| chipco3434 |
| Does it make sense to use a small amount of thermal grease with Silpad 400's? |
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| EC8010 |
| No. The whole point of such pads is that they are conformal - or, to put it less technically, they squidge into all the crevices. Thermal grease isn't a good heat conductor, but it's better than air, so we use it if we suspect that there might otherwise be air. |
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| chipco3434 |
| I figured it would be also conformal to the light, subtle, woven texture of the Silpad... |
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| EC8010 |
| Agreed, there's a texture to the Silpad, but if you use one and then undo the device from it, you'll find that no texture remains. |
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