Open the processor socket on the motherboard. Align the processor and the socket. Lower the CPU until the pins are in the ...

Thermalright released a new type of thermal pad aimed at taking all the hassle out of applying thermal paste to a CPU. Rather than a tube of paste, Heilos is a 0.2mm-thick pad of thermal compound ...

Thermal pads like Thermalright's new Heilos have none of these faults.They're solid, so they won't make a mess, and they're not electrically conductive, either. Despite that, they have strong ...

You apply the pad to the CPU cooler's heatsink and remove the backing tape. The pad isn't even much of a pad in that it's only 0.2mm thick, so essentially the same as a good application of paste.

With the PhaseSheet PTM, Thermal Grizzly Holding GmbH presents an electrically non-conductive thermal pad based on a phase change material (PCM). With PhaseSheet PTM, Thermal Grizzly closes the ...

Too much paste can spill over the chip and penetrate the CPU socket, possibly causing thermal problems and potential damage. Scholars argue about the ideal amount of thermal paste (here from Noctua).

One YouTuber has found a clever fix for the MacBook Air’s CPU woes, though. Max Tech placed thermal pads on the MacBook Air’s motherboard, based on the theory that the pads would help disperse ...

The Noctua NA-TPG1 thermal paste guard price is $9.95 (£8.99), which might seem expensive for what it is, but in our view it's a price worth paying for not getting thermal paste in the notches of ...

"Also, salt particles keep the cooler from making good contact with the CPU, so that thermal performance will be poor due to poor contact. Last but not least, there's a high risk of corrosion issues." ...