Liquid metal permanently obfuscates key CPU information that is otherwise visible after cleaning off conventional thermal paste.

Liquid metal permanently obfuscates key CPU information that is otherwise visible after cleaning off conventional thermal paste.

  • frezik@midwest.social
    12·
    2 months ago

    Gallium tends alloy with most other metals by just being near it.

    The bigger problem is application. It’s easy to apply too little and have worse temps, or too much and have it squeezed out. It’s conductive, so squeeze out can be deadly to your build. I won’t touch the stuff anymore.

    • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
      5·
      2 months ago

      Ideally it is just a few minor extra degrees compared to a good regular paste anyway. Really not worth it for most people.

    • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      That’s terrifying. I’m crazy-careful and I know that I would never be able to tell if .0001 ccl leaked out after tightening down the CPU, etc shorting connections…