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RTX 5090 runs 2°C hotter with thermal paste than liquid metal — Arctic MX-6 vs. stock LM tested
An RTX 5090 Founders Edition card was benchmarked with thermal paste, featuring a mere 2-degree temperature difference compared to the card's out-of-the-box liquid metal TIM.
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No difference: liquid metal in NVIDIA RTX 5090 replaced with thermal paste
Enthusiasts replaced the liquid metal in the NVIDIA RTX 5090 cooling system with regular thermal paste. The minimal increase ...
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AMD applied thermal paste under the lid of Ryzen 5 7400F instead of solder — processor heats up to maximum with regular TDP
At a time when NVIDIA uses liquid metal in video cardsAMD saves solder and coats the processor crystals with thermal paste.
You can now cool your Nvidia Geforce RTX 5090 gaming GPU with graphene
Forgot thermal paste or liquid metal, instead carbon is your friend when it comes to keeping your $2,000+ new Nvidia graphics ...
RTX 5090 gets new $25 KryoSheet thermal pad option from Thermal Grizzly
Thermal Grizzly has updated its cooling solutions with an all-new 44 x 37mm KryoSheet optimized for the RTX 5090’s GB202 die.