How good is thermal epoxy?

[Cawchy87]

I want to put a larger hsf on my vid card, but don't really want to drill holes for it. Since it is epoxy i would assume that it would stay on no matter what. But how effeciantly does it transfer heat?

Thanks for replies!

 

[zephyrprime]

More efficiently than grease in tests but not by a whole lot.

Maybe you should just buy a video card HSF.

 

[sharkeeper]

It can be very efficient and quite close to paste based TIM's. Beware that it is quite permanent!

You can read more here.

Cheers!

 

[Cawchy87]

Originally posted by: zephyrprime
More efficiently than grease in tests but not by a whole lot.

Maybe you should just buy a video card HSF.

Thats no fun!

Thanks sharkeeper for that link. This stuff is seriously dangerous... cool! I am going to try to track down a friend with a drill press, but after that i guess this is my next option.

Thanks for the replies!