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Cheap shot? AAirhut thermal 1 mm pad tested against the blue Arctic APT2560 and a really positive surprise

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 [...]

4. December 2024

Igor Wallossek

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From forum to thermal paste supplier: The (almost unbelievable) story behind the startup X-Apply and the PastX 50

Thermalright TF8 EX Thermal Paste Review – Same price, lower quantity, poor performance and lower durability as the TF8

SAVIO GLACIER TG-04 thermal compound tested against the current top dogs Thermalright TFX and Kooling Monster KOLD-01

Best thermal paste database and charts – Paste versus paste comparison, reviews and durability for CPU and GPU

KOLD Case: Kooling Monster KOLD-01 or how to skillfully rebuild a DOWSIL TC-5888 and even save a lot of money | Update

SPLAVE ONE tested against two other Sub-Zero thermal pastes – When Allen becomes Don Pastillo

PC in danger and a shattered myth: What copper paste and zinc cream really (don’t) do!

Polartherm X8 and Polartherm X10 Thermal Paste Review – New brand, good price and decent performance for the money

TwPoaT – The worst pastes of all time: CS K4-Pro thermal paste vs. L’Oréal Men Expert Hydra Intense Review

AMeCh STG-4 in test – Korean thermal paste with free vinegar as price/performance winner?

Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut vs. Kryonaut Extreme Review – Final showdown of two equal pastes, urban legends and clever marketing

Oldies but Goldies Review: The Innovation Cooling IC Diamond 24 thermal compound was way ahead of its time

EC360 Ruby, EC360 Diamond, EC360 Emerald and EC360 Carbon thermal pastes put to the test – when the supplier doesn’t even know what they’re selling

From Hero to Zero: Thermal Hero Ultra and Thermal Hero Quantum – Pump-out, degradation and missing documents

Noctua NT-H2 Thermal Compound Investigation: Re-Test of Pastes from 2023 and 2024 – Series Dispersion or one-time Slip-up?

Industrial thermal paste gone astray: Parker THERM-A-GAP GEL 60HF Review and what could happen if you don’t know the background

Test equipment for material tests on thermally conductive pastes: microscopy and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)

A lie or a gray area? How to construct high thermal conductivity and why the information provided by sellers is almost never correct

Roundup: Cooler Master CryoFuze 7, CryoFuze 5 Violet, MasterGel Maker and Pro V2 Review – Thermal compound from gray to colorful

Budget Putty with 50 grams for under 20 euros? The CX-H1300 in orange challenges the more expensive Hardwareliebe Value32

Secret file thermal paste: Increasing layer thickness at high temperatures, ageing and differences in quality and their influence on benchmarks

Roundup: Thermalright TF4, TF7, TF8, TF9 and TFX Review – Thermal compound from flowing screed to bunker concrete

Fairytale lesson with nanotubes in thermal pastes: EC360 Ruby, Nuomi SYY-157 and Thermalright TF4 Review – Stupid lies vs. modesty

Roundup with 5 phase change pads: Honeywell PTM7950, PTM7950SP, OEM PCM5000, PCM8500 and Thermalright Heilos Review

Thermal Putty Roundup from pink or gray to blue and from Halnziye or Laird or Dow – HY234, HY236 and HY268 vs. Hardwareliebe Extreme64 Review

Industrial paste vs. AliExpress and mainstream: DOWSIL TC-5550, Gelid GC-4 and Snowman MTGS in a thermal paste review of large tubes

Noctua NT-H2, Gelid GC-Extreme and Thermalright TF7 in-depth Review: The cheapest paste is the best and the most expensive one is a real failure

Burn-in measured: Honeywell PTM7950 Phase Transition Material examinated and how to recognise a copycat

Thermal Grizzly KryoSheet Review with in-depth analysis – Durable all-purpose weapon with minor limitations

Not over-hyped: Honeywell PTM7950 in a lab test and a real game changer for graphics cards

Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut vs. Paste X (pre-series) in the thermal paste test: Changing of the guard after 10 years?

Corsair XTM70 Extreme Performance Thermal Grease Review – Just missed the top spot but really good and unfortunately also very expensive

Thermalright TF8 thermal compound in test – New frontrunner at the limit of what is possible

PCGH Gear Carbonite Ultra review – Generally not bad but with question marks

Arctic MX-6 thermal compound review – No more gray uniformity! Performant and not bad

KINGPIN Cooling KPx in test – Expensive premium paste in delicate baby blue at thermal zero point

Alphacool Apex thermal paste in-depth Review – No absolute top values, but long-term stability and good

Real laboratory tests of thermal pastes on igor’sLAB – Part 2 – First comparative measurement with 2 expensive pastes

Real laboratory tests of thermal pastes on igor’sLAB – Part 1 – Measurement setup and methodology

Thermal pastes, sheets and pads – The next big project is in the starting blocks!

AI in the thermal paste? Something is wrong! Cooler Master makes a statement about its “AI” Cryofuze 5 thermal compound

Company develops next-generation thermal paste (Leak)

With the Thermal Grizzly Kryosheet, Arctic TP3 pads and cap nuts from an IKEA paper box against a graphics card hotspot | User Review

The Ultimate Thermal Paste and Pad Compendium: Application, Ingredients, Manufacturing, Optimization, Aging, Profit Margins and Marketing

It began with a lie and ends today with a test and review: What can the Arctic Cooling Silicone Paste still do after 20 years in a drawer?

What can the GeForce RTX 2070 Super do in 2023? When RDNA2 refuses to work and the Super Susi has to fix it

Cooler Master Oracle Air SSD Enclosure Review – external NVMe enclosure on USB 3.x and a new job for the Padman

Cooler Master Cryo Fuze Violet, missing corundum and too much water – The manufacturer reacts

Thermal Putty, the second: What’s in it and why only one variety from the test is useful

Thermal paste comparison with laser-induced plasma spectroscopy: We discover a violet surprise!