Thermal Paste

[Pricyber]

anyone now where I can get some thermal paste. Well not the Arctic Silver 5 or OCZ kind im looking for, what ever that is called.

I am looking for someting thats like the paste on stock CPU heatsink.
I need it to be thick, like 1-2mm, cause it is for my laptop, i removed the thermal paste which transfer heat from my Video Card to an metal plate on the case. But now my video card is overheating sometimes.

[goofball]

So you removed 1-2mm of thermal paste from the stock heatsink?

Try an electronics store, they may have thermal pads which will work but 2mm is very thick.

[hightech]

Thermal paste works best by putting a THIN layer of compound on the chip. Perhaps you are thinking of thermal tape that about 2mm to 5 mm thick?

I would suggest Active Electronics at Victoria Park and Gordon Baker. Their web site is http://www.active123.com/ . I have bought a few electronics items from here, and although their prices are not the cheapest, they do have a good selection.

[ji2o0k]

+2 for Active Electronics...........they carry a wide selection of stuff and you should be able to find the thermal pad that you are looking for (I think it is the thermal pad you are referring to).

[Pricyber]

well its not a thin layer, is just the extra cooling that take the heat and transfer it to the back of the case with an hugh metal plate, as long as I set it to medium performance in ATI control panel is fine

[lincoln]

Thermal paste works best by putting a THIN layer of compound on the chip. Perhaps you are thinking of thermal tape that about 2mm to 5 mm thick?

I would suggest Active Electronics at Victoria Park and Gordon Baker. Their web site is http://www.active123.com/ . I have bought a few electronics items from here, and although their prices are not the cheapest, they do have a good selection.

I second that. Get the best thermal paste you can with the highest silver content and then spread it thinly

[ShadowVlican]

thermal paste is only supposed to fill in the imperfections between the CPU and heatsink

thick or more != better

[TigerEROS]

anyone now where I can get some thermal paste. Well not the Arctic Silver 5 or OCZ kind im looking for, what ever that is called.

I am looking for someting thats like the paste on stock CPU heatsink.
I need it to be thick, like 1-2mm, cause it is for my laptop, i removed the thermal paste which transfer heat from my Video Card to an metal plate on the case. But now my video card is overheating sometimes.

Go to Pacific Mall ... they have four computer stores there and they all have Thermal Paste .... exactly what you are looking for.

My 1501st POST!

[Kasakato]

thermal paste is only supposed to fill in the imperfections between the CPU and heatsink

thick or more != better

That is incorrect. In the case of Artic Silver, too much paste will cause a decrease in heat transfer. It will start to store heat, rather than transferring it.

[Satyr]

Exactly. Just a thin layer to cover the cpu surface.
This link will get you a pdf file:

http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_s...structions.htm

[ShadowVlican]

That is incorrect. In the case of Artic Silver, too much paste will cause a decrease in heat transfer. It will start to store heat, rather than transferring it.

i hope you know "!=" stands for NOT EQUAL

[Kasakato]

i hope you know "!=" stands for NOT EQUAL

Since when did we use code as English?

[Jon Lai]

Since when did we use code as English?

Since always How else are we supposed to represent "not equals" with symbols?

BTW OP why do you need it to be THICK? What's wrong with OCZ or Arctic Silver?

[ShadowVlican]

Since when did we use code as English?

well it's been ages since people used symbols like ">" or "<" as short for greater than or less than

be happy u learned something new, the internet is always evolving.

[Kasakato]

well it's been ages since people used symbols like ">" or "<" as short for greater than or less than

be happy u learned something new, the internet is always evolving.

I know what != means. I didn't think to put it into a written English context. But I guess that since you are too lazy to use periods, commas, and capitals; I should have assumed so.