thermal paste

napalm666 · 26 Nov 2008 at 16:31

hiyas, was sorting through me pc spares building a budget system for me stepson and came across some old thermal paste

was wondering is there a shelf life on thermal pastes in the tube got some as5 and an unopened tube of thermalright paste had for about a year+

ty for any enlightenment been bugging me for a bit

Kennysevenfold · 26 Nov 2008 at 16:37

erm if you have both, i would justuse the new unopedend stuff just to be on the safe side, but to be honest there probbly wont be much difference in temps mate.

MoRT489 · 26 Nov 2008 at 16:48

If the AS5 is less than 3yrs old i really wouldnt worry about using it (provided it hasnt gone hard/lumpy

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napalm666 · 26 Nov 2008 at 16:54

ty for the help peeps