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Default Heat sink grease

On Thursday, 12 April 2018 14:35:16 UTC+1, wrote:
On Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 6:06:05 AM UTC-7, tabby wrote:
If you're stuck for some, toothpaste is surprisingly good. I tried it on a
high diss AMD 8 core CPU, it only ran a couple of degrees hotter than the
proper stuff.

If you need electrical insulation, petroleum jelly is probably better. The main objective is to fill the air gaps.


Petroleum jelly melts & runs.


NT