Do OCUK stock this?

Looks really interesting. I seem to buy a tube and use it once or twice at most.

This seems idiot prove and will defo give this a go in the next build.
 
Question is, does the price point for the product make it worth it. I can't say i have any problems putting a small blob on a large square, the process is already idiot proof.
 
Surely if you're only going to use it once they need to price it in such a way they make enough profit of a single sale rather than the two or three tubes people buy over the years?
 
Realistically one pad covers one system, it's not like you can split the usage of a pad across systems like you can a tube, i can't see i'd opt to buy multiple pads instead of a single tube and put up with the minor inconvenience of replacing the compound once every year or two, chances are you'll be inside the system(or systems) at least once a year for a spring clean, upgrade/replacement anyway.
 
I wonder if it will just become bundled with the coolers in future.

I'd still give it a go for the sake of giving it a go. Agreed that putting a small blob on is idiot proof, but for newbies there is still uncertainty on the how much and pattern.

I'm all for simplifying.
 
I guess this is something OcUK could just buy a roll of from whatever factory knocks it out and then just cut as required, margin would be good on any decent sized roll - and potential for user error vs thermal paste must be lower which could help cut RMA / Return rate for those who seem to struggle applying thermal paste...
 
That stuff is likely very conductive (of electricity), caution needs to be taken with any burs or overhang of the chip, especially on a delidded/laptop/GPU die.
 
Although people are saying this sort of thing is idiot proof, these are graphite sheets. The non-conductive pastes for heat transfer are more idiot proof IMO, although these sheets are less likely to be used incorrectly than conductive pastes.
 
The problem I thought with it is if you mount your cooler when the motherboard is vertical the pad would drop down a bit and may not be in the centre. Whereas the paste will stay in position even when the motherboard is vertical.
 
In the video Linus states that they've been informed people have managed to use the beta version upto 20 times, Seems a high reusage count.
 
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