thermal pad vs thermal paste....

[fkdup74]

having a discussion in soulseek....
help teh cause

thermal pad vs thermal paste for CPUs
pros & cons, which is better, etc.

plz & TY

[clocker]

While I'm sure it's possible to develop a high quality thermal pad, I have yet to see it.
Thermal paste is where the good stuff ends up.

Paste>pads.

[Storm]

paste is better as a cooler......... pads are cheaper.........

paste will get you a couple of degrees improvement........

pads are easier to apply (just stick em on), while paste can be quite a hassle to get it in a thin layer (in my experience)

[Formula1]

I think thermal paste works alot better than thermal pad. It ensures better/more contact between the hsf and the cpu. My original atlhon with the stock hsf had higher temps, compared to the one i have now.

[bigdawgfoxx]

I always use paste

[GepperRankins]

pate fills our gOP SO YOU GET UBER COAVER AGE. BICANT IMAGINBR THAT EFFUACIANCY FROM ASLOIC :BKINL@

[clocker]

Definitely.

[zapjb]

Pads never have to be reapplied. Paste, I've heard it's recommended to reapply every so often.

[GepperRankins]

i meant paste fills out so you get coverage, therefore, i imagine it's more efficiant

[fkdup74]

Pads never have to be reapplied. Paste, I've heard it's recommended to reapply every so often.

never? never ever?
ok, back to the point I raised with jonno in slsk,
after he tried pullin this number on me:

[studly] other puter same spec as mine with good pad runs at 28c
[fkdup74] i doubt that seriously

my question.....if pads were so great, and I doubt they are,
(I tend to lean clocker's way on this, as he/she works in a shop,
and no doubtedly sees more of this in a week than most of us do in a year)
how would paste even find a place on shops' shelves?
it just wouldn't sell, at all, except maybe for system testing

and, you cant re-use a pad, that's bad practice
where as if you have a tube of paste,
you uncap the tube, re-apply a layer of paste, done
don't have to be a 10-15 dollar tube of AS5
can be a 3-5 dollar tube of the ole silicone paste
(in fact I havent really found AS5 to be that great)