Upcoming Thermal Compound Shootout

[little_scrapper]

Oh crap, somebody already tested the thermal transfer properties of toothpaste? There goes my whole reason for living.

Toothpaste??? Please..... Grilled Cheese sandwich baby!! Slap some Craft singles down on it...yea!

 

[rwaritsdario]

Nah toothpaste is for n00bs, im getting Ninja to try out vaseline 8)

 

[sirheck]

im getting Ninja to try out vaseline

8O

uhm its past my bedtime. :lol:

 

[clue69less]

I seem to recall reading that buckyballs are quite hazardous, they tend to cluster in the brain if inhaled/ingested. So I'd probably pass on thermal interface compound made from them, seems a little too risky...

I've never snorted thermal grease. Did Baron teach you that trick?

 

[cb62fcni]

I seem to recall reading that buckyballs are quite hazardous, they tend to cluster in the brain if inhaled/ingested. So I'd probably pass on thermal interface compound made from them, seems a little too risky...

I've never snorted thermal grease. Did Baron teach you that trick?

That's just cold. Besides, you're implying that Baron knows enough to teach, and that, my friend, is a total fallacy. I was actually being serious. You wouldn't have to snort it, imagine, if you would, too much being applied, drying out, and then becoming airborne via the CPU fan. Here's a link: Brain damage from Buckyballs

 

[dasickninja]

*Reads thread, shakes head*

 

[cb62fcni]

Ninja, was that shaking voluntary? Involuntary head-shaking has been linked to exposure to buckyballs.

 

[dasickninja]

Why I come here I have no idea.

 

[clue69less]

That's just cold. Besides, you're implying that Baron knows enough to teach, and that, my friend, is a total fallacy.

I was actually implying that he was capable of MISteaching.

I was actually being serious. You wouldn't have to snort it, imagine, if you would, too much being applied, drying out, and then becoming airborne via the CPU fan.

If the compound is grease-like, it should not dry out. A greasy substrate should keep the Bucky Balls from fubucking around in the air.

 

[clue69less]

Why I come here I have no idea.

You're just a glutton for punishment.

 

[cb62fcni]

Right, a greasy substrate SHOULD keep it in place and not dry out. I'm just saying that it doesn't seem entirely safe, nanotech is truly amazing stuff, but it has the potential to be far more harmful than most realize. There was a good article in Nat. Geo. a few months back that looked into some of the adverse sides of nano, very interesting stuff.

 

[clue69less]

Right, a greasy substrate SHOULD keep it in place and not dry out. I'm just saying that it doesn't seem entirely safe, nanotech is truly amazing stuff, but it has the potential to be far more harmful than most realize. There was a good article in Nat. Geo. a few months back that looked into some of the adverse sides of nano, very interesting stuff.

I don't discriminate synthetic vs. natural WRT health risks. Look at the literature 30 years ago for diesel particulates and lung cancer. Forest fires make nasty nanoparticles too. I wouldn't think it would be difficult to entrain buckyballs effectively. The challenge might be to get good thermal properties in such a mixture. Another thing to think about is low energy sputtering with bucky balls for surface modification. Some folks use bucky balls to induce secondary ion formation for organic/polymeric analysis but are also documenting the surface modification aspects. Might be a good coating for the inside of a heat pipe or a HS surface.

 

[little_scrapper]

Right, a greasy substrate SHOULD keep it in place and not dry out. I'm just saying that it doesn't seem entirely safe, nanotech is truly amazing stuff, but it has the potential to be far more harmful than most realize. There was a good article in Nat. Geo. a few months back that looked into some of the adverse sides of nano, very interesting stuff.

I don't discriminate synthetic vs. natural WRT health risks. Look at the literature 30 years ago for diesel particulates and lung cancer. Forest fires make nasty nanoparticles too. I wouldn't think it would be difficult to entrain buckyballs effectively. The challenge might be to get good thermal properties in such a mixture. Another thing to think about is low energy sputtering with bucky balls for surface modification. Some folks use bucky balls to induce secondary ion formation for organic/polymeric analysis but are also documenting the surface modification aspects. Might be a good coating for the inside of a heat pipe or a HS surface.

Fantastic!!! A heatpipe that keeps your CPU 4 C cooler than the current best cooler out, and only costs $1148 U.S. Dollars. Whaere can i pick one up....shees

 

[clue69less]

Right, a greasy substrate SHOULD keep it in place and not dry out. I'm just saying that it doesn't seem entirely safe, nanotech is truly amazing stuff, but it has the potential to be far more harmful than most realize. There was a good article in Nat. Geo. a few months back that looked into some of the adverse sides of nano, very interesting stuff.

I don't discriminate synthetic vs. natural WRT health risks. Look at the literature 30 years ago for diesel particulates and lung cancer. Forest fires make nasty nanoparticles too. I wouldn't think it would be difficult to entrain buckyballs effectively. The challenge might be to get good thermal properties in such a mixture. Another thing to think about is low energy sputtering with bucky balls for surface modification. Some folks use bucky balls to induce secondary ion formation for organic/polymeric analysis but are also documenting the surface modification aspects. Might be a good coating for the inside of a heat pipe or a HS surface.

Fantastic!!! A heatpipe that keeps your CPU 4 C cooler than the current best cooler out, and only costs $1148 U.S. Dollars. Whaere can i pick one up....shees

Sorry, we only sell them in mirrored pairs. Get $2500 into my paypal account and I'll place your order in the queue. And that's 8C cooler, get the factoids right.

 

[dasickninja]

For that price you could pick up a phase change and hit at least -20C.

 

[clue69less]

For that price you could pick up a phase change and hit at least -20C.

Even for much cheaper. But you wouldn't get to brag about your PC rig being sputtered with Bucky Balls.

 

[tool_462]

I once had to make a paper model of a Bucky Ball...it was like senior year in high school. Colored the sides all pretty, wrote notes to Ninja on the inside of each side...you know the old drill.

 

[dasickninja]

How cute.

 

[Doughbuy]

WTF is going on...

I haven't heard the term Bucky Balls since my high school chemistry course... and there is a reason why I'm not any major relating to chemistry...

Ugh.. lets keep things electrically related so I can seem smart... :x

 

[clue69less]

Ugh.. lets keep things electrically related so I can seem smart... :x

You mean like Christmas-colored neon Bucky Balls?

 

[dasickninja]

.... Too easy.... must resist urge to joke....

 

[BigCharb]

SUP, what about Zalman Super Thermal Grease. i read that its just as good as AS5. i bought some but didn't come in yet. its also easier to apply and clean.

l8er

 

[sirheck]

SUP, what about Zalman Super Thermal Grease. i read that its just as good as AS5. i bought some but didn't come in yet. its also easier to apply and clean.

l8er

its easier to apply but you dont have it yet :roll:

uhm ok then.

 

[BigCharb]

SUP, what about Zalman Super Thermal Grease. i read that its just as good as AS5. i bought some but didn't come in yet. its also easier to apply and clean.

l8er

its easier to apply but you dont have it yet :roll:

uhm ok then.

i got that from tweaknews, heres the link http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/zalmanthermalgrease/index4.php

l8er