• Blue@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    The only thing too much thermal paste does is leave a mess, but you might need thermal pads on VRMs for better contact

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    How does someone get to know thermal paste is a requirement without accidentally seeing how it’s required?

    This is like knowing petrol is needed for your new car, then just stopping at some point, referring to the note “Get petrol” and deciding pumping it into every orifice the car has is what that means. “I assume that’s what that meant. I’m in a rush. No time to Google how to pump this “petrol” thing into the car.”

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      I can’t remember the video but it was some dude from a major computer YouTube channel fillmed himself building a PC. He used a grounding strap that wasn’t grounded and did all this crazy crap. They ended up taking it down fairly quick but not before everyone made fun of it. I think even he used thermal paste though.

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    Not sure I see a problem here, this all looks intended. I’m not familiar with this device though. Since the heat sink plates are so big and the screws are so far apart I’m not sure they could get away with less without potentially missing contact with a sink. It seems more like bad mechanical engineering than bad application.

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    Each of those chips have basically half a container on them, so I’m not sure how anyone got the idea they should use that much.

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        The industrial containers I had the pleasure of producing and shipping could all be re-sealed for later (industrial) use. Are the options available for commercial use not able to be re-sealed for later use? As long as it’s properly sealed it can be good for 2-5 years.