Can I make my own Thermal Epoxy by mixing super glue with thermal paste?

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aznmist

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Can I make my own Thermal Epoxy by mixing super glue with thermal paste?
Shoud I?
 
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ZeroBurn

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it... doesn't quite work that way :) thermal epoxy is a much more complex solution then just "sticky stuff" and "heat stuff", you're highly not likely to cook up some good epoxy in your kitchen lab. don't go cheap when you're talking about cooling your systems, i'd splurge and go for the artic silver epoxy, you won't regret it.
 
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aznmist

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What would happend if i did it anyways? Don't want to wait for Artic Silver epoxy nor spend anymore money >_<
 
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tweakr

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Rather than mixing the two of them, apply thermal paste to the chip, leaving the corners clear. Put a small dot of superglue on each corner, and apply plenty of pressure to the heatsink as u apply it to the chip. WARNING - this will make the heatsink a permanant fixture of the card, only do it if you're sure u ain't gonna need that warranty :).

cheers
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tweakr

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Yes, but super GLUE does *actually* glue stuff, and is intended as a one-use thing, ie for something that's never supposed to be dis-assembled. Small dots of superglue rather than a large patch of epoxy MAY be easier to remove, but i'd still not like to try it! The chip itself is very strongly attached to the board, but the amount of force u may have to put in to remove the heatsink would make it quite possible that you'd damage a trace with a slipped knife/screwdriver/whatever you're trying to remove the heatsink with.

cheers
tweakr
 
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smp

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HAH! Toronto!!! Jebus! Everyone is asking all my questions for me tonight.. I have no idea, but I sure would like to know. It's funny.. we have a jewellery shop here at school, and I was thinking about bringing in all my old CDN silver quarters.. melting them down and making my own damn heatsink... it would look good eh? Real silver heatsink.. We could get together and start a heatsink/fan/epoxypaste company.. work out of your kitchen.. :)
 
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smp

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cavingjan

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Soemthing else to consider and since I'm sitting in a hotel and don't have a tube of the good stuff in my briefcase I'll ask: What is the suitable temperature range of superglue? Will the heat from your chip cook the stuff? From past experience, superglue seemed like a pretty good thermal insulator but that was from a project in college years ago.
 
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tweakr

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Most &quot;normal&quot; superglue (ie cyanoacrylate) is rated to temperatures somewhere in the 80-100c range, meaning that it should suffice for any component in a typical PC, save perhaps the warm side of a badly cooled peltier :). For the task of attaching a heatsink to a Vid card, it will more than suffice, since if you are merely supergluing the corners, then you are not putting it on the hottest part of the chip (which tends to be the centre of the chip).

cheers
tweakr
 
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vulpeculla

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Superglue can be easily removed with Nail polish remover or Acetone. If you have glued the corners only, you can paint a little bit of it on the area which should infiltrate sufficiently and allow you to remove it.
So if you were that guy in the &quot;Super Glue commercials&quot; wearing a steel helmet glued to an I-beam 80 stories high during construction and someone dabbed a little bit of acetone on your glued surface, you would be SOL.
hehehehehe
 
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