Thermalright released a new type of thermal pad aimed at taking all the hassle out of applying thermal paste to a CPU. Rather than a tube of paste, Heilos is a 0.2mm-thick pad of thermal compound that ...

I have a self-built AMD Athlon machine running at 1.1Ghz. I originally used the thermal pad and fan that came with the CPU, but I'm finding that the box runs a little too hot for me.<BR>I've purchased ...

Carbice, a thermal interface material company, is showing off a cutting-edge thermal pad design at CES 2026, which it claims will last for the life of a device with no degradation. Thermal pads have ...

TL;DR: Carbice's Ice Pad, a carbon nanotube-based thermal pad, has just been announced, and it's now available in prebuilt systems from CyberPowerPC - as a premium upgrade option. Hopefully it won't ...

The thermal paste sits between your CPU's IHS and the cooler's heatsink to facilitate thermal conduction. It's also needed to fill the microscopic gaps between the two seemingly smooth surfaces to ...

For years the PC building community has argued over the correct method of applying thermal paste. Some parties insist on using a pea-sized dot, while others favor a more elaborate application with ...

In this guide, we'll guide you through the wonderful world of thermal paste, or thermalinterface material (TIM). We'll show you how to apply thermal paste in its various different forms, using ...

Gaming laptops run hot, and too much heat isn't good for performance. In order to fix this problem, I've wasted more money on laptop cooling pads than I'd care to admit. I've tried cooling pads with ...