The Secret of Testing Thermal Paste

Check out the GN Factory Tour at Thermal Grizzly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsIk_mMrt2w --------------------------------------------------------- Music / Credits: Outro: 1998 Beats - Strange Things --------------------------------------------------------- Paid content in this video: - / Samples used in this video: - / der8auer Advertisement Policy: https://der8auer.com/advertisement-policy/ der8auer Sample Policy: https://der8auer.com/sample-policy/ --------------------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:58 Why do we test our own thermal pastes? 2:23 The TIM tester 3:47 Testing the ageing behavior of thermal compound 4:38 The 5 important factors in testing 6:51 The temperature delta in practice 9:22 Layer thickness vs thermal conductivity 11:20 The problem with comparing pastes 13:23 The layer thickness in direct die 14:28 The TG Putty Pro in the test 15:57 Summary/conclusion 16:40 Disclaimer on different test scenarios 18:06 Outro