Graphite Thermal Pad – Permanent Replacement for Thermal Paste/Grease(40x40mm 2-Pack)

Amazing product for transferring heat from one source to another. I am running this in 2 computers and the results have been amazing. One of the PC's is a i9 14900k @ 6ghz and it keeps the temperatures under 80c under a heavy load and idles @ 30c while air cooled with a Corsair air cooler. I've used this for weeks before making the review. Going forward, all pc's I build for anyone I care about will use these. I have reapplied this to the same cpu with a different cooler and the process was simple as it doesn't adhere to any surface. You just pick it up and re use it like it was new. This product is conductive so its of dire importance to make sure that it doesn't move during installation or touch any other components.

What's your use case? MAXMIMUM performance with a TIM that won't dry out? These may not be in your interest with caveats. Consider similar graphENE products. Graphene thermal sheets are more performant, but WAY more brittle. I can not stress just how unsubstantial they are. Those products CAN be reused, and I have - but not without loss of material. Something which can also be terribly nerve wracking as the flakes are electrically conductive. Personally, I will not use them again, even where performance is a concern. ESPECIALLY if you have a cooler that can twist on its mounts. On the other hand, are you interested in potentially swapping coolers or hardware with some degree of frequency? Do you want some sort of TIM that does not require cleaning? These graphITE pads are what you are interested in. In my experience these are sufficient to cool anything at stock clocks, even up to maximum PBO2 boosts for recent Zen processors. Though it should be noted that added efficiency could realize better power USE. Further, these graphITE pads re much more resilient. Mind, these are ALSO electrically conductive, but show FAR less tendency to flake or fall apart, making the matter less concerning. I'll be using these thermal pads in most situations going forward. Mind the dimensions. In my case AM4 platforms have a 32mmx32mm IHS (integrated Head Spread), and while it would be recommended to use 32-33m thermal sheets, Ryzen IHS are slightly concave, making these 30mm squares 'fit' somewhat better in the recessed region of the IHS. For R7 platforms, or anyone interested in undervolting, these will suffice, and hold up better without the uneven pressure from an uneven IHS. If you need to be running R9s at full capacity, consider 32+mm sheets; you can always clip them down to size, including the corners to better fit the recess.

The thermal conductivity of these graphite pads aren't impressive when it comes to z-axis heat transfer (from the heat source to the heat sink), but they are extremely impressive when it comes to the x/y-axis heat transfer. I'm using this pad on a Ryzen 9 5950X and Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black heat sink and temps are identical to Arctic Silver 5 (20°C ambient, 32°C idle, 65°C load). I've been building PCs for over 20 years, thermal paste application is second nature to me. These pads have truly changed the game, at least in my eyes. The main benefit is for the newer Ryzen CPUs that have the CCX dies offset and not centered to the IHS. Most heat sinks are slightly concave and focus mounting pressure on the center of your CPU IHS. You can tell by putting your heat sink on a flat surface and see if it spins freely. These pads help transfer the heat from the sides of the IHS to the heat sink better than paste would. Stating the obvious here, these pads are reusable and require no cleaning after using them. They make testing heat sinks (and AIOs) so much easier since there is no thermal paste to clean up afterwards. They are safe to use on the IHS as well as the bare die if you want to use it on a GPU. I won't say it's perfect... because it's not. These pads have a specific use case scenario. While they do have a good thermal conductivity, that rating goes down the higher the temps get. As such, this pad will NOT perform as good as thermal paste if you're constantly running +85°C temps, making it a terrible choice if you are overclocking. I personally only use the PBO settings on my AMD CPUs and it handles the heat load just fine. I bought this from my local Microcenter because I was sick of wasting thermal paste when swapping between CPUs (troubleshooting). When I saw how great the temps were, I bought the two-pack from Amazon to make the swap on other machines too. Great stuff, I just wish I bought into it sooner.

Going to start using this instead. No mess and very easy to set up. Although there around a 4 degree difference with this lad and paste. This works like a decent paste. You can get cooler but for not having a mess and cleaning up. This is the way all the way. Happy with set up and content with cooling

In use on many machines for many years. Never any thermal issues. Identical performance to pastes. Simple to install and can be re-used. Can be cut to size if needed.

Works extremely well, the 40x40mm size is perfect for AMD AM4 processors. Since it's not a paste, there is no worry of it drying out over time, and it transmits heat to the Heatsink very well. And the fact that you no longer need to clean up Thermal paste if you need to remount a cooler or change CPU's is a godsend. The pads are easy to apply, make sure the CPU IHS surface is clean and dry. Place the pad on top using a pair of flat tweezers. And then, mount the CPU cooler, using the same tightening procedure you would for paste.. I recommend having any backplate or bracket changes done before applying the pad. The fact that this is a 2-pack adds quite a bit of value, as similar products cost the same amount or more for a single pad.

Very great buy. The best purchase i ever made so far. Works very similar to thermal paste. Managed to bring down my CPU temp 20 degrees celsius when gaming.

The graphite thermal cooling strip works and does lower measured CPU temperatures. It is as good as all the positive reviews online and superior to thermal paste. It should be a standard part of all PCs instead of paste I reckon.

este producto realmente funciona y demuestra lo que promete en su calidad y eficiensia, al uso que se necesite para el equipo en el que desea instalar, resolvio mi problema de enfriamiento de mi ps4 al 100% lo recomiendo totalmente.

Amazing thermal pad. Works better than thermal paste... 100% recommended

Oggetto sicuramente innovativo e adatto a chi vuole cambiare spesso il processore del suo PC (infatti è riutilizzabile). Devo dire che fa il suo lavoro in maniera eccellente, anche se non è efficace come la pasta termica. Considerato il costo e la riusabilità, l'oggetto vale sicuramente la pena di provarlo. La mia perplessità nasce dal fatto che la pasta termica, essendo molle e non rigida, riesce ad eliminare eventuali micro bolle d'aria che si creano (anche solo per una leggera imperfezione del dissipatore e della protezione della CPU o GPU da raffreddare) rendendo la dissipazione più sicura. Per il resto, le temperature sono ottime e il prodotto svolge bene la sua mansione. Arrivato con Prime in ritardo (Amazon sta usando corrieri proprietari non affidabili) ma comunque senza problemi. Consigliatissimo.