Should PC Builders Buy This in BULK?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.พ. 2017
- Thermal paste. Why not buy in bulk? We can think of a few reasons.
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I dont think you put enough paste on, I think you are supposed to splash it everywhere so your entire motherboard is gold!
On a serious note, shouldn't the entire contact area of the chip be covered?
when you apply force by the coolers flat side, it spreads the paste. You really dont need that much thermal compound :) If it doesnt spread onto all the corners is still not a problem. Under the heatsink, the chip is near at the middle.. so yea. The amout Linus put is more than enough.
The cooler sits on top of the cpu tight enough for the paste to squish out and cover it.
The most popular (and arguably best) method is to put a rice-corn sized dab in the middle of the CPU and let the heatspreader push it into the corners. You really don't need much paste.
"Once opened consume within two days"
Maybe it's good for pc building stores
@@palestinianisfreeforever2554 or for the Verge
"consume"
@@palestinianisfreeforever2554 exactly
EAT
The forbidden peanut butter
I don't know why they had to make it look so delicious. This is why stupid kids end up eating Tide pods.
Yep
@@hickey1292 that is natural selection for you.
I just went down to the comment section to make that comment only find you already have
I thought it was Nutella.
"Enough to last you your whole life"
The Verge: I don't think so
Thermal compound expires after a few years.
Icing your CPU with it like a cake, yeah that won't last very long
They should have changed the title to , "how not to build a PC" and everything would have made sense.
Bored with Studies - yeah I actually though that video was pretty informational about mistakes someone might make if they were new and the
Well we could fix that
I'm still waiting on that RGB thermal compound.
arsenzocht please no.... No
Yes please
I mean there is this paint stuff they put on rave wristbands that glow while lights shine on them
That would actually be litty bro
arsenzocht xD
The thermal paste is obviously not worth it because there's no RGB
I suppose the qualifier for RGB is for example.... If you install an RGB fan into a case with no windows, is it still RGB? Since if you cannot see it, it must not exist..
Schrodinger's RGB
RGB thermal paste, the new thing with submolecular RGB LEDs! It's like liquid light!
A sunrise you don't see is still a sunrise.
Not really. I'm pretty sure they can also produce cyan and magenta version to make it CMY, which isn't RGB but you are dealing with subtraction so... Yeah it's technically RGB.
You might even be able to get glow-in-the-dark variation.
I've worked in enough factories to know copper anti-seize when I see it.
That stuff is good for two things: making sure stainless steel bolts never seize together, and making sure electrical terminals have a *STRONG* electrical connection.
Also, staining your skin. Forever.
Anti-seize is the herpes of chemicals. Once it gets on you, it gets on all the things. I laughed really hard when it was on his laptop.
So true. Even two years after I had gotten it on me I could still see it on me, under a microscope. But still, that crap doesn’t ever want to come off. Plus my optimist can now see a gold ring in my eye. He told me not to come into contact with any more copper. Ever!
@@richardarmstrong3rd53 Holy! 2 years and your body hasn't gotten rid of it? That stuff seems crazy.
i’ve worked with it enough to know the pain too, still find stains from it months later
When I used this stuff I always made sure my hands had gloves or where wet to makes sure it didn’t get on my hands
What the uk queen has on her bread every morning. Helps her stay cool and last longer.
Nice
Nice
Nice
Nice
Nice
Make a series called "Warranty Voiding" where you modify things to make them better whilst voiding the warranty.
wait... isn't that what they aready do?
No u
TenZEDin Like when they de-lidded an expensive CPU.
Every single video where they overclock literally anything
2 episodes within one week, 3rd episode 2 years after.
3:15 the scene swap looks like u just tasted it. even mentioned it being like peanut butter im crying
a good thermal paste can last for 4 years. how can it expire in 2 years without being used
@@yalmazkhan2974 not to mention where would you ever need a thermal conductor more in volume than heat transfer properties lol
It probably has a shelf life
3:19 *
Should've loaded it into a cheap syringe first.
bp what I was thinking.
Well that golden goop show thats its 1/3 as conductive as the alumin in the spec sheets. So even a good application would probably still perform really bad
And then you take your arm.....
4:52 Linus clearly tasted the thermal paste. His "soon to exist beard" areas have a gold tint. Its also possible that the thermal grease is the one that sparks his beard growth
Soon to be-ard
This was 3 years ago
@@harrymichaels3877 no shit
*gets wife's amazon password*
*buys $90 worth of thermal paste*
Your profile picture is an appropriate reaction from your wife.
I discovered my good lady used my Amazon account to order something and added/saved her card details to it... the temptation to select her card 'by mistake' every time I place an order is HUGE! Especially given the fact that she rarely checks her bank account....
Have you done it yet? Im dieing of curiousity.
I haven't had the courage yet, but the temptation is still there... every time I am on Amazon...!
Done it yet?
Thermal paste goes quickly because it's so gosh darn delicious.I'm just glad the stuff isn't toxic because if it were i'd have massive brain damagesmeggeginsininbergstonnnn.
Robert Whitley 😂😂😂bro get checked..
Well no more putting it on my toast...
Damn, but that shit is like Nutella XDD Fuck it, I'm still doing it.
It's not toxic if it contains no heavy metal, but since you can't digest it anyway, it might be bad for your digesting system anyway, so be careful.
You can't digest gum either; it's rubber. So as long as you're eating normally otherwise, and it contains no toxins, it'll be perfectly find.
That is definitely copper anti-seize
😂😂😂 that's what I tought when I saw the tumbnail
@jdslyman At the end of the day , the right choice is a good overall paste that isn't crazy expensive or too hard to apply.
My choice is the arctic mx-2, cheap and works amazing. paid 15 buck for 35 grams
@jdslyman I've seen plenty of reviews and they state the mx-2 and mx-4 to be almost identical.
I've used Gelid GC extreme and I've switched cause gelid is extremely hard to spread and I was worried it would dry over time.
Same for Kryonaut , super high cost and not sure about it's ability to widstand time.
I've mounted my Cooler wrong and had to reapply mx-2 , super easy.
Having that much it's not even a problem to do.
@jdslyman
A french TH-camr tested Zinc and Graphite anti seize and it actually worked really great, inbetween cheap thermal paste and a good one like the noctua nt-h2.
Lithium grease is slightly better than cheap thermal paste.
@@imnota I tried two brands of copper anti-seize and both performed terrible as thermal paste. GD900 does a far better job of an inexpensive bulk thermal paste.
Linus gets a fever
Linus: FETCH ME THE THERMAL PASTE
I can imagine him with 2 BeQuiet Dark Rocks pro bolted on his forhead.
He uses hy510 and gets Hotter and sexier
KEEP IT FOR TWO YEARS THEN TRY IT AGAIN!
BENCHMARK USING WHATEVER THEN IN TWO YEARS REVISIT
For real though, please do it!
UnknownUser
With the kind of growth they have been experiencing, and the amount of money the bring in I doubt the will stop.
Who knows, maybe the 2017 vintage of thermal grease will be a late bloomer.
UnknownUser That's a very negative point of view at life. lol
Actually Linus broke down how much they earn from various sources, and even if they no longer got any money from ad revenue, they would only lose about 15% of their income.
That's not Thermal Grease/Paste, it's brand new Nutella with peanut butter flavor.
xXSilentAgent47Xx The new Royal Peanutbutter Nutella now in your local best buy!
xXSilentAgent47Xx
So true
xXSilentAgent47Xx bruh legit thought he put out a video witg nuttela at first
if thats so, then these thermal paste companies better step up their game or ima switch to food! lol
My local Fry's Electronics sells Nutella. Lol.
According to the Verge, this isn't anywhere near enough thermal paste.
I dont get this can you explain pls.
@@MaxCE there was a dude who built a pc very badly and when he was applying thermal paste he put a buck load
@@cheesecirculate I never built a pc but I'm dying right now.
@@MaxCE yeah literally everything you can think of to NOT do when building a PC, the guy did all of them, plus more. There were videos from tech youtubers of them building a PC the wrong way to show you what not to do, and this dude did stuff those youtubers didn't even think of to put in their "What not to do" videos of building computers. The dude obviously knew absolutely nothing about computers, but watched a 5 minute video and thought to himself "alright, I'm basically an expert on building PC's now." You ought to look up "The Verge PC build Master Reaction" and find the one that's titled similarly. You'll see what I mean
"I bet this is what royal peanut butter looks like"
Thoughts with linus
3:19 looks like he tasted it but they cut that part out.
WBsteve lmao
So true
Might of sniffed it
Linus finna die
Yeah i can see it on his face
*Gets* *Thermal* *Compund* *On* *Laptop*
okay, that's fine, that leads me into my Next important thing
PERFORMANCE
rektgg i dont have any
3:19 The look Linus gives: "Taste about how I expected it to"
You know that might come in handy one day, too bad this was 2 years ago so it’s already expired lol
What I’m confused about is if it expires so you need to re apply thermal paste on your pc every 2 years?
@@kayb4490 one should reapply thermal paste every 2 years, thermal paste is cheap so it usually isnt an issue. Sometimes it expires quickly, other times not
@@txic.4818 okay good to know, thank you!
@@kayb4490 No problem!
@@kayb4490 Depends, generally most pastes are very solid for 2-3 years, then start to drop off in the next few years, generally if you dont see your PC/laptop tank in performance you shouldnt need to, but its a good idea to open up for cleaning and repasting once in 2 years or at least once in 5 years
Thermal Grease is NOT thermal compound! That stuff looks like brake caliper grease for cars haha...
Layne Brown Funny how the company also makes copper grease... But they do have thermal compounds with a higher spec than the one Linus got. Still not sold on buying a kilogram of the stuff in one go though.
Layne Brown I recently saw a video on brake repair and you may be on to something.
DoubleBubble28 I hope you're being sarcastic
Holy shit really that does look like break grease... Like legit... That would explain a lot.
yea it'll likely dry out or loose performance after few years
I only build PCs every few years so one tube is enough for me.
Rootzy's Tech Linus builds a PC/server every few videos so he needs that much thermal compound
I'm sure that if he asked he would get tons of tubes for free
LaSombra CS:GO but he's rich
Well you should be cleaning your PC out once a year, and that's a good time to re-do the thermal compound on your CPU and your GPU(s). But you wouldn't need a big $100 jar that only has a shelf life of 2 years, there are smaller amounts you can get with better quality. I'm sure most AIO makers use thermal paste in bulk and put them in the little syringes we get.
That depends on the thermal compound you use. A good thermal compound will last far more than 1 year, without losing efficiency.
"paying for shipping is inordinately expensive"
*laughs in amazon prime"
At the end of the video Linus says he has two amazon prime accounts lol
the irony is that if your like me and rarely buy anything much less online order prime is a huge loss for me. Not worth it. I've been sitting on my 6 months free prime for being a student and in 2 years have yet to find a reason to redeem it.
kinda sucks that amazon prime doesn't fucking do shit unless you live in a major city, for australia anyway
Here in india it's ridiculously cheap. A full year of prime cost me 13.5usd but I got back half of it as amazon pay money
@Iain Bailey yeah you basically don't get any benefits at all besides watching the prime movies/shows
2:11 Captions on . “ *oddly satisfied exhale* “
It's custom captions
While I'm sure this stuff is probably not as good, this seemed really biased. All those "woopsie daisy" moments. Like an informercial comparing a regular kitchen knife to the ultra deluxe chopomatic 300 where they're trying to cut an apple with the knife sideways, giving that "ugh why wont this knife cut?!" look.
Draydince have in mind they also used the worst type from the bunch in the video
thats thermal waste
😂
Hahahaha
Lol
Might be nuclear
Ba dum tsss
Carat: *being a common known measurement for expensive metals and crystals*
Linus: whatever this in real measurements is
I guess he does not interact with gold and diamonds that often to know it :) I won't tell you how many grams are in one carat either
"pads that cost multiple dollars each" -Linus 2017
i see what you did there
Modern feminine hygiene politics in a nutshell.
So Kim Kardashian uses this for her fake tan?
I wouldn't be surprised if the compound wasn't actually pretty close to be honest.
So does Donald Trump it seems.
Gabdube No, Trump uses Cheeto powder.
abmong yes
I have been informed that one of my friends has seen this comment.
3:19 You look like you just took at bite of it from the stick.
Did you?
Lol
[makes Clementine face] "I dunno?"
@@SonOfMeme the walking dead season one episode 2 in the barn :(
Son of Meme I finished all the walking dead tell tale games and nothing made me laugh harder than that
“Mission accomplished”
3:27 Linus inadvertently discovers Trump's makeup brand.
Best.... comment.... ever
I love it when linus' vids are comedically straightforward like this lol
The real question is...... Does that bulky Thermal Compound taste like *Peanut butter* tho?
I swear in the video he looked like he was about to eat it in some parts
The real question is... will it blend?
Evan OU I thought that thermal paste was fishy!
Infinity Master Tastes like chicken.
Turns out it's peanut butter for robots.
Infinity Master did somebody say peanut butter?
thats enough thermal paste to last for my life, my childs life, my grand childs life and several generations after that
too bad it dosent last too long
if you keep it in the top shelf on the door of your refrigerator it will last till pigs can fly, just don't let it freeze, and also let it get back to room temp before using it.
+Commodorefan64 - Some guy like Richard Branson or Elon Musk will find a way to make pigs fly before the end of our lifetimes, surely? :p
"Looks like i got the 610"
*label immediately shows 600*
3:19 Linus looks like he did a Gordon Ramsey taste test on the thermal paste
I bought a 3 gram tube back when I built my pc with a pentium 4, then I used it again for when I built my amd 1100t pc, then I used it again for my i7-4790k and I just checked it and still have some left for my Amd Ryzen 1800x build. That's 16 years for 3 grams. 1 kilo is 333 times more than 3 grams X 16 years, that's enough for a little bit more than 5000 years. I'm just glad I also have amazon prime so I'll get that shit tomorrow.
This one will be good for PC builders or engineers in large companies with lots of PCs to maintain.
No this particular one. I wonder how much one kilo of silver compound is.
Ok but LMG doesn't do 1 build every 5.3 years
TH-cam5000 Get new for your new build. After a few years performance is shit
This stuff isn't good enough for use in a PC repair/maintenance business. If I had a business like that, I'd take a closer look at something like the Arctic MX-4 20g tube. It's good, fairly cheap, and due to the low density of MX-4, 20g will be enough for a great many PCs.
Also, I wouldn't use thermal compound older than 10 years.
This is what they used in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 for those gold people.
well it is mostly only copper powder in it and some grease.
Use it at work for brakejobs (Car mechanic) and it does last a long time, at least 1 year on a car that is beeing used every day an high pressure washed every week.
The only downside is that when standing in a tub it separates a little over time but just mix it and it is conductive.
It usually holds up to over 500 degrees Celsius.
I think you have applied it badly, from the video it is to little.
Using it on my computer right now since i forgot to order thermal paste when rebuilding my computer and it is cooler now (was some regular non metallic, non diamond from before
And as Série B says in the comment you are comparing it to diamond paste which is the most expensive available and might also be the best thermal conductivity on the planet (Diamond)
Standard "thermal paste" = lithium grease with color die ... unless its white .. then its just white grease .. used in food production machinery. . Inside closed spaces .. seat slides in cars .. (it can't rot or mould)
A tub of it costs $10 ? bucks at your local car part dealer.
It would male a good coolant .. if it was thinner.
Awesome channel guys .. chears for the abvise you give .
No comparisons?
A single product from a single brand?
This doesn't answer the question posed in the title.
Rather, it should be "Is it worth buying this exact specific product in bulk?"
Xclusivity Do you honestly think that buying that much thermal compound is worth it? even if it was high quality
If you run a computer repair shop or a job that requires you to work with computers/ servers then yes. When I was shadowing the IT guy at the college I went to he had a jar of thermal paste and about 12 tubes of the arctic aluminum paste. The jar was for the computers and laptops and the tubes was for the servers.
Depends on the needs of the customer, computer repair shops might, businesses that assemble their own hardware might.
There are several instances where people might want to buy thermal compound in bulk.
At the very least LTT could have gone with a decent brand offering a well-known product in bulk quantities.
For example, www.arcticsilver.com/as5.htm
That at least gives people a more valid reference point.
Then they could even compare application method and performance of standard thermal compound in tubes vs. bulk.
Ya really this only applies to computer hardware businesses that constantly apply and\or reapply thermal paste. I mean one tube that comes with your heat sink is enough to do several reapplications.
Would be interesting to see the price for those commercial quantities of Arctic Silver. 100-500 grams
HY610 is one of the cheapest thermal compounds that you can buy. No wonder why it flopped on a CPU with a 140w TDP. Seriously, go type "thermal compound" on ebay and sort low to high. i've used it on a few of my el cheapo rigs, and I can say with confidence that HY610 is cut with peanut butter and toothpaste.
tacobellchihuahua do you know if the HY710 is any better?!
Yes, it is quite a bit better. If you can get the HY810, it is going to be even better.
Most of the problems with the very cheap thermal paste, like the one Linus used, is consistency within the paste itself, the materials used, and the quality control of the thermal paste.
I've tried the HY610, the 710, and the 810, and both the 710 and 810 are a big step up from the 610.
NeutronPCXT excellent, thank you!
What profession are you guys in that you need massive amounts of thermal paste?
My main present hobbies are PC components and LED flashlight modding.
So I need plenty of thermal paste :)
i have the HY610 and it works great for me keeping my temps in check
try dow corning / dowsil 340 thermal grease.
It is a generic white silicone thermal grease, it comes in a 100g tube for around $10, it is easy and clean to apply you just squeeze a blob out then screw the cap back on.
It performs fine for a basic compound and the tube lasts for ages.
So, that's where Trump gets that 'healthy glow' from...
Dai Phelion Well, orange is the new black to him I guess.
I guess so
Donald J. Trump Official you guess so?
ok
According to what it looks like, I could use Anti-seize compound as a thermal paste. The stuff you got there is mineral oil mixed with copper dust, same as you use to keep machine screws lubricated.
"Enough to last you your whole life"
2020: i can make that happen
That's deep dude
hello strangers, the wind in the golden gate bridge is really cold today and it feels good and peaceful. bye
6:10 Thermal paste application is so intriguing, in that you can only inspect it's application when you disassemble. It's like "Well, hope that's good, find out in 4 years when I upgrade!"
Note how his hands are still yellow in all the new videos.
Wimbold wait seriously?
insert very really creative name... no...
420 thumbs ups. That’s a good meme
Wimbold he films a lot of videos in a single day back to back, busy guy. Explains
it's his rgb
Linus: This thing sucks!
"there goes the product and bankruptcy of that company" xD
Rovian certainly not. this seems to be an industrial product und is not even intended to be used as a thermal paste.
its more likely that this video is sponsored by the other brand
+Ivan Stroganov
how can it not be intended to be used as thermal paste when that's all it's being marketed as?
It's likely bought primarily by companies that don't care that it is shit, and only look at the price.
i think they earn a little bit more than 90 dollars on this video.
1:57 well, high conductivity and low resistance aren't the same thing. In electricity at least, conductivity is factor affected by the material of the conductor.
5:03 when the smile is also golden... or my screen did that for me
"I bet this is what royal peanut butter looks like" -Linus 2017
XRandomXManX TH-camr I can solve you
HY610 ticked, but says HY600 on the front, you know this is going to be a good review...
thats why it's ticked. Manufacturers who sell bulk items will sometimes have a single package for things in the same series, like this hy600 series thermal grease.
You will find they are all hy600, with the line item ticked like it showed (610,620, etc).... So this is the hy600 range, there might well be an HY700 range for all we know.
yup, just like graphics card drivers, you download gtx1000 series drivers, not gtx1070 or gtx1050 drivers
Not really the best example comparing software to physical bulk production, but your point still stands.
I'd like to think it just as an another form of bulk production
Hello Linus, Nice video. Perhaps you can also compare the low cost non brand thermal compounds also basically are found with non brand CPU coolers
1:25 I watch the video just in 2019 for the first time. This video is from 2017 and Linus is still alive😂😂😊🤣🤣
So now what to do with it? Oh wait -> ChannelSuperFun :D
basjesch what the fuck would you do for fun with a tub of thermal compound? Shit I'm confused
I don't know but i'm sure they can think of something ;)
Zack 2 boys 1 tub ;)
Lube. Clearly.
If you can't think of a way ChannelSuperFun could use a tub of thermal compound, then you might have a rather dull and uninspiring imagination.
Is that basically just copper dust suspended in oily gel?
Yup. It's called anti-seize.
It's typically used on fasteners so they don't break off when you're trying to unscrew them. I'm not sure if they still do but Glock at one point used it for lubrication on thei pistols from the factory.
i think its copper grease for lubrication
If it were just copper dust I'd bet it would do better.
I used it when installing torque-to-yield head bolts in engines. I think Linus got scammed.
Well I think that was the shortest straight-to-the-point video I've ever seen on this channel 🤜🏽🤛🏼🤣
Because it is supposed to be used for transistor amplifiers or triac switches cooling where high performance heat conductivity is not required but bigger packages come in handy for those applications
Of course the bulk grease will be worse as it has lower thermal conductivity, you could have checked before buying and tried to buy something with similar thermal conductivity.
Linus, read this comment. I demand it.
bar10005 yup, even on the tub, it shows he bought the crappiest one from the range.
USE THE BEST ONE
he also specifically said there wasn't a lot of info on the amazon page
wat? he use the worst one, look at 1:43 and see
Looks like basic copper grease in fancy stupid packaging.
At best it's high quality copper grease with a smaller particle size
I'm too high on alcohol wipes to google numbers but I'm sure we can all agree my subjective opinions on this are pretty much fact.
Tsf Phi was thinking it looked like copper anti-seize also.
Aaron Hall now we need to try copper AS for thermal compound. i have some in the garage...
Chubbysumo let's try loctite super glue too
No, this is the internet, nothing is a fact, there are only opinions and those aren't allowed.
ltt comments is best comments
"Linus 1972-2019"
2019: Thinking about retiring
He really do be looking younger than what his age implies tho
@@a.s.5740 He truly does if he's actually born at 1972. He's older than my parents and I'm 25 years old this year(1974 and 1975 respectively). I always thought he was in his 30s, perhaps even early 30s. To think he's actually in his late 40s at 2020. Crazy. He must be half-asian. Will that mean he might, all of a sudden, look 80 years old overnight someday?
@UnhandledException yeah he wasnt he just turned thirty a few years ago. I think Taran is just fucking with everyone
Seregosa Bro you’ve been implying waaaaaaaay too much. You could’ve just looked at Wikipedia
Happy New Year LTT
That stuff looks like automotive copper anti seize.
Pacific Northwest Customs I was thinking that too
Been using it for years lol
that is what I thought 2
Just think ten years down the road his cpu wont be seized to the cooler
it is :P
Linus can't be 45-years-old.
Zacmanman is he really? i thought he was like in his early thirties
He was born in 1986. Editors be trollin
The video lists his birth year as 1972. Maybe it's a joke.
Ok, so I'm not the only one who let out a wtf?
He's around 28, if I remember correctly
Just here checking in. He’s still kicking!
This Thermal Paste/ Grease would be very good for a tech store that repairs computers, like a tech enthusiast that runs a small buisness of repairng computers so that stuff wouldn't be that bad for that cause. It's not good for gaming but for regular use it's more that enough, it's not the best but it definetly beats the crap out of the most pre-applied thermal paste. Maybe that's why they made it. I don't think it's bad but just not "used" right.
Even for gaming. C'mon, 6 degrees is almost nothing. I have a 2500k@4.6Ghz at 60 full on Artic Silver. With these cheap thermal compounds i have 70 or little more. But with a 1,99$ here in Brazil I have 50g easily!
Rodrigo Mendes Well good for you that you can get 50g of some high-end thermal paste for 1.99$ because we in Europe nor America/Canada can't. 5g is around 5€/$.
Rodrigo Mendes And you shouldn't keep your CPU at those temperatures, 2nd gen wasn't made to run at temperatures above 70c
@@tw1st3d35 No, mate, 1,99$ for cheap thermal like this one that Linus show. Mine 2500k was running since 2011 at 90 degrees (now i have CM 212). So i'm pretty sure that 70 degrees talking is pure bullshit. Just like these PSU recommendations from nVidia and AMD or RIG recomendations from publishers. On CPU case, specially because stock cooler box was never capable to achieve less than 75 degrees on temperate countries like mine. What is really now is this chart below.
Intel Temperature Limits
Type Sandy Bridge
Max 98C
Throttle 93C+
Optimal 85C-
Min -50C
You can see that this is right because above 100 degrees is when CPU start to throttle.
@@rodrigomendes3327 pretty sure around 100 degrees it will start to burn or smoke that is if we are talking in metric
"24 carats of thermal paste" No Linus it's not how that works
Might be, that would put it at 4.8g.
Krzysiek Benc bizarrely enough, that is how it works. 24 carats is 4.8 grams. They also sell 7 carat, which is 1.4 grams. Same paste, just different volume.
Stewart Post mass*
But that *is* how it works. 1 carat = 0.2 grams.
Carat is a measure of mass used mostly for jewelry (gold, silver, gems, ...) so yeah that is the way it works
Those tools on the wall... they don't seem computer related...
HAMMER 4 LIFE
LinusPhysicalTestTips
I see you have not been acquainted with the art of percussion maintenance.
When you have a pretty troublesome problem, You can always depend on the programming hammer and the variable readjustment wrench to knock them 1's and 0's back in line.
If you have sensitive information on a device that is particularly resilient to this treatment, the permanent process termination cutters are the top choice tool for any professional that is considering putting it into retirement. ;)
They use them on computers.
Radiator not staying in place? drill it.
Not fitting into place? Hammer is great for that.
Something is not sliding smooth? Flex it.
Yep LMG is a great place to learn how to carefully handle hardware!
Zcooger Second Channel I actually did saw off part of my case to fit my card in. when the mobo wills it but the frame doesnt? Saw.
I have a ~14-15 yr old tube of Arctic Silver 5 that I use off and on, I just don't build enough PCs to need a ton of this stuff. Used it this Spring on a build, performs just like day 1.
I make industrial grade oil drilling grease for a living and I can safely say that looks like something I make. I can definitely say the color is from the copper flake in it, and the fact that oil has separated out is a pretty typical problem of any grease. Of course with copper it makes it highly conductive. So yeah copper grease. Not thermal compound.
im pretty sure that thermal compound is not meant for pc processors. im pretty sure its meant for large industrial heatsinks on things like transformers where you need to literally paint it on.
The packaging label did specifically say it was for CPU, VGA and so on. So... no. ;)
eBay is currently full of "1000W LED grow lights" that are $150 and 30x20cm. Another example.
+Gatewayuser200
The twist at the end gets you my like
Gatewayuser200 Clive, is that you?
Also USB flash drives that are advertised at a much greater storage capacity than they actually provide.
"A paper towel, rubbing, alcohol, and a computer" - LinusSexTips 2017
Wait.. now is 2019
R.I.P Linus
2020 now beotch, get with the times old man
he lives
@@2thpaste may he has a dubber or some shit
2020 dude
TBH Synergy low key works great. got it for my desktop and laptop and love it. thanks linus..
3:54 Thermal grease is NOT thermal paste for CPU's it's for lubricating while having thermal transfering.
Thermal grease is synonymous with thermal paste. And it is for CPUs. From the Amazon description: "Apply to CPU, VGA, LED, Chipset and other PC components"
It looks pretty much like the copper paste, which is used for lubricating.
To my knowledge, it is used as a thermal resistant lubricant.
I use it to lubricate certain components of my brake system.
yes it looks like copper grease, used to lubricate cylinder head bolts prior to installation, brake parts and other auto parts that get hot
But that's where you're wrong, Dan. Thermal Grease and thermal paste are two words for the same exact thing - Further shown by the fact that the labels even say so.
Look it up...
+Sakkura Don't believe what Amazon sellers put in their descriptions. There are people on there that would sell you a donky as a horse if they could
HI Linus,
some time ago, you've asked us for advice on what new material you should bring in the show, and I have it.
Call it "trade little secrets", where you should discuss all the small and peculiar findings and tips regarding PC's in general.
Things that help you when you do something, easiest ways to do it, best materials/and so on.
I hope this comment finds you. Likes would help, so please like it! :)
Warm regards to everyone!
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Little tech tips
Love the pulse way ad that linus starred in befor the video loaded 😂 double linus for half the price
Imagine rgb thermal compound. My god.
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"Do we have anything to apply this thermal to the CPU?"
"Well, I have this little stick from a Dunkaroos that I didn't use."
I could see this stuff actually having a use in something like a a storage server application where they are running xeon processors and the loads aren't insane, I know this is a use for it because it is what is used in the storage servers of most NSW schools
I usually have 2 sets of thermal paste; cheap low quality stuff (I've got some hy510 here @ 1.93W/mk) and some higher quality stuff like kryonaut or mx4. I save the better stuff until i need it, but most of the time the cheapo stuff does the job just fine and it costs almost nothing. As long as temps remain in spec and lower than the thermal margin, its not a problem.
I'd like to see Linus cosplay Peanut Butter Baby in this stuff
Bungo YT He would probably get a full body rash.
At least he'd be cool :')
Mayonnaise is better than certain thermal paste
Super glue is way better.
I actually tried Nutella, my CPU reached almost 100°C...
It was peanut butter
I thought mayonnaise was an instrument tho
Uncle Quacker
you made me quac... laugh. You made me laugh.
Thank you, Linus for buying it. It saved me $90. 😀
I already bought hy510 and regret it 😭
Datasheets exist for a reason - You can buy anything in bulk - including quality products... but you need to check and make sure what you bought is what you wanted. As for the shelf life... put it in the fridge and you can fix that problem. Get a non silicone thermal grease with the highest heat conductivity you can find, that is rated for the temps you intend to run at.
4:30 Well thats a good reason not to get the white colour
Thermal Cumpound
did you check if it spread correctly?
Yeah... That is what I expected too. The inconvenience of not having it in a tube. Why did Linus not comment on that, and why did he not use the small pea or rice grain sized blob in the middle. I mean, they did a video about it! If half the area have to conduct heat through air, no wonder!
Yeah, I think I'd have gone for an old-school full spread with that stuff. Realistically, though, if you were actually gonna use goop from a tub like that, you'd be better off just loading it into a syringe for daily use. But we don't expect that sort of forethought from Linus. :)
My thoughts exactly. Let's do something in an inferior way and then insult the product! Yeah, that MUST be the problem here!
They have an earlier video where they show that it makes little difference how you apply thermal compound.
Correct. The how doesn't matter. But you still need to use enough thermal paste ^^
It’s now 2019. Linus is going to die in a thermal compound related “accident”.
More thermal paste tests!!!
looks like rebranded copper lubricant
KY Brand Thermal Compound, for when you just need to reduce the friction and heat, there is no substitute
Did anyone else notice that on the container it says HY600 but on the side, it's checked off as HY610?
I would assume it means it's HY600 series. x10, x20, x30, x50 would indicate different versions of the HY600 series.
1:27 linus is edging up to fifty years? he looks great