thermal tape

SSR_06SSR_06 Iowa
edited March 2005 in Hardware
does anyone know a good place to get good thermal tape?

thx

Comments

  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited March 2005
    "good thermal tape" is an oxymoron.

    What are you trying to do?
  • CycloniteCyclonite Tampa, Florida Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    Ignore Geeky. Nothing that has heat dissipation properties is good enough for him. :p
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited March 2005
    Normally, you're right. In this case, you're wrong. :p Thermal tape does not conduct heat very well at all. Why do you think they usually only use it on stuff like RAMsinks that have to deal with heat outputs of <5w, if that?
  • CycloniteCyclonite Tampa, Florida Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    I know. I know. I was just kidding. Just had to mess with you today. :)
  • SSR_06SSR_06 Iowa
    edited March 2005
    i need it so i can put my heatspreaders back on my ram so my warranty dosn't get voided. i wanted to see what kind of chips they have and it was some very nice chips :D
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited March 2005
    I've got a better idea for you: leave the damn heatspreaders off, since if anything, they do more harm than good, unless you need to RMA the RAM. Deal with reapplying the heatspreaders then. There's a thermaltake ram cooling kit that comes with correctly-sized pieces of thermal tape to attach heatspreaders to RAM... lemme see if I can find that. But I'd just buy the kit(s) and keep them around for later use if you need the thermal tape at some point in the future.
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