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- SloopJonThis video is by the owner of Thermal Grizzly. They make thermal pastes and putties, but I think they're best known for their KryoSheet graphene pads.Although I've never been conscious of pump out as a problem, and have never reapplied thermal paste, I did use a KryoSheet on a 9800X3D in my most recent build. So far, so good.
- vanschelvenI was wondering where the liquid metal would come from but apparently it's an alternative to thermal paste.
- thomasjudgeThere is a youtube laptop repair show I follow that specializes in Dells and he *HATES* liquid metal, causes soooo many problems when it leaks
- Scene_Cast2This video seems to be about LM on untreated copper (which I thought wasn't really advised).Now, I personally have had two builds with LM. One with LM as the material for a CPU re-lid, and another for a direct-die application. Neither touched aluminum or untreated copper.The re-lidded CPU is still going strong, no issues. But with the direct die application, I found the performance to significantly degrade after two years. Apparently there's a pump-out effect.I ended up switching to PTM. Same temps as LM, but zero degradation so far.
- buildbotTangential but people might think it's neat - there's reusable indium pads for replacing thermal paste - https://www.indium.com/products/thermal-interface-materials/...They are used on the Supermicro Power9 platform weirdly.
- escapecharacterThis is covered in the plot of Terminator 2. The liquid metal tries really hard.
- sanexI have a Thinkpad x1 extreme gen 5 with an i9 and 3080. Liquid metal. Overheats like crazy. I want to get in there but I hear it's such a pain to deal with I've been putting it off. Definitely will be swapping to one of the thermal pads when I do it.
- drdexebtjlI have a dead mini PC due to liquid metal leaking. Never opened it before it died, never kept it upright.I don’t think I’ll put anything liquid on my electronics ever again.
- jordandThere's been concerns for a while with the PS5 and the use of liquid metal in that. Especially given it stands vertically, and that liquid metal can "shift" downwards
- chickenbigAnother liquid metal you have to watch out for is mercury. A former employer of mine traced elevated RAM degradation in a particular datacentre to mercury contamination in the canal the used for cooling water. Mercury has an interesting way of migrating through other metals.
- bitwizeMan, I hate it when my gaming rig turns out to be a T-1000...
- anonundefined