A comprehensive comparison of myriad TIM compounds. Find out what paste is best for your CPU as we help separate the wheat ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Thermal paste doesn't get much love in PC builds -- until something overheats, that is. It's the thin, forgettable layer between your ...

Carbice, a thermal interface material company, is showing off a cutting-edge thermal pad design at CES 2026, which it claims ...

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Too hot to handle Igor's Lab investigated community feedback that some owners of GeForce RTX 40 series AIB cards are hitting hotspot temperatures of 100° C after a few months of operating within ...

In context: One of the oldest debates among PC builders concerns the correct or most effective way to apply thermal paste. A single blob, multiple blobs, a cross, or a butter spread? Igor's Lab ...

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If you run a computer without thermal compound on the processor, you could soon be in the market for a new processor. Thermal compound, also known as thermal paste and thermal grease, is a material ...