Reddit mentions of BCP 1roll 15mm x 25m Double Side Adhesive Thermal Conductive Tape for Heatsink LED

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share my build in the M1. I knew I wanted to do a build in this case the moment I saw it. I fell in love with the potential to have power, low noise, and portability in one case. I spent a ton of time researching to find the best way to achieve my goal. I ended up settling with a be quiet! Dark Rock TF as my cooler for the 4790k and an Arctic Accelero III on my 1070. As you can see in the pictures, the Dark Rock TF is mounted with the large heatpipes facing the PSU, meaning that I was also able to fit a Noctua NF-A15 on the right side of the side bracket (not pictured). I stress tested with x264 and with the 4790k at 4.5GHz (1.25v) and 4.6GHz (1.29v). The temperatures were pretty hot, 83 degrees and 88 degrees Celsius respectively. These are still 'safe' but hotter than I wanted. I ended up de-lidding my CPU and put Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra between the dye and the IHS and NT-H1 between the IHS and Dark Rock TF. This dropped the stress test temepratures to 70 and 75 degrees, a 13 degree drop! I'm controlling fan speeds with Speedfan and both fans hit max RPM at 65 degrees. For the TF's fans that's 1350 RPM (still pretty quiet) and I'm using the low noise adapter for the A15 which makes it max at 900 RPM.

My 1070 is an EVGA Gaming ACX 3.0. I bought this stock-clock version over the SC by mistake (whoops..). The stock cooler was too loud for me, so I got the Arctic Accelero III. I chose the III over the IV because it comes with mini heatsinks for the 1070's VRMs and VRAM. The III comes with thermal adhesive (glue) for said heatsinks but I was not a fan of this more permanent application (plus it was completely hardened when I got it). So I bought some thermal tape. Works great.

I'm using NF-F12s in an exhaust confgiuration under the Accelero's heatsink. The fan curve on the GPU is very passive. I overclocked the 1070 core clock to +185 and memory clock to +450 on stock voltage (max power limit). I tried running the fans as intake for all positive pressure inside the case which resulted in a temperature of 66 degrees in Unigine Heaven. As exhaust, the temperature dropped to 61 degrees.

So, some more numbers for you. To get an idea of max temps on both CPU and GPU, I ran Heaven and x264 at the same time. The GPU was overclocked to +185 core and +450 memory on both tests. CPU was tested on both 4.5GHz (1.25v) and 4.6GHz(1.28v).

CPU 4.5GHZ: 74 degrees max

GPU: 61 degrees max

CPU 4.6GHz: 79 degrees max

GPU: 61 degrees max

Also, because the GPU temps were so low, it still boosted to above 2000mhz thanks to Nvidia GPU Boost! As you can see, the increase in CPU voltage and temps didn't affect the GPU at all.

I also installed a custom power switch. I bought this vandal switch and this cable to rig it up which worked, but the spade style connectors on the cable didn't secure very well and would end up getting lose and touch one another and turning off the PC. I ended up cutting them off and soldering the wire to the switch.

After all this I can say that I'm finally happy with my build! Thanks for reading!

And sorry for the cable mess! I'll clean it up... sometime...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type|Item|Price

----|:----|:----
CPU | Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor | Purchased For $280.00
CPU Cooler | be quiet! DARK ROCK TF 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler | Purchased For $75.00
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard | Purchased For $100.00
Memory | Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory | Purchased For $45.00
Storage | Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive | Purchased For $80.00
Storage | Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive | Purchased For $105.00
Storage | Crucial MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive | Purchased For $105.00
Video Card | EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB ACX 3.0 Video Card | $360.00
Power Supply | Corsair SF 600W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply | Purchased For $119.99
Case Fan | Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan | Purchased For $18.00
Case Fan | Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan | Purchased For $18.00
Case Fan | Noctua NF-A15 PWM 140mm Fan | Purchased For $20.00
Other| NCASE M1| Purchased For $185.00
Other| Arctic Accelero III| $40.00
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total | $1550.99
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-20 16:41 EST-0500 |

I would get this, I actually just ordered a roll for mine.

I would suggest against using that spongy tape you have there. Something like https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LYO3PK9/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 would transfer heat a lot better I would think. I'd also try to not cover up or have anything touch the fins.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01LYO3PK9/

We need two of these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZSJPZQ2
One of these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZSJRH22
And for the 0.1mm pads, which iunlock said look more like thermal tape, we could use this thermal tape: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LYO3PK9
or we could use K5 Pro: https://www.amazon.com/viscous-thermal-paste-replacement-Aspire/dp/B00UTX7K2E