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Improvised Thermal Compound

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tbates757

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Let's say you're in the military and you didn't have access to a computer store or didn't want to wait 3-4 days for thermal compound from Newegg, what is something you could use in it's place?
 
Is that true or are you kidding?

By the way, where is that year or two old roundup of various thermal compounds and household substances and the difference in performance?
 
Originally posted by: tbates757
Let's say you're in the military and you didn't have access to a computer store or didn't want to wait 3-4 days for thermal compound from Newegg, what is something you could use in it's place?
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You are in Las Vegas and can't find a computer store?
 
radio shack has heat sink compound part #276-1372A it will work till you can get some thing better just don't try doing any serious overclocking
 
either just mount the thing directly
or if you are on a military base, maybe a drop of engine oil? (new of couse, and just a very small drop)
 
Originally posted by: FishTankX
Originally posted by: biostud
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The stuff is electrically triggered, to my knowledge. 😉 WOuldn't do much.
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I would never suggest that anything that would blow up his computer, if that was the case I would have suggested gunpowder.



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SERIOUSLY. What you need is heat sink compound. It's a common electronics supply item. It's not just used for computers - it's used to heatsink transistors in radios, power supplies, and all kinds of electronic equipment. Wherever you're stationed there must be someone maintaining the electronics and they should have access to some heat sink compound.

It's basically a high temperature silicon paste.
 
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