Thermal Paste substitute??

[tarey_g]

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

it may conduct well , but for how long? The savlon gel will react to the heat and the nature of substance will change over time .then it may not be as good it is when its new. Risky thing to do

 

[xbonez]

not worth trying out on ur proccy unless its in a bad state already

 

[Harvik780]

Someone at Digit might try.How About a shoot out to thermal dissipation solutions..

 

[xbonez]

^^good idea. but the prob is that most solutions other than proper thermal paste don't last long so its not practical for home use. btw, if i put proper thermal paste, how often should i change it?

 

[ambandla]

There is no specific time. high end thermal pastes will work for months or years. reapply when you feel that the temperatures are above the usual levels.

 

[zhuxiaonuan]

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.

very strong

 

[ashu888ashu888]

HEy a really nice thread this.. but any of u guys hv tried these unusual stuff apart from the Thermal paste ?? if yes, plz post ur results..

also, dont the toothpaste and the ultrasound gel bubble or squeeze out from b/w the processor and the heat sink ?? that NOT being a paste and jus a gel !!!

 

[DigitalDude]

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Btw, I have no idea how this "heat pipes" work. The basic idea is to have as much surface area as possible for maximum heat dissipation. Whether the heat pipes implement some other techniques, I'm not sure.

and good conductor (copper) to quickly conduct heat evenly... thats all.. no other funda

what all mobo designers strive is to reduce the weight/amount of copper at the same time expose maximum area possible for heat dissipation and make the walls sufficiently thick to conduct heat evenly over the entire heat pipe.


BTW coming to the topic, a thermal conductor paste should have good conduction properties also during high temperatures.. which most other substitutes fail at... for many substitutes when the temperature increases, the heat conduction capacity reduces dramatically. so even if a substitute seems to conduct well at normal temperatures it will not be same at higher temperatures. and other points that come into picture are repeatability, reliability, chemical reactions with the metal like being corrosive or physical reactions with rise in temperature like expanding, adhesiveness with the metal etc are also important.

so just applying some stuff that conducts might be done for hobby/experimental purpose, while nothing can replace a good branded thermal paste


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