Today is the requested follow-up test with the ARCTC TP-3, after I had already tested the predecessor model TP-2 against an Amazon product last week. The ARCTIC TP-3 and the APT2560 (better known as the TP-2) differ primarily in terms of material composition, softness and thermal conductivity. The TP-3 is particularly soft and flexible, which [...]
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Thermal pads on Amazon, like the AAirhut tested today, are always a gamble, usually with an unfortunate outcome. You click through offers that shine with full-bodied promises, only to end up with a product that looks more like a flabby eraser than an effective solution to thermal problems. It is advertised as having “excellent thermal [...]
Today we have another UHD monitor with a Samsung QD OLED panel, the MSI MPG321URX. The MPG321URX is the big brother of the MSI MAG321UPX. You read that right, there are two versions of this model, whose names are so similar that there is basically no risk of confusion. Yeah, right! I’ll explain the differences between the two monitors at the [...]
I don’t like doing things like this and I’m issuing a warning, but shortage management should not lead to customers being misled. That’s why I’m really disappointed with Thermalright and the latest TF8 EX. Thermalright used to stand for above-average performance at acceptable prices, but the new paste is the exact opposite [...]
The database is finally online and this week I also tested a new paste, the Savio Glacier TG-04, which has made it to the top of the pastes tested so far. Of course, Savio is just a brand and the manufacturer behind the brand, ELMAK, has nothing to do with thermal pastes in terms of production, but it is a really good bought-in product. Of course [...]
How do you manage to make a good and established product so that there are no plagiarism problems and yet everyone believes it to be the original? The interesting thing about the KOLD-01 story is firstly the way in which the legend was created and secondly, of course, the production, which would not have been possible without Dow Chemical in the [...]
Small and poisonous? Economical, useful or superfluous? We’ve tested a lot of things in the meantime and many a little battle dwarf has already disappeared from the collective memory. Rightly or wrongly? For the sake of clarity, I want to list all Mini-PCs and comparable small systems tested here. In addition, there is of course also a [...]
After testing three thermal pastes for the subzero range, i.e. overclocking with LN2, I have a direct comparison of all three pastes for you today, even if it looks a bit niche at first glance. But firstly, there is some new knowledge for free and secondly, Allen “Splave” Golibersuch, the creator behind the last paste I tested, is an [...]
The ASUS ROG Strix XG27AQDMG comes with a WOLED panel from LG, the special thing about this panel is that it has a glossy finish. Until now, LG OLED monitors were only available with a matte panel, so glossy fans should get their money’s worth today. Basically, the XG27AQDMG has inherited a lot from the PG27AQDM. If you place both monitors [...]
Here and there you see teasers of multi-material systems from other providers, so Prusa and Bambu Lab have to make some room in the niche. Anycubic are now the first on the market and are launching their “ACE Pro” together with a new printer. And it remains to be seen whether the top dogs need to be afraid of the new competitors or [...]
When it comes to keyboards, there are various preferences, starting with simple things like with or without cables and ending with the color. For this reason, the ASUS ROG Falchion RX Low Profile in particular is in many places only something for lovers of 65 percent keyboards who can also cope with low profile keycaps. What’s more, this [...]
I will use today’s article as a reference for the devices and methodology used in the upcoming databases for thermal interface materials (TIM) and explain the entire measurement process in transparent detail based on questions from readers and objections from the forum. Of course, there will be no getting around certain mathematical [...]
I have already written in detail about the determination of thermal resistance and thermal conductivity, but of course I also have to explain the second part of the measurements transparently, because I am not doing these measurements for their own sake, but for a good reason. The microscopy, material testing and measurement of the pastes and pads [...]
We have discussed this many times before: The thermal conductivity figures for thermal pastes on packaging and data sheets are almost always far too high. Of course, this is also due to the fact that either unsuitable measurement methods are used or the conditions are changed in such a way that the values determined are far too high. This is [...]
Today we’re doing a Cooler Master special with a total of four pastes, because unfortunately Cooler Master doesn’t offer any other pastes in Germany. Amazon also sells the various pastes as imports from North America and so I will perhaps update this when the pastes are available. Let’s just be surprised at a later date. I still [...]
I have been asked what the CX-H1300 is all about, which is offered cheaply on Amazon, AliExpress or eBay and comes in 2o, 50 or 70 gram cans for a very small price. After all, what’s the point of testing things that you can’t easily buy anyway? As the CX-H13000 could well have what it takes to become the “people’s [...]
Today we have another UHD QD-OLED with 240 Hz, namely the Dell Alienware AW3225QF. The only 32-inch QD-OLED monitor with a 1700R curved panel to date. Basically, I could end the article now. Because in the end, the 32-inch monitors only differ in terms of features and fine-tuning. The centerpiece, the Samsung QD-OLED panel of the third generation [...]
What you always wanted to know about thermal paste, but never got a verifiable answer: How does such a paste behave when heated and what happens when it is heated and cooled several times under the usual pressure? Completely different from what most people think! That’s why I want to show you today what pitfalls can lurk when testing paste [...]
As I have been asked again and again about the Thermalright T9 and TFX (i.e. quasi TF10), today there is a Thermalright special with a total of five pastes, three of which I would only recommend to a limited extent. Even though all five pastes are good in terms of price/performance ratio, I consider some of them to be highly problematic. I had [...]
Today I’m writing about two pastes that I noticed very negatively during the database expansion because of their downright outrageous marketing and, for comparison, I’m comparing them with a cheap paste that doesn’t need such deception but has other weaknesses. But you have to ask yourself how stupid the brands think you are when [...]
Today we are going to take a close look at five different phase transition pads and add them to the upcoming database. With the two PCM5000 and PCM8500, I am also testing two OEM pads with a thickness of 0.2 mm, which are sometimes cheekily sold as Honeywell (AliExpress, eBay), but are pure OEM products from a third-party supplier and as such are [...]
It’s time for a new player on the monitor market. Titan Army is bringing the P2510S to Europe. That’s right, Titan Army is a Chinese manufacturer like KTC. It features a Fast IPS panel from BOE with a resolution of 2560 x 1440p on just 24.5 inches. Yes, that makes 120 ppi and that is already razor sharp. As the P2510S is a pure gaming [...]
Today I’m testing four Thermal Putty products for you, whereby these four products are examples of large companies and their products or mixed products. If I manage to organize more products, I will expand the database to include this category, because anyone who knows the circumstances when the pad thicknesses on graphics cards are not [...]
Today I have the next three pastes from your wish list in the programme (many thanks to the donors from the community!) and was rather satisfied with the result (but not completely). It also lived up to expectations, because you get a lot of content for your money. The DOWSIL TC-5500 is a decent industrial paste from Dow Corning, but unfortunately [...]
The LG UltraGear 32GS95UX is one of the first – if not the first – dual-mode monitors in the world. You can either use the UHD resolution of 3840 x 2160p at up to 240 Hz or the FHD resolution of 1920 x 1080p at a full 480 Hz. Added to this are the fast OLED pixel response time, low latency and individual dimming of the pixels – [...]
