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PSA: A popular thermal paste is destroying CPUs and heatsinks
Beware while buying cheap thermal pastes from lesser known brands
WTF?! Thermal paste improves heat transfer between a CPU and its heatsink, helping prevent overheating that can throttle performance or damage hardware. While some products perform as advertised, others can be largely ineffective. A new investigation now suggests that one popular thermal paste may actually destroy processors and render them unusable.
Liquid metal still voids warranty for Intel's crash-prone Raptor Lake CPUs
Liquid metal corrosion removes vital CPU markings
The big picture: Enthusiasts looking to push their high-end Raptor Lake or Raptor Lake Refresh Intel processors to the limits might want to think twice before using liquid metal thermal paste. According to a recent report, Intel is voiding warranties for CPUs cooled with this favorite material of overclockers, even if the processors are suffering from crashing issues.
New thermal material provides 72% better cooling than conventional paste
It reduces the need for power-hungry cooling pumps and fans
Why it matters: Data centers are hot, both figuratively and literally. As we feed more and more data and processing demands into these server farms, keeping them from overheating is becoming an increasingly expensive and energy-intensive challenge. But researchers at the University of Texas may have a cool solution – a new thermal interface material that can whisk heat away from processors better than the likes of Thermalright and Thermal Grizzly.
Thermal Grizzly's thermal pad switches between solid and liquid states for optimal cooling
Is it the best of both worlds?
Testing reveals that some Nvidia AIB partners are using cheap thermal paste resulting in high GPU temperatures
Too hot to handle Igor's Lab investigated community feedback that some owners of GeForce RTX 40 series AIB cards are hitting hotspot temperatures of 100° C after a few months of operating within acceptable ranges. GPU hotspot temperature refers to the maximum temperature recorded in a specific area of a GPU, usually either on the GPU die itself or the voltage regulators (VRM).
From the WTF dept: Cooler Master's "AI" thermal paste comes in six different colors
What does AI thermal paste even mean?
This genius tool ensures flawless thermal paste application every time
A stencil, except it's for your CPU
Do it while it's hot: Liquid metal damage successfully repaired on a GeForce RTX 3090
Most people should stick to thermal paste
Thermalright's new pads make applying thermal paste much easier
Around $5 in Asian markets at 8.5 watts per meter-kelvin, a good choice for beginners not interested in overclocking
Ketchup isn't a good thermal paste, but it's better than cheese or toothpaste
Stick with a traditional thermal paste from a reputable brand
TikToker boosts CPU cooling performance by adding salt to thermal paste
Do not try this at home
Noctua announces thermal paste guard for AMD AM5 processors
In a nutshell: Noctua's thermal paste guard mounts around the IHS of AM5 CPUs to prevent thermal paste from accumulating in the small cutouts. This should make it easier to clean the processor when remounting or replacing the CPU cooler.
Want some purple thermal paste? Cooler Master has you covered
Cool color, shame you'll hardly ever see it
Applying thermal paste in a straight line can lower GPU temps by 5C
The blob is probably sufficient for most processors
Solder vs. Paste on the Core i9-9900K
Having reviewed Intel's latest Core i9-9900K and Core i7-9700K processors, we saw very high stock temperatures using high-end coolers, basically killing their overclocking potential. We know that soldering CPUs works a lot better than the paste method Intel's been using to cut costs, so we wanted to know how much better is the solder method used by the 9900K than the paste of the 8700K/8086K?
