October 1, 2025Oct 1 Got a scare with a BSOD the other day on my 5 year old system. See sig. Tried a few time restarting but as soon as there was any load BSOD. Looking at HWMonitor I could see that one core in particular was spiking to 93C I though that was the end of my system CPU! I uploaded the Crash dump file to Grok and it suggested it was almost certainly TIM degradation. Sure enough I redid the TIM and problem solved. Grok tell me you need to change that stuff every 2 to 3 years I use Coollaboraties Liquid Pro. I had CPU Max Temp set to 93 in my Bios so at least I got a warning! I though CPU TIM was once and done for the life of the system. NO SO! Check your TIM !🧐 Intel Core i9-10900K at 5.2GHz, Corsair H115i PRO, ASUS MAXIMUS XII HERO Z490, G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 15-16-16-36, ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090, SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2 2280 1TB x 3, Corsair HX Series HX1000 Watt PSU, Pimax Crystal LIght.
October 1, 2025Oct 1 No paste is lifetime. If you want a solution thats lifetime get a Thermal Grizzly Kryosheet thermal pad. Pete Richards I've owned every version of flight simulator since Flight Simulator 3.0 in 1988. Windows 11 Pro loaded on a 4TB Gen5 Crucial T700 SSD, 4TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD, Ryzen 9 7950x3d, AS Rock X670e Taichi Motherboard, Gigabyte Gaming RTX 4090 OC 24GB, 64GB (2x32GB) Viper Venom DDR5-6000MT/s, MSI 32" MAG 321UPX QD-OLED 260hz 4K Gaming Monitor.
October 1, 2025Oct 1 Author 13 hours ago, YukonPete said: No paste is lifetime. If you want a solution thats lifetime get a Thermal Grizzly Kryosheet thermal pad. Well with Coollaboratory Liquid Pro I'm looking at ~80C max on all cores locked to 5.2ghz for a full 1 hour CPU:OCCT run with Large Data set. That's with a H115i pro direct to die. I don't think that would be possible with a Thermal Grizzly Kryosheet thermal pad. Thermal Grizzly Kryosheet thermal pad: ~8–12 W/m·K Coollaboratory Liquid Pro: ~32–80 W/m·K Liquid Pro at its worst is way better than Kryosheet thermal pad at its best. Edited October 1, 2025Oct 1 by FBW737 Intel Core i9-10900K at 5.2GHz, Corsair H115i PRO, ASUS MAXIMUS XII HERO Z490, G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 15-16-16-36, ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090, SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2 2280 1TB x 3, Corsair HX Series HX1000 Watt PSU, Pimax Crystal LIght.
October 2, 2025Oct 2 There is too much downside to liquid metal for me. The couple of degrees I might gain on cooling are not worth the potential risk of the liquid metal getting loose on my MB especially since it is electrically conductive and corrosive. I Earned My Spurs in Vietnam
October 3, 2025Oct 3 If I use liquid metal, its the best... Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut. And only for delidding. Love their products, the liquid metal, and I have their delidding tool and a combo contact frame IHS that's excellent. That's for the 14900K. For conventional TIM I use Noctua NT-H2 Or NT-H1, both are very good and easy to spread. NT-H2 lasts 5 years or more. I've never had an issue with TIM degrading because the cooler is off for upgrades before then. The new Thermal Grizzly Duronaut is supposed to be good. Supposed to be good for longevity and resists pump-out. Edited October 3, 2025Oct 3 by martin-w
January 5Jan 5 PTM 7950 for the win: https://www.igorslab.de/en/overhyped-honeywell-ptm7950-in-lab-test-and-as-game-changer-for-graphics-cards/ Have it on my 9800X3D and I dont think I will ever be bothered to change it until I anyway get a new CPU. Super easy to install. Greetings, Chris AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 2x32GB DDR5 6000MT/s RAM, MSI RTX 4090 Ventus 3X, Windows 11 Home, MSFS2024
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