1 vs. 10 Thermal Pad: No-Name, IC Graphite, & Carbonaut Pads
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Date: 2020-07-28
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Chris
When it comes to measuring very thin materials and not spending thousands of the best solution might be a dial indicator and a gauge stand with a perfectly flat granite base for the indicator. The 'chepest' of the best 1 micron precision instruments ( 0,00004 inch) are made by Mitutoyo. The set of both pieces (indicator and stand) would run about 600
If additionally You would buy precision parallel blocks You could measure heights bigger than 1 mm (the indicator can only measure differences in height between 0 and 1mm with 1 micron precision)
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When it comes to measuring very thin materials and not spending thousands of the best solution might be a dial indicator and a gauge stand with a perfectly flat granite base for the indicator. The 'chepest' of the best 1 micron precision instruments ( 0,00004 inch) are made by Mitutoyo. The set of both pieces (indicator and stand) would run about 600
If additionally You would buy precision parallel blocks You could measure heights bigger than 1 mm (the indicator can only measure differences in height between 0 and 1mm with 1 micron precision)
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CR055H41RZ
One way you guys might be able to measure the thickness is by cutting the thermal pads to a set known X Y size by cutting them with some set 'cookie-cutter' that would bring them to the same known size - then you could say submerge them in water or something with a very low surface tension and measure the difference in volume and then get the thickness by going back to the Z height from X Y Z = Volume. Might be tricky to get them submerged though, since most thermal pads would probably just float!
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One way you guys might be able to measure the thickness is by cutting the thermal pads to a set known X Y size by cutting them with some set 'cookie-cutter' that would bring them to the same known size - then you could say submerge them in water or something with a very low surface tension and measure the difference in volume and then get the thickness by going back to the Z height from X Y Z = Volume. Might be tricky to get them submerged though, since most thermal pads would probably just float!
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Stefan
I hope your prepared the thermal pads correctly.
1. gather ingredients.
2. preheat computer
3. rinse and dry pad
4. apply generous amount of thermal paste.
5. lay on pan for 60 seconds on medium
6. lay 2nd thermal pad on top
7. flip over after a minute and let sit for another minute to ensure both sides are prepared evenly.
8. cover with foil if needed
9. remove foil until crust is golden brown
10. serve and enjo...... I mean place it in your cpu socket.
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I hope your prepared the thermal pads correctly.
1. gather ingredients.
2. preheat computer
3. rinse and dry pad
4. apply generous amount of thermal paste.
5. lay on pan for 60 seconds on medium
6. lay 2nd thermal pad on top
7. flip over after a minute and let sit for another minute to ensure both sides are prepared evenly.
8. cover with foil if needed
9. remove foil until crust is golden brown
10. serve and enjo...... I mean place it in your cpu socket.
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Sting
Thermal pads have no use in consumer computers. The pads would be used in some specific specification such as military or some highly engineered device for a specific use case. The paste would always be used even if you're simply a shop testing a bunch of things because odds are, they buy a 30g tube of GD900 on alliexpress and never do anything else. The paste is so cheap that even stopping to think about paste costs more than that does.
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Thermal pads have no use in consumer computers. The pads would be used in some specific specification such as military or some highly engineered device for a specific use case. The paste would always be used even if you're simply a shop testing a bunch of things because odds are, they buy a 30g tube of GD900 on alliexpress and never do anything else. The paste is so cheap that even stopping to think about paste costs more than that does.
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CBwardog
Damn Steve I literally just bought thermal pads thermal tape and pure copper to Frankenstein vrm and ddr6 cooling for my reference 5700 with a core waterblock. (Also 2 fans on a pcie mount blowing on the card). I went with the 3.0mm minus 8 pad, kryonaut paste and double sided tintvent thermal tape.
Hoping the extra for the minus 8 pad at 3mm thick was worth it..will build later this week and post bench results on Reddit :D
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Damn Steve I literally just bought thermal pads thermal tape and pure copper to Frankenstein vrm and ddr6 cooling for my reference 5700 with a core waterblock. (Also 2 fans on a pcie mount blowing on the card). I went with the 3.0mm minus 8 pad, kryonaut paste and double sided tintvent thermal tape.
Hoping the extra for the minus 8 pad at 3mm thick was worth it..will build later this week and post bench results on Reddit :D
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Michael
Not sure how well it work on those kinds of materials but a laser gauge might do what you need. Alternatively if you have data sheets on those materials and know the the density you can measure for area, measure the mass, calculate volume from mass and density, and then finally thickness from volume and area. Not as precise but might get you closer to the average thickness compared to calipers.
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Not sure how well it work on those kinds of materials but a laser gauge might do what you need. Alternatively if you have data sheets on those materials and know the the density you can measure for area, measure the mass, calculate volume from mass and density, and then finally thickness from volume and area. Not as precise but might get you closer to the average thickness compared to calipers.
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David
Steve..I wish you would test the Fujipoly Ultra Extreme 17W/mk thermal pads!! I use them ALL the time, on CPU, GPU...dies and chipsets! You can order them from PrimoChill.... And they come as 0.3mm 0.5mm 1.0mm and 1.5mm variants!! Best thing you can ever buy!!
Please test these with the Thermal Vehicle and compare them to the Thermal Grizzly pads!! You won't be DISAPPOINTED
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Steve..I wish you would test the Fujipoly Ultra Extreme 17W/mk thermal pads!! I use them ALL the time, on CPU, GPU...dies and chipsets! You can order them from PrimoChill.... And they come as 0.3mm 0.5mm 1.0mm and 1.5mm variants!! Best thing you can ever buy!!
Please test these with the Thermal Vehicle and compare them to the Thermal Grizzly pads!! You won't be DISAPPOINTED
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Daniel
Would you recommend these products for more modern video game consoles? I'm contemplating opening up some systems like my Xbox 360 to service/clean them. Obviously I'm not actively playing on older consoles, but every few years I get the itch to bust one out. Would these thermal pad products stand the test of time better in this use case?
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Would you recommend these products for more modern video game consoles? I'm contemplating opening up some systems like my Xbox 360 to service/clean them. Obviously I'm not actively playing on older consoles, but every few years I get the itch to bust one out. Would these thermal pad products stand the test of time better in this use case?
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Casey
A good outer diameter Micrometer would be the best thing to measure the thickness of these pads. They generally are the most accurate measuring device before spending an obscene amount of money. My personal favorite brand is Mitutoyo. Most of them have a measurement resolution of .0001 , and accuracy of +/- .0001.
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A good outer diameter Micrometer would be the best thing to measure the thickness of these pads. They generally are the most accurate measuring device before spending an obscene amount of money. My personal favorite brand is Mitutoyo. Most of them have a measurement resolution of .0001 , and accuracy of +/- .0001.
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terminalfx
Try plasti-gauge for measuring thickness in thousandths of an inch. It's an auto mechanic's tool that's been used for decades to measure tolerances inside an internal combustion engine. You're not going to get down to microns, but with a microscope you can measure differences in the crush width below 0.001 .
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Try plasti-gauge for measuring thickness in thousandths of an inch. It's an auto mechanic's tool that's been used for decades to measure tolerances inside an internal combustion engine. You're not going to get down to microns, but with a microscope you can measure differences in the crush width below 0.001 .
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