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Are there designs that don't use thermal paste? As I understand it regardless of solution you need paste or live with significantly reduced conductivity. That g
by trompetenaccoun 4y ago
Are there designs that don't use thermal paste? As I understand it regardless of solution you need paste or live with significantly reduced conductivity. That goes for any system - fan cooled, liquid cooled, passive,...
- Latty 4y agoGraphite thermal pads are available for consumers (e.g: Thermal Grizzly Carbonaut, IC Diamond Graphite) which offer similar performance (within 5°C) to paste without this issue.
- andy_ppp 4y agoDoes Apple use paste or pads in the MacBook air? Edit: to answer my own question it looks like Apple uses thermal paste but the cooling in the M2 MacBook Air looks extremely flimsey to the point of being almost non-existent. I doubt it will be affected much at all by this.
- ethbr0 4y agoYou're looking for phase change materials (PCM), which soften at the desired operating temperature. Prevents pumping out because it's still mostly-solid. E.g. https://thermalmanagement.honeywell.com/us/en/products/thermal-interface-materials/phase-change-materials https://thermalmanagement.honeywell.com/us/en/products/therm...
- sandworm101 4y ago>> Are there designs that don't use thermal paste? Yes. Glue. Paste is for when you might want to one day separate part from heatsink. If you don't care about repairs, it is perfectly reasonable to just glue them together with thermal adhesive.