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I took a leap and used a graphite thermal pad on my last build. Never going back. no paste to muck with and if I upgrade I can reuse it and not make a hellish p

I took a leap and used a graphite thermal pad on my last build. Never going back. no paste to muck with and if I upgrade I can reuse it and not make a hellish paste mess.

metadat 2y ago
What is the temp difference? I'm cancelling my stupid bezos order.. :) The only downside appears to be they're thermally conductive. https://youtube.com/watch?v=niAQs8dZohE https://youtube.com/watch?v=niAQs8dZohE
- adrian_b 2y ago
  You meant to write "The only downside appears to be they're electrically conductive". I sure hope that the thermal pads are thermally conductive :-)
  - metadat 2y ago
    Yes.. Haha thanks for the correction! Funny error.
edgineer 2y ago
Beware, laptop heatsinks don't apply pressure strongly and evenly enough for graphite thermal pads. I adore graphite thermal pads for desktops. I will never attempt to use graphite thermal pads in a laptop again.
- metadat 2y ago
  Thanks for the heads up, cheers. Non-mac laptops.. seem mostly sketchy these days. If you know of exceptions please do chime in.
  - simjnd 2y ago
    How sketchy? If you open it up and start messing with the heatsink and thermal paste a MacBook will get just as messy...