pendragon1
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IC had a new graphite based TIM pad that performed pretty darn good and is reusable. pretty neat.
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IC had a new graphite based TIM pad that performed pretty darn good and is reusable. pretty neat.
Link to the seller?[H]ard OCP test incoming!
That tiny pad won't cover the Threadripper chip. If they sold a Threadripper version I'd try it.
Well for me, I wouldn't want to use 2 pieces, I would want one single contiguous piece that can spread any possible hot spots across the pad as noted in the video. Of course till someone actually tests what happens if you use a single contiguous pad vs one that was cut in half I guess we won't know for sure if there is any real noticeable degradation in cooling.Like noted in the video, I guess I don't see any reason why you can't use two or maybe cut it to fit?
yup they are and IC is selling them $15 and $20US for each size and shipping from CT, USA.
id get the 40mm and trim it, might even be fine left as is.
yeah it was and seemed to work ok but that was intel and I was commenting on the ryzen you mentioned. either way I would go with the larger, wouldn't hurt for $5.Watching the Linus video again, it looks like the pad they use is a decent bit smaller than the cpu they're using.
If it performs within the usual 1-2 degrees variance of 90% of pastes then why not. Could be the standard product for most of us going forward if so.
No more paste buying!!!!!
Ehhh....Unless it becomes better, probably not. Outside of some situations, paste would be far cheaper, for the price of one sheet you can get a tube of TIM that will last they rest of your life, hell, it's more than many people spend on their HS for just a single CPU sheet.
For long term, and embedded systems etc etc it would be the choice, as it would never dry out, and I was thinking maybe good choice for delidding, as thats not something you want to touch again. If the extra price is worth the ease of use however, I guess it could be a winner there as well.
Ehhh....Unless it becomes better, probably not. Outside of some situations, paste would be far cheaper, for the price of one sheet you can get a tube of TIM that will last they rest of your life, hell, it's more than many people spend on their HS for just a single CPU sheet.
For long term, and embedded systems etc etc it would be the choice, as it would never dry out, and I was thinking maybe good choice for delidding, as thats not something you want to touch again. If the extra price is worth the ease of use however, I guess it could be a winner there as well.
Huh? The IC product sells for $15-20 depending on the size you pick. That's not really any more than the best pastes.
linus mentions another review site they sent some to have reused one over 50 times. so it must hold up pretty good.I wonder how long these things would last the way we change CPUs and motherboards?
I can see this as a really good OEM/aib solution if they find a way to "coat" their heatsink and just slap it on. Probably save costs in the long run when you count removing disposables and reapplication labour.
I see your ordered one. let us know what you think.Looks good enough for my tastes, I'm going in on this, adios paste. This will encourage me to upgrade my CPU far more often than I do. I am [L]imp, and thus spend a lot of time at work and with my family, so the additional annoyance of having to clean up paste, take time to reapply carefully and properly researching how the dies are laid underneath the IHS etc, prevents me from tossing in new CPUs each year.
As opposed to with this, 4 screws or so, remove heatsink, drop in new CPU, place graphite pad, reassemble and I'm going. I can also leave it together for 10 years if I want to, and never think for a moment about reapplying anything. No brainer IMO. This is a benefit to CPU vendors and a deathblow to the paste industry as I expect most people to see it my way. There's always dissent but I suspect the market will speak much louder as this becomes more well known.
I see your ordered one. let us know what you think.
I doubt it will be a death blow at all unless they get it going a bit better from what I understand it was 1-2 degree worse than ic diamond but we have a wide choice of pastes that out perform even that... So it is really slightly worse than entry level. I dunno it might be good for grandmas machine but I have like 45g of as5 still I even have some arctic silver 1.Looks good enough for my tastes, I'm going in on this, adios paste. This will encourage me to upgrade my CPU far more often than I do. I am [L]imp, and thus spend a lot of time at work and with my family, so the additional annoyance of having to clean up paste, take time to reapply carefully and properly researching how the dies are laid underneath the IHS etc, prevents me from tossing in new CPUs each year.
As opposed to with this, 4 screws or so, remove heatsink, drop in new CPU, place graphite pad, reassemble and I'm going. I can also leave it together for 10 years if I want to, and never think for a moment about reapplying anything. No brainer IMO. This is a benefit to CPU vendors and a deathblow to the paste industry as I expect most people to see it my way. There's always dissent but I suspect the market will speak much louder as this becomes more well known.