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Too much thermal grease is a barrier to heat, because it should only displace the air (a potent thermal insulator) between uneven surfaces. Oil would be better, but that runs away.

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ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Rice corn or spaghetti method displaces the air on putting the cooler on.

I’m not familiar with those methods and “rice corn or spaghetti” makes me think you boil the the paste first

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- Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Idk what rice means here, but I can guess corn is just a bead in the center and spaghetti is the same thing but you have a narrower tube so the ball looks like spaghetti.
  
  Rice sounds like it wouldn’t be enough paste to cover the die. Like you’re just putting down paste in a very small line the size of a grain of rice.
  
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