“Too Much Thermal Paste” – Benchmark of Thermal Paste Quantity
What it is
Gamers Nexus benchmarks how the amount and application method of thermal paste affect CPU cooling. It compares pea-sized dots, thin spreads and large blobs with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN cites it as data that too much thermal paste is mostly a myth and that too little is the real risk.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2019, last 2024
What HN commenters said
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Graphs summarizing benchmark results on paste quantity
simoncion, 2022-12 · Recommendation · in “One Startup’s Cooling Chip May Surge Processor Power”
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Topics: thermal paste, cpu cooling, benchmark, pc building, gamers nexus
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