thermal paste
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Compound used to transfer heat from a chip to a heatsink. If the surface isn't PERFECTLY smooth, the ruts inbetween 2 surfaces creates air pockets. they heat up and cause higher temps on both surfaces. The compound goes inbetween the 2 surfaces and is designed to fill in those little heat pockets and transfer the heat faster so it will dissipate and cool down.
Used on almost anything that requires a heatsink to cool off. (CPU, Chipset, HD, RAM, Video card,etc).
Yes...you do need it lol.
Used on almost anything that requires a heatsink to cool off. (CPU, Chipset, HD, RAM, Video card,etc).
Yes...you do need it lol.
And by perfectly we mean, to the eye ... at a molecular level it will never be smooth
Although its significantly more important for some things like the CPU, Chipset and Videocard
The important thing about thermalpaste is that too much is just as bad as too little so dont overdo it
Praetor said:And by perfectly we mean, to the eye ... at a molecular level it will never be smooth
ah yes, even lapping kits won't smooth it out to that degree. they are pretty effective though.
Praetor said:The important thing about thermalpaste is that too much is just as bad as too little so dont overdo it
lol forgot to mention that, that was my first mistake when i built this computer. i coated it like icing on a cake and my temps actually got higher. it was oozing out of the socket i put so much lmao. what a waste.