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“Too Much Thermal Paste” – Benchmark of Thermal Paste Quantity

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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.

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  • 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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