Can we use Toothpaste??

[n4v1n]

Hi Guys,

I was wondering, Can we use Toothpaste (BIG TIME LOL) as a Thermal Paste as in many factors, They are the same.

 

[rds1220]

Hi Guys,

I was wondering, Can we use Toothpaste (BIG TIME LOL) as a Thermal Paste as in many factors, They are the same.

You can use whatever you want, you can use cement for all I care but it's not recommended. Use thermal paste it's what is suppose to be used and it works the best.

 

[Jim_L9]

You might be able to use toothpaste to polish the bottom of a CPU heatsink, but that is about it.

 

[dodger46]

Unless you got SILVER in your toothpaste...

 

[djscribbles]

Be sure to get the kind with little beads of mouthwash or the kind with flakes of listerine strips if you must.

edit: (This was a joke)

 

[Supermuncher85]

Answer found here: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/printpage/Thermal-Compound-Roundup-October-2011/1396

 

[T_T]

Yes. Use Colgate, though. Any other brand simply won't do. And while you're at it, get a H100 and put some Listerine in that bad boy.

 

[nbelote]

Make your CPU chew Orbit gum, for a good clean feeling.

 

[mousseng]

From the chart that Supermuncher linked, it seems you'd be better off using mayonnaise rather than toothpaste.

 

[Onus]

Answer found here: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/printpage/Thermal-Compound-Roundup-October-2011/1396

The only intelligent answer in this post; I remember reading this. Yes, apparently it works, for a while anyway. Notice it degrades though, even in as little as 12 hours. It might be something you could use on a stock system for the time it takes to get some real TIM. Incidentally, Radio Shack carries a number of good pastes, including AS5. Their prices are a little higher than online of course, but there's no shipping cost, and no waiting.

 

[n4v1n]

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