Re: Add metal in thermal paste?
2020/10/25 19:30:00
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I'm assuming you're asking because you already have a ceramic paste? The problem I see is you're likely to dry out the compound when adding a metal powder, and my guess is it will end up hurting performance more than helping once you add an appreciable amount of it. Of course if you try it be sure to post how it goes, there might be a sweet spot if you get the ratio right.
The non-ceramic TIMs already use very precise metal ratios, der8auer discussed some of the details about this in some Thermal Grizzly Q&A video. They saw worse thermal dissipation fairly quickly, and after a certain point one might as well just go liquid metal.
Have water, will cool.