Graphite Thermal Pad – Permanent Replacement for Thermal Paste/Grease (30 X 30 mm)

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.

Built a system for my Mother using my prior systems parts and don't want to worry about thermal paste drying or thermal pumping out. This appears to be a permanent solution and testing has verified that it performs much more than adequate..4960x (yes....old) lapped to near mirror polishedThermalright Peerless Assasin 120 (how can something be this cheap AND this good?)EVGA RTX 2070 XC Ultra Gaming - Because Mom loves killing zombies! Uhh..no. CPU has no iGPU32GB RAM, ASUS MB, Fractal Design Pop Air caseAnyway....installation is super easy once you put tiny dabs of thermal compound on the processor corners to hold this pad in place. Without the thermal compound - it moves, period - tried 3 times and it just wouldn't stay in place no matter how careful I was. Being as this pad is the same size as the heat spreader of the CPU - had to be perfect - so...TC on the corners - done.All fans set on manual with minimum duty cycles in BIOS. Idle temperature average is 26C for all cores with a low temp of 24C - so very consistent and even. Now, when I hammer it - prime95 AND MSI Kombustor at the same time - I get CPU temps maxing at 74C - no thermal throttling, CPU at full speed at all times. Not bad at all for a marginal airflow case.Is it as cold as kryonaut extreme - no. Runs about 3-6C hotter under load - but that was also in a case that had more airflow....sooooo...?Will I have to repaste it in a year or two? NO!!! I don't see why this won't last essentially forever.This likely isn't for extreme overclockers looking for the last degree. For me though - building a system that will work without issue and I won't have to fix it (I live 1000 miles away) it's ideal.

I have been building my own gaming rigs every few years for about 2 decades now. I am old school, thermal paste is the only way to go. Then a friend told me he tried this exact one on his new build and it was working great! Well, I wasn;t building a new rig but had not cleaned out my current one in too long. So I decided to break it down and clean it out really good and replace the thermal paste with this to try it out.This works great! Even better performance than my old fashioned thermal paste....LOL! Easy to apply/use and it was completely compatible with my processor/heatsink combo.It has been in for a while now and I seem to be getting the same performance out of it as the day I put it in. Durability is not a concern!

Ive been using this on the cpu (i5 11600k) for 2 weeks now, its been working good, the temp increased 3C on idle, under load it stays the same temp as thermal paste (Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut) so for the feature of reusability and not dealing with thermal paste again (cleaning it and repasting) im perfectly fine with those temps.Now for the gpu (the reason the review is 4 stars), the experience was actually bad, my gpu is an old GTX 1080 ti FE (i have it undervolted and limited on temp at 80C) my temps on idle with the kryonaut paste are around 37~42C and under load with a heavy game stays mostly at 80C sometimes spiking at 82~84C.When i installed the graphite thermal pad idle temps were the same around 37~42C but under load if it wasnt for the temp limit and the undervolt on msi afterburner easily the gpu would reach 90C or worse. I only used for 3 days and playing not so heavy graphics games like rocket league waiting for a miracle on that graphite pad but it didnt cool down the gpu so i went back to the kryonaut paste.The reason i decided to try this graphite pad on the gpu mainly was because the kryonaut paste i got it doesnt have long lasting durability, on the gpu after 2 months the temps slowly rise 2~3C after 6 months the temps are at the limit 80C and the paste is dry by that time.