You could soon get to use something other than messy thermal compound for CPUs and GPUs.
Sony recently demonstrated a thermal sheet, which the company claims is matching paste in thermal performance, but besting it in lifetime.
Called EX20000C, the sheet was shown at Techno-Frontier 2012 in Tokyo last week, where the paste kept a CPU at a stable 53 degrees Celsius, and the thermal sheet kept it at 50 degrees Celsius. There was no information on the processor used in the demonstration.
According to Sony, the sheet is between 0.3 and 2.0mm thick and features a thermal resistance of 0.4-0.2K·cm2/W. Sony has offered thermal pads for some time, such as the EX50000, which, however, cannot match the performance of thermal paste.
"The EX20000C is the first sheet that has such a low thermal resistance," the company said, according to an article published by Tech-On.
There was no information when the EX20000C could become commercially available.
Not just. Everyone but extreme overclockers or people who want to get dirty would use it. I have applied the paste tons of times and all successful and yielded good results but it's just messy and you have to watch for bubbles etc. With product like Sony's I think my life would be much easier. Need to have a look at it first but I do like the idea.
My moto is simple - if it works within 5-10% margin of best product and is much easier to use - it IS the best product.
That sounds quite biased to me, the research can lean either way, but AS5 is always up there.
No it's not! It's not the best around, but it's still rather good.
Beats the orange/red thing stock on coolers, beats the white discount stuff and is on par with zalman or other quality products.
I prefer arctic ceramic though, although I'm using mx3 at the moment.
Not just. Everyone but extreme overclockers or people who want to get dirty would use it. I have applied the paste tons of times and all successful and yielded good results but it's just messy and you have to watch for bubbles etc. With product like Sony's I think my life would be much easier. Need to have a look at it first but I do like the idea.
My moto is simple - if it works within 5-10% margin of best product and is much easier to use - it IS the best product.
And if a few degrees difference will make or break your rig, it's time to look way beyond thermal paste.
"Enthusiasts" need to read this: http://www.dansdata.com/goop.htm
I'll stay with my Arctic Cooling MX-4 (which is THE best thermal paste in the entire world, right now), thank you very much.
not sure why you got downgraded as you are spot on. Thermal paste is an insulator, not a conductor! It is ONLY used to get the tiny air pockets out from between the 2 sheets of metal, and to distribute the heat load more evenly on the heat sink.
In a normal rig, the 2-6*c difference between stock and quality paste really means nothing in the long run. Quality pastes will keep from caking longer, which is nice, but we are talking in the range of 8-12 years... even the cheap stuff will last much longer than your average game rig does before becoming obsolete (2-5 years).
But at the same time... thermal paste is cheap. When building a $500-1500 rig, why not spend an extra $5-10 on something 'special'? And that tube will last you just about forever (I am still working on my as5 tube I purchased some ~6 years ago).
Like others mentioned, I would like to read a full review of the final product.
Sounds like a cleaner solution and less of a headache to deal with if you have to remove/replace the CPU cooler for some reason or another.