emergency temporary thermal paste

emperor496 · Dec 22, 2009

hi fellow overclockers..

I want to test my old water block & I dont want to waste my thermal paste, any household material can I use as a thermal paste?. Just for temporary use.

Any suggestion? :shrug:

thanks..

Spawn-Inc · Dec 22, 2009

i've heard several things from tooth paste to grease.

what do you mean by test your old block? if by leaks then you don't need paste and if you mean temps well the lack of thermal paste will hinder that.

just use the old grease if you don't want to 'waste' your current stuff.

Diggrr · Dec 22, 2009

yep, and if it's thermal testing, then you'd need decent paste for the playing field to be level so to speak.
A test ain't a test if it's crippled by the TIM....

Conumdrum · Dec 22, 2009

Paste is cheap. Buy more.

What is your current fav Tpaste? Curious.

emperor496 · Dec 23, 2009

currently using tuniq-tx2.. I'm testing my old block to see if it clogged..

CompuTamer · Dec 23, 2009

If you're just checking to see if it'll cool, then i think toothpaste should work for what you're doing. It's actually a half way decent thermal paste... shouldn't let anything melt

(not reccomending it for long term use haha)

emperor496 · Dec 24, 2009

nor for long term.. maybe i'll run for 5-10 mins.. thanks everyone..

tinymouse2 · Dec 24, 2009

Toothpaste will last about 10 mins before completely drying up.
It's actually a LOT better than any thermal grease you can buy. CPU temp on my old athlon went from 53 under full load down to 44 under full load. Pretty powerful stuff toothpaste =P

But yeh, after 10 mins or possibly up to 20 mins the temps will rapidly start to shoot up to after the 5 min mark have your finger hovering over the power button =)

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