privatized_sun [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 months agoThermal paste is a scam, just use minty fresh toothpaste on your CPUwww.google.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkThermal paste is a scam, just use minty fresh toothpaste on your CPUwww.google.comprivatized_sun [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
“this stuff absorbs heat…it probably tastes cool and refreshing?” (eying forbidden thermal paste tube)
minus-squareplinky [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months ago But in the short term, and assuming you don’t bridge any contacts with it (it’s sufficiently conductive to cause problems), it would seem that toothpaste works just fine as thermal compound.
minus-squarechickentendrils [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoThere are also conductive thermal pastes. At least there were a few years ago.
There are also conductive thermal pastes. At least there were a few years ago.