blackpearl
The Devil
There is guy in my neighbourhood who is a doctor (he is still doing his PG). He has a PC, a Celeron 2.4GHz, and he likes to tinker around with it. Last sunday he removed the heat sink to clean and since he did not have any thermal paste he applied some Ultrasound gel instead when reinstalling!! 
For those who don't know, ultrasound gel is used when performing ultrasonography. The gel is applied over the abdomen or wherever required and the probe is ran over it. "The gel is a good conductor of waves, so it must conduct heat too", he reasoned. His reasoning is flawed, nevertheless, I went over to his place and found his PC running fine. Unfortunately, his motherboard is an old model and does not have a temperature sensor so I was not able to determine the temp. But there was absolutely no heating.
I then searched on google and found some pretty interesting results. Some people have been using all types of materials in place of thermal paste, like car grease, toothpaste and shaving creams. One guy used Savlon antiseptic cream on his Prescott processor and has actually recorded much lower temp than he had with the stock thermal paste!! Here is that thread where he has recorded his experience (its a long thread, btw)
*forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/604379.html
I found another article where several odd materials were tested alongside Artic Silver. The results are interesting.
*www.dansdata.com/goop.htm
For those who don't know, ultrasound gel is used when performing ultrasonography. The gel is applied over the abdomen or wherever required and the probe is ran over it. "The gel is a good conductor of waves, so it must conduct heat too", he reasoned. His reasoning is flawed, nevertheless, I went over to his place and found his PC running fine. Unfortunately, his motherboard is an old model and does not have a temperature sensor so I was not able to determine the temp. But there was absolutely no heating. I then searched on google and found some pretty interesting results. Some people have been using all types of materials in place of thermal paste, like car grease, toothpaste and shaving creams. One guy used Savlon antiseptic cream on his Prescott processor and has actually recorded much lower temp than he had with the stock thermal paste!! Here is that thread where he has recorded his experience (its a long thread, btw)
*forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/604379.html
I found another article where several odd materials were tested alongside Artic Silver. The results are interesting.
*www.dansdata.com/goop.htm
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