>it's almost 2017 >he still buys """"thermal

Silicone or silicon? Pick one, dammit.

>>57655064
silicone thx I'm not native desu

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>poorfags can't afford to spend 6USD every 5 years

I use galium as a thermal compound

fuck off pleb

>Designed to make used in high temp environments
>extremely heat dense
That's like wearing a blanket and trying to cool off

>>57655299
Yeah, if the blanket was attached to giant metal fins with fans blowing cool air over them the entire time.

The whole point of the paste is to conduct heat into the heatsink. Of course it will get hot, you wizard.

>>57655299
Then explain to me, why is my T420 idling at 43C and go up to only 85C during a CPU stress test? It's not density that matters, like I said.

>>57655328
No the point of the paste isn't to conduct heat. That is the copper heatsinks' task. The paste is used to fill out the microscopic dents where the metal surface of the CPU and the heatsink meet.

>>57655333
>43C idle
>Thinking this is a good thing

>>57655333
>It's not density that matters,
Your skull proves otherwise.

>not using lard
Fuck off arab

>>57655365
>I don't understand ambient temperature or how cooling works

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thermal adhesive is actually much better than any grease meme, i use it in all my computers

>>57654864
Silicone grease is OK for non performance builds, but for anything serious the suspended particles in thermal grease do help with heat transfer.

>>57654864
I'm still using the stuff that came with my NH-D15.

Fuck off and kill yourself, gook.