Back in the very early 2000s a friend on mine that I thought was pretty technical heard me talking about thermal paste and he had never used any. After telling him about the benefits he was excited to get some and use it on his new PC he was building. He came in the next day sad, said it had fried and he thinks it was the paste. I asked how much he put on and his response was “umm, like icing on a cake”. in my head it was even worse the the posted image.
More thermal paste = more heat dissipation, right?
Submitted 16 hours ago by cannedtuna@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
Oof, it’s nice that most thermal paste these days is non-conductive
saltesc@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
How does someone get to know thermal paste is a requirement without accidentally seeing how it’s required?
This is like knowing petrol is needed for your new car, then just stopping at some point, referring to the note “Get petrol” and deciding pumping it into every orifice the car has is what that means.
Tiral@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
I can’t remember the video but it was some dude from a major computer YouTube channel fillmed himself building a PC. He used a grounding strap that wasn’t grounded and did all this crazy crap. They ended up taking it down fairly quick but not before everyone made fun of it. I think even he used thermal paste though.
childOfMagenta@jlai.lu 1 hour ago
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 hour ago
I saw another video where the famous YouTuber censored out the thermal paste pattern sort of as a joke but sort of genuinely heading off comments disagreeing with how he put it on.
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
It was the verge lol
GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone 15 hours ago
Engine oil? Well, petrol comes from oil! Better fill it up! Air goes in the intake, and we need fuel and air to mix. Throw some in there!
MrWafflesNBacon@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Reminds me of this: Synthetic Krabby Patty from SpongeBob, with gray goop in it
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
Oops all thermal paste!
Crostro@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Me when I have to use anti seize in the shop
bhamlin@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
The bigger the gob, the better the job!
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Loads of goo? I can count on you!
red_tomato@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
At that point it’s just thermal paste with slight hints of computer.
Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
Oh no, oh no no no no no.
Thorry@feddit.org 16 hours ago
[deleted]Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 15 hours ago
Optimal thermal paste thickness (bond-line thickness) is critical for heat dissipation. The layer should be thin, ideally between 25 µm and 50 µm, which is roughly the thickness of two sheets of standard paper. The paste’s sole purpose is to fill microscopic air pockets between the metal surfaces for better thermal conduction. Source, I spent 6 months in a laboratory experimenting with and producing thermal pastes and insulators. I spent days cutting and cleaning copper squares, applying the experimental pastes, and testing thermal conductivity via the application of Fourier’s Law of heat conduction.
Q = kA(Δ T/Δ X)
Where Q is heat flow, A is the cross-sectional area, and Δ x is the paste’s thickness.
That’s way more paste than you need for 50 µm application.
Drops Mic
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I can’t tell if this is satire. If not, you say it doesn’t hurt to use too much, but I would say that a company would want to save all the money wasted on applying 20x the required amount…
LodeMike@lemmy.today 12 hours ago
Don’t do this
Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml 12 hours ago
Yeah: Use a paintbrush to cover the whole motherboard instead.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Get a couple cans of spray thermal paste.
Hupf@feddit.org 12 hours ago
Witness me!
Fedizen@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Not sure I see a problem here, this all looks intended. I’m not familiar with this device though
wewbull@feddit.uk 13 hours ago
Thermal compound has a thermal resistance. It’s better than air, but not as good as metal. The best application is a layer that fills all the air gaps, and no more.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Adding to this… Airgaps is not emphasized enough here. There is a reason why do don’t do closed shapes when applying thermal computer, and why so many system builders have strong opinions on how to apply it.
Personally, I go for an X or a % where the os are actually dots.
Fedizen@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Who is saying that is the major consideration here?
Its obvious the major problem here is ustable movement and flexing when those large sink plates are screwed down.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
“A dab’ll do ya.”
anhkagi@jlai.lu 16 hours ago
if they had to put some in their mouth, they should have used mayo instead.
CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
They mayo goes in the computer and I’d like a ham and cheese on rye with extra thermal paste.
cannedtuna@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
They graduated from eating Elmer’s paste to Noctua paste
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
That’s one expensive transition
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Each of those chips have basically half a container on them, so I’m not sure how anyone got the idea they should use that much.
cannedtuna@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
I paid for the whole container, and by god I’m going to use it!
Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
The industrial containers I had the pleasure of producing and shipping could all be re-sealed for later (industrial) use. Are the options available for commercial use not able to be re-sealed for later use? As long as it’s properly sealed it can be good for 2-5 years.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 hour ago
Is it odd that this is not even close to “bad” I have seen. Hell I have seem things shipped from production with this level of glorp.