwan that was about half the value of the card. I've learned to wait for reviews and teething issues before buying anything thanks to EVGA.
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EVGA back with the lazy practices, last time they were lazy my 1070 blew up while on the windows desktop, and they wanted me to pay for return shipping to taiwan that was about half the value of the card. I've learned to wait for reviews and teething issues before buying anything thanks to EVGA.
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Dang
Id like to see 3 tests 1 without anything, 1 with the THICC thermal pad(s) and 1 with cheap small heatsinks you can find online/got laying around and just use thermal glue or super think pads to stick em on the chips. last one simulating what they could've done just as cheap as the thermal pads.
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Id like to see 3 tests 1 without anything, 1 with the THICC thermal pad(s) and 1 with cheap small heatsinks you can find online/got laying around and just use thermal glue or super think pads to stick em on the chips. last one simulating what they could've done just as cheap as the thermal pads.
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thechudoviste
They can't void the warranty because the law in the U. S. A. forbids putting seals. You can actually sue EVGA for putting seals there (unless they explicitly announce that the seals are there for their own service guidance, in the maintenance section of the user manual. mm
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They can't void the warranty because the law in the U. S. A. forbids putting seals. You can actually sue EVGA for putting seals there (unless they explicitly announce that the seals are there for their own service guidance, in the maintenance section of the user manual. mm
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