Topic: How Thermal Compound Spreads (Read 2661 times)
Which is actually the most efficient on paper though?
good video
Another piece of broken glass will also cut or better to say score the glass. Get the pressure right and angle using the broken edge feels like grinding the glass because the broken piece will crumble sometimes. Once you get the score started try to continue along that path. Once deep enough you should be able to complete the break by snapping the glass.
If you have a dremel around look to see if you have a diamond tipped cutting wheel or bits. Work it the same way. Just all about getting that pressure enough so that you grind a score onto the glass your trying to cut.
Think walmart sells a cutter, home depot or lowes would for sure. If your gonna make that trip take your glass with you and see if they still cut glass. The hardware stores use to last I heard.
If you have a dremel around look to see if you have a diamond tipped cutting wheel or bits. Work it the same way. Just all about getting that pressure enough so that you grind a score onto the glass your trying to cut.
Think walmart sells a cutter, home depot or lowes would for sure. If your gonna make that trip take your glass with you and see if they still cut glass. The hardware stores use to last I heard.
I cut glass with a brick. Going to go cut some later tonight after a few drinks. PM me your address, I'll mail you some. 
Lol you cut it with a so called glass cutter. It's a little wheel out of cemented carbide.
If i knew how to cut glass, I would try to make a small piece of glass I could use, but bugger all if I know how to do it!
Score it with a diamond bit and tap lightly. Non-tempered glass should break along the score line. Be sure to get a good scratch in, 2 or 3 passes of the bit. 
Looks like the cross method was the best overall in the demonstration video.
If i knew how to cut glass, I would try to make a small piece of glass I could use, but bugger all if I know how to do it!
I want to see the transparent glass over liquid ultra
I wanna see transparent glass followed by a heat gun. Or else Chip + compound + glass + heatsink + full burn for a while, then remove heatsink. 
I want to see the transparent glass over liquid ultra
I made this post because people were debating the best method for spreading thermal compound in other threads.
While it didn't quell all of the debate, it is the best proof offered so far on the effects of what each method does.
Inaba can prove his theory by making a video, I hear transparent aluminum is available.
While it didn't quell all of the debate, it is the best proof offered so far on the effects of what each method does.
Inaba can prove his theory by making a video, I hear transparent aluminum is available.
It's fairly easy to prove yourself. Just put the type of compound you want to test on your die, either a pea, whatever and put the heatsink on then take it off immediately. Look at the pattern it makes.
Now clean everything off, put the same amount/type on your die, put the heat sink on, heat cycle your die for a few hours (up to 48 or so, with regular on/off cycles), then take your heatsink off and look at the pattern. It will be very different for most pastes (Shin Etsu and maybe a couple of the other super thick compounds being the exceptions), as it will have spread out (and in the process of spreading out, the air will have dissipated).
I thought we were suppose to use toothpaste?
One Day i was out of ThermalPaste, on Saturday evening. xDSo i look arround what i can use alternatively? And i found MoS Universalgrease.
Before i spray some silikon Aerosol to protect the gpu die.
High-GPU temp was 80°C and that saves my weekend. This works for nearly 2 weeks, but now i use Spire silvergrease pro, best compound i ever have.
I made this post because people were debating the best method for spreading thermal compound in other threads.
While it didn't quell all of the debate, it is the best proof offered so far on the effects of what each method does.
Inaba can prove his theory by making a video, I hear transparent aluminum is available.
While it didn't quell all of the debate, it is the best proof offered so far on the effects of what each method does.
Inaba can prove his theory by making a video, I hear transparent aluminum is available.
I thought we were suppose to use toothpaste?
Wait... we're supposed to use thermal compound?!?
Yeah, try to use the whole tube...
Wait... we're supposed to use thermal compound?!?
Nice! Thanks for the heads up!
The video does not factor in viscosity change due to heat. Air bubbles are virtually irrelevant on hot compound. They will almost immediately dissipate once the die is at operating temperature for more than a few minutes.
The only paste that I know of that might not suffer from this is Shin Etsu, although I suspect that even the Shin Etsu paste becomes fairly free flowing at the temperatures on top of a CPU or GPU die.
It's like worrying about air bubbles in your cookie dough. It's pretty rare to find a giant pocket of air in the middle of your cookie... where do you think the air in your dough goes once it's in the oven?
Don't be a fool... spread for even coverage. If you're really worried about it, heat cycle your die several times to work out the air.
The only paste that I know of that might not suffer from this is Shin Etsu, although I suspect that even the Shin Etsu paste becomes fairly free flowing at the temperatures on top of a CPU or GPU die.
It's like worrying about air bubbles in your cookie dough. It's pretty rare to find a giant pocket of air in the middle of your cookie... where do you think the air in your dough goes once it's in the oven?
Don't be a fool... spread for even coverage. If you're really worried about it, heat cycle your die several times to work out the air.
Always spread it with fingertips on the heatspreader/GPU.
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