Dell M4800 with a K2100 and I want to shove an M2200 in there. Both are MXM A. When putting the new card in, do I need thermal paste on the main chip or do I just bung the heatsink over it?

I bought the card from AliExpress, it looks shiny new and hoping it isn’t a surface fake, so it reports it’s an M2200, but burns out after a month!

  • RelativeArea1@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    i would avoid bulk large packed OR no named OR jumbled letter branded thermal pastes

    go with the good old known ones like mx4/5 or z5, theyre waay better than the ultra cheaper ones like what ive said earlier(speaking from experience although i haven’t tried the fancy ones like kryonaut or similar)