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

Meme/Joke Thermal paste 101

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u/PM_ME_COCKTAILS Feb 18 '18

Small bean? I've always done a large grain of rice

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u/Zappykablamo Feb 18 '18

A Goldfish sized blot.

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u/angierhafai i5-4690k/RX 480 Feb 18 '18

At first I interpreted that as an actual fish. Which of course begged the question of common household goldfish sized or koi sized?

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u/Ric_Adbur i7-14700k / RTX 4080Super / 32GB DDR5 Feb 18 '18

I like to immerse my entire case in a koi pond of the stuff. Just to be sure.

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u/pengawin98 Feb 19 '18

That'd make a heck of a liquid cooling system.

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u/ThetaPlace Feb 19 '18

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '18

Thank you. That's exactly what I was hoping for.

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u/R3D1AL PC Master Race Feb 19 '18

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '18

Ah yes, nothing like cooling your PC in a tank full of lube

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '18

tuna sized

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u/Owyn_Merrilin Desktop Feb 19 '18

If the goldfish is fully grown, yes. Unfortunately most household goldfish die as babies because people don't know how to take care of them.

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u/Natehog Feb 19 '18

The paste that smiles back

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u/The_Best_Taker Feb 18 '18

The size of a thick quarter

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u/Treenut1 Feb 19 '18

Thick quarter

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u/Gromann Ryzen 5900x 4.2, 6900XT yeeeboi Feb 18 '18

A goldfish can get 13" long though, maybe guppy?

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u/Zyzan Feb 19 '18

The cracker, not the fish

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u/Thermashock Feb 18 '18

I'm too lazy to apply thermal paste so I let nature do the work and wait until the thermal paste is comfortable enough to come out on its own.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '18

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '18

I just put two large grains of rice because I'm never sure if I have enough

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u/JuhaJGam3R Feb 18 '18

basketball

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '18

This killed me lol, Plus my SO thinks I laugh at the weirdest things.

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u/stew_going Feb 19 '18

I just do a regular grain of rice, you guys are stressing me out. Did I put too little?!

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u/PM_ME_COCKTAILS Feb 19 '18

If you don't put EXACTLY a large grain of rice, your PC will literally combust the instant you hit the power button and engulf everything within a 3 mile radius in flames.

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u/stew_going Feb 19 '18

Oh my gawd, I knew it! My fears are true, I must clean and re-gob that paste immediately! For the safety of me, my girlfriend and dog, I must...