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CPU/Component Cooling Visit#: 24610 Post Date: 2004-04-25 22:03:23 Why do I only need to apply a thin layer of thermal paste?

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Thin is in! No we're not talking about weightloss, we're talking about thermal paste. Everyone advocates applying a thin layer of paste, but why? The reason is actually quite simple. The idea for a thermal interface (like thermal paste) isn't really to transfer heat from the CPU to the heatsink. Now right about now you're probably thinking "this guy is crazy". All I'm saying, is that the thermal interface is merely there to facilitate the heat transfer; remove the inefficiencies, let's say. Read on to see what I mean.
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