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I read that toothpaste makes the best thermal paste. Is that a joke? Has it been tried?

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yes, it is a joke. i can't remember where it came from, some joke review where they put tons of home products on a cpu to see which was best, i can't remember which one won.

if i am wrong, someone correct me.


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I remember seeing vegemite in that test....I think it won.


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I wouldn't put it on a CPU, but It's the best CD cleaner I've ever come across.


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I've got a friend who actually put it on their teeth!

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Some say toothpaste is also good for burns.. Also not true at all (actually can make things complicated as it hardens and sticks to the skin.. . - get some ice or cold water on burns asap and seek medical help..
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I think I'll stick to AS5 for the time being....


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on burns or cpu's :p


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I heard toothpaste is also a good sexual lubricant...........

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Ironnads wrote :

Some say toothpaste is also good for burns.. Also not true at all (actually can make things complicated as it hardens and sticks to the skin.. . - get some ice or cold water on burns asap and seek medical help..
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When I was at a Thanksgiving dinner, my youngest niece burned her fingers on a hot pan. Two doctors that were there both said to put toothpaste on the burns. They were second degree burns, not third degree, which would have been a lot more serious. Anyway, the toothpaste seemed to work well enough.


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Hmm....

Maybe I'll try out my lemon flavored Crest as thermal paste...

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One of the better thermal pastes I've used is "general purpose" lithium grease. It conducts heat well, it has a high enough melting point to survive to the CPU's limit, it's relatively thin, and it can last several years before hardening completely.

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to get the best thermal grease is a trade secret...but ill tell u anyways. You know that geek at your school, the one with those puss pimples? yea thats him! now squeeze his pimple and put the extract on ur cpu. to get the best grease you must bottle it at the source!!! oh yea u can flush his head in the toilet after!


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Yuck...

Don't know about toothpaste, but beer is a great liquid cooling solution. I saw this in a review :)

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Yes,toothpaste as a thermal paste is a joke.

However, little known fact: toothpaste can work wonders at repairing scratched CDs - I've done it myself. Take a little toothpaste, spread it over the scratches on the disk, and clean genlty with an soft cloth. A chemist friend told me it was probably because the hydrated silica crystalizes in the scratch and then refracts light from the CD laser... or something science-y like that.


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uk_gangsta wrote :

I heard toothpaste is also a good sexual lubricant...........




Ohhh that shi t would burn your privates...

I always thought that crunchy peanut butter was the best thermalpaste. HAS to be CRUNCHY though smooth doesnt cut it


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no, it is due to the particles in toothpaste wearing down the thin plastic covering on the cd that protects the actual surface that the laser reads. professionally manufactured cd's are thick enough to be polished like this multiple times but re-writable cd's can't as they have a thiner surface AFAIK.


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chookman wrote :

Ohhh that shi t would burn your privates...

I always thought that crunchy peanut butter was the best thermalpaste. HAS to be CRUNCHY though smooth doesnt cut it



HOW do you know....have you tried it? lol..........

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uk_gangsta wrote :

I heard toothpaste is also a good sexual lubricant...........


I once got some RUB A535 on my balls. Now that burned!

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uk_gangsta wrote :

HOW do you know....have you tried it? lol..........



I assume your asking about the burning on my nuts but ill answer both

Not on the genitals, but i have got some toothpaste in the eye once (an apparent practical joke) and that stung like all hell. I cant imagine it would be better for you shaft or nuts

AND the crunchie peanut butter ive tried... the smell is sensational.


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ctbaars wrote :

I read that toothpaste makes the best thermal paste. Is that a joke? Has it been tried?



As long as you use the cool mint kind your ok. A little known fact is that the cinnamon flavor will actually increase your CPU's temperature.