Toothpaste as thermal paste?

[Motorcharge]

Seems to keep popping up that you can use tooth paste temporarily as thermal paste and works for like a day or so. Anyone ever tried it? Half tempted to try it til I can get some thermal later tonight.

 

[Geoff]

Run down to Staples / Radioshack / Best Buy and pick up some cheap, overpriced thermal paste to use temporarily. Do you really want to risk damaging or overheating your components because you're too cheap to spend a few bucks on something temporary?

 

[Stoic Sentinel]

Seems to keep popping up that you can use tooth paste temporarily as thermal paste and works for like a day or so. Anyone ever tried it? Half tempted to try it til I can get some thermal later tonight.

It should work for a day or two, but that really depends on the type of toothpaste, but if you're getting thermal paste later tonight, why not just wait?

 

[funkysnair]

no way lol.....

i would only try this out on some 400mhz cpu from the early 90's

dam it sounds like a stup idea, really stupid

 

[Motorcharge]

Run down to Staples / Radioshack / Best Buy and pick up some cheap, overpriced thermal paste to use temporarily. Do you really want to risk damaging or overheating your components because you're too cheap to spend a few bucks on something temporary?

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Getting thermal paste later, can't get it til tonight though. Just figured I'd ask in case it does work and I could knock out a bunch of maintenance crap now while I'm waiting.

 

[Mattu]

Ha Ha! I just used toothpaste on an old Pentium III 1Ghz about a month ago and it's still chugging along .

Of course I would not recommend it for a more modern processor. I've even read stories online where people have used jam, peanut butter, and even vegemite in substitute of thermal past.

 

[Dystopia]

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Getting thermal paste later, can't get it til tonight though. Just figured I'd ask in case it does work and I could knock out a bunch of maintenance crap now while I'm waiting.

You should DEFINITLY wait. No sense it risking blowing up your pc

 

[Shane]

Stupid idea honestly...like said wait until you get some TP

 

[The Chad]

Imagine a new Colgate advert that went something like, "Good for your teeth, good for your temps!"

 

[Vipernitrox]

it works until it dry's up (dries up??? how the hell do you spell that??? ) Anyway the hotter the cpu the faster it goes. It works as long as its moist .

 

[Respital]

Hey i hear cheese works great!

 

[Gooberman]

so does super glue

 

[Respital]

Hey i hear cheese works great!

Wait maybe that's for crackers and not processors, sorry i always get those two mixed up.

 

[Motoxrdude]

Seems like running nothing would be better than toothpaste....

 

[Gooberman]

Funny thing is i need Thermal paste and best buy only had 1 that i've never heard of for $10.00 xD GPU Temps at like 75-100C is not acceptable! xD

 

[lovely?]

well some people try putting the thermal paste on before the heatsink

seriously its an error or you did something wrong.

 

[Gooberman]

well mine needs to have new thermal pasted applied i need to buy some and i'm going to tomorrow or friday(yeah christmas woo woo)
I can't buy anything online though I wish i could volt mod my 8500 GT (AFTER THERMAL PASTE OR I COULD COOK A CAKE ON IT xD)but i can't find anything for the evga one

 

[Motorcharge]

well some people try putting the thermal paste on before the heatsink

seriously its an error or you did something wrong.

I was more curious than anything. Never said it was anything on your part either. It's all fixed anyway, didnt have enough thermal paste. Posting from that PC now. :good:

 

[Gooberman]

Maybe for my b-day i'll get a nice cheap better dual core and a nice cheap mother board xd

 

[awildgoose]

Well... if you say toothpaste works as thermal paste, would thermal paste work as tooth paste?

I so think someone that isn't me should test my theory.