On June 25, 2014 4:42:05 PM MDT, noah pugsley <noah.pugs...@gmail.com> wrote: >On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Martin Schröder <mar...@oneiros.de> >wrote: >> 2014-06-25 22:25 GMT+02:00 noah pugsley <noah.pugs...@gmail.com>: >>> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Chris Cappuccio <ch...@nmedia.net> >wrote: >>>> That's what the thermal pads are for. Going from 6W/mK to 17W/mK >will >>>> conduct more heat to the sink, but the sink might need to be larger >>>> for some situations. Also even pressure around the pads is going to >be >>>> critical as the box's designer says. >>> >>> Perhaps a stupid question, but what about grease or a pad between >the >>> sink and the case? >> >> You mean the thermal pads already deployed? >> > >Yes. Either the pads if they are thin enough, or a dot of grease to >fill in the air gaps between sink and case. But I don't have one of >these so this is probably noise...
Considering the way the heat spreader adheres to the bottom of the case (the adhesive basically _welds_ it on), I wouldn't think that there is much in the way of air gaps. But in my case, I guess because of how cool my basement is, heat isn't really a concern. Mike
