What thermal compound?

[FloppyPoppy]

Out of curiosity where to the graphite pads stand in thermal conductivity??

As we know they are conductive like liquid metal (but likely a little safer due to the rigidity difference) but that’s the only thing I know of them having in common. To add that risk to your hardware I would hope he temps are closer to metal than none conductive paste.

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

They're a degree or two behind traditional TIM (from the videos I've seen at least), as you'd probably expect.

 

[Troezar]

Out of curiosity where to the graphite pads stand in thermal conductivity??

As we know they are conductive like liquid metal (but likely a little safer due to the rigidity difference) but that’s the only thing I know of them having in common. To add that risk to your hardware I would hope he temps are closer to metal than none conductive paste.

Thermal conductivity of 35W/m-k. Laterally it is much much higher. Check out the Linus YouTube review.

 

[FloppyPoppy]

They're a degree or two behind traditional TIM (from the videos I've seen at least), as you'd probably expect.

Thermal conductivity of 35W/m-k. Laterally it is much much higher. Check out the Linus YouTube review.

That’s a shame really, for me the only use I see for that now is tinkerers who swap parts out really frequently. Other than that no thermal advantage over regular Tim with the added safety downfalls of liquid metal. I think il avoid it personally.

Will look again in a while to see if the tech has advanced any but for now il stick to lm

 

[Troezar]

That’s a shame really, for me the only use I see for that now is tinkerers who swap parts out really frequently. Other than that no thermal advantage over regular Tim with the added safety downfalls of liquid metal. I think il avoid it personally.

Will look again in a while to see if the tech has advanced any but for now il stick to lm

I don't see any safety downfalls. You'd have to be really clumsy to drop one and your PC should be switched off anyway when you're swapping CPU. It's not like it's a liquid that will adhere to the surface of your board.

I'll happily lose a couple of degrees for ease of use and infinite (in practical terms given the life of hardware) life. Fire and forget and almost idiot proof!

 

[FloppyPoppy]

I don't see any safety downfalls. You'd have to be really clumsy to drop one and your PC should be switched off anyway when you're swapping CPU. It's not like it's a liquid that will adhere to the surface of your board.

I'll happily lose a couple of degrees for ease of use and infinite (in practical terms given the life of hardware) life. Fire and forget and almost idiot proof!

You have to be equally clumsy to get lm everywhere but people still do it.

I’m not dismissing it as a useful product, it’s just not for me

 

[Ice Tea]

You're more likely to get metal filings of your pc case screws than the pad.

 

[Troezar]

You have to be equally clumsy to get lm everywhere but people still do it.

I’m not dismissing it as a useful product, it’s just not for me

That's the great thing with the PC world, there are options for everyone Tbh I wouldn't go full water cooling add is too much faff for me but lots of people love it and it is by some way the best (performing) cooling solution.

 

[FloppyPoppy]

That's the great thing with the PC world, there are options for everyone Tbh I wouldn't go full water cooling add is too much faff for me but lots of people love it and it is by some way the best (performing) cooling solution.

Yeah options are nice I mean I wanted to get better airflow in my PS4 so literally cut a hole out of it .... something I don’t have to do with pc