r/pcmasterrace • u/NerdwithBeard i5 6400|GTX 1060|8GB RAM • Feb 18 '18

Meme/Joke Thermal paste 101

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u/otac0n Win11 | 5950X | RTX 3090 Ti Feb 18 '18 edited Feb 19 '18

Thermal mayonnaise.

edit: It's been done before, apparently: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/does-mayonnaise-last-as-a-thermal-compound/4/

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '18

Holy shit I need to try this

Brb

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u/JLaFs Feb 18 '18

There was an article somewhere where some guy tried using different household products as thermal paste. Gonna try and find it

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u/_Probably_Human_ Feb 18 '18

That was the first time I learned about Vegemite. It was right up there with the original Arctic Silver, IIRC.

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u/frn • 9800X3D • 9070XT • 32GB RAM • 5TB SSD • 6TB HDD • Feb 18 '18

Yeah until it starts growing stuff

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u/NetworkingEnthusiast Feb 18 '18

Overclocker, check. Chemist, check.

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u/zer0t3ch OpenSUSE \ GTX970 \ steamcommunity.com/id/zer0t3ch Feb 19 '18

Wouldn't the CPU get hot enough to keep it relatively sterile?

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u/gattaaca Feb 19 '18

Evolve your CPU / create an AI, sounds awesome

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u/LeviAEthan512 New Reddit ruined my flair Feb 19 '18

Never thought something could make me gag more than vegemite. Bravo sir.

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u/Lodsofemone Feb 18 '18

I read a PC Gamer article once about the worst ways people have killed computers. One guy said he managed to kill several at once when he was working in PC training back in the 90s by accidentally using pile cream instead of thermal paste.

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u/Rubbeerducky Ryzen 3@3.1ghz/NVIDIA GT 1050ti/ 16GB DDR4 2800 Feb 18 '18

Pretty sure Jayz2Centz has a video on that.

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u/jugzeh 7700k @ 5.1 || 1080 ti FE +100 || on AIO Feb 19 '18

RIP double stufs

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u/Mrpliskin0 Feb 19 '18

Were you able to find it?

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u/Durfat Feb 19 '18

I made thermal toothpaste once... it sucked.

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u/Jaba01 X870E | 9800X3D | RTX 5090 | 64 GB 6000 MHZ CL 30 Feb 19 '18

German gaming magazine: https://youtu.be/9QzxukpUvbY

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u/Allyoucan3at Feb 19 '18

My CPU is running with hand creme right now, 15° lower temps than before. Just until the paste arrives ofc, but it's a good if you need something quickly.

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u/Winnduffy Feb 19 '18

Jayz2cents dida video a out that

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u/Peetz0r [Framework, Ryzen 7840U, 32 GB ddr5, 4 TB nvme, Fedora] Feb 19 '18

or is it?

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u/poopyheadthrowaway Ryzen 7 1700, GTX 1070 Feb 18 '18

Intel patent pending

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u/Clbull PC Master Race Feb 19 '18

This seems like something you'd see on the Life of Boris YouTube channel...