Bring back Powder Brett =)) Also aren't graphine thermal pads electrically conductive?

@@Teksers i was about to ask the same thing

Was thinking to grab this with discount but usage limit reached :(

@@SgtKickAzzYT 1:16

Would have been a pretty funny keeps transition

I knew I was not going crazy

Same, I’m here for the hair

and his eyebrows too

He had to shave it all of because he caught crabs from a lady of the night, well he identified as a lady

probably paying over 50% for the packaging itself lol.

This is great comment, you save me some money! :D and headaches, thanks!

Appreciate this feedback very much. I was seriously considering it, but I was also very skeptical. I've been in IT for about 20 years myself, and I try to stay opened minded to new developments, but I'm glad to hear from a peer on this issue and glad I wasn't taken in by the hype.

You're adding additional material in-between the heat sink and the SOC and the heat generated still needs to dissipate out. 100% you are better off with a good brand of thermal paste

How much did your temps go down from stock with the thermal paste?

@@TravisHi_YT they don't really. Luckily steam didn't cheap out on thermal paste during production. Not a lot can be done without hacking up the shell and even then it's not really worth it. It's one of the downsides to small form factor

He cut his hair for his son who's sick

@@keepwatchingthat I know, hence the "monster with a huge heart Brett" part lol

I actually think he's pretty handsome in a weird way without the hair

@@colbyboucher6391 I don 't disagree, I think the eyebrows are the most distrubing bit, but in a... charming? sort of way. 😀

@@linkah Give the guy some slack. He is so busy he forgot to shave them.

yeah, i had to rewatch that... its the lack of eyebrows......

uhhhhh…

i also have this on my og and oled steam deck and temps are great. even fan noise is down for me. and havent had any problems in over a year on my og and so far no problems on my steam deck oled.

Brett and Rhett.

Second this. About to order a pad of PTM but curious how it stacks up against this frost shield one

Yes!

@@JoshieKona how did it turn out for ya? Make the deck cooler?

@@JoshieKona update?

@@ihvdrm unfortunately the shell jsaux sent me wasn't flush with the body so they're sending me a replacement. I haven't been able to try the copper plate yet. But the aluminum plate gets nice and toasty so the copper should do well. Hopefully have a working replacement in about a week

I was just playing a game on my Steam Deck, and the temps were at 79-83c-ish, and my fan rpm at 5000-ish, just like the video. It only ramped up to 6000 occasionally, when pausing weirdly. I wonder how much of a difference the pads really nice make.

Look at the power draw and the CPU frequency. Both scenes stress the deck in different way, so even if all the other stuff is the same, that comparision is flawed.

Much better is subjective. Just watch Gamer'sNexus or LTT video's on graphite pads. Both go into detail that on lower wattages and for essentially normal use, it performs almost the same. When on higher wattages, the gap of performance widens, but still in ~5 degree difference territory. Don't ever plan on overclocking with it though. Make no mistake, (good) thermal paste will always be better, but by how much will be dependent on the use. Then there's the fact that it doesn't dry out and gives consistent performance for its application. For a one-and-done solution, a $11 name brand graphite pad doesn't seem that bad of an idea. I don't know much about graphene, but it's supposed to be better for conductivity than graphite.

Maybe one day they'll have these pads at worthwhile efficiencies, but for now, I think compound is better for most applications. I could see this being useful for some things, especially in a situation where you're testing multiple CPU's with a single heatsink, or multiple heatsinks on the same CPU. It would make sense to just use one of these pads. But any kind of permanent application, might as well just stick with thermal paste.

@Stein Mauer My guy. No one is going to argue with you on the price of good paste vs. pads. That's a point where there's no contest. I also said that of course good paste performs better, but by your statement of that it's MUCH better and SAFE, well, that's subjective and in some cases not entirely true.

I don’t know why you’re so brazen about this. Is 3 degrees considered MUCH better? Or 2? 2x conductivity, are you high? A simple bit of research shows the exact opposite of what you just said. Also, not all paste is non conductive. For the love of god, please don’t spread that around to people.

@Stein Mauer not all pastes are non conductive

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@@kirama5435 Bonjour

@@mcbubbles2492 Yes report and forget.

@@mcbubbles2492 what’s a scam, I’m just coming in

@@bonkgameing who what?

Jesus that's gonna fry the GPU in less then half a year.. Can even take weeks to completely fry it.

@@ithildiess8305 it dropped some rpms on the fan but that was it. Waste of time and money. Ended up doing some extreme mods and my temps are barely pushing 65c

I accidentally used liquid metal on a copper coldplate after I did the rocket cool copper ihs swap and fused the aio to the cpu.

This test can't be done. You can't get the OEM valve thermal paste as they don't sell it or the heatsink replacement. You could try and find a similar thermal paste, but it won't be identical.

This destroyed my steam deck

Easier but not better.

Sure it was real graphene pad?

@@JavoCover all the Reference 5700xt's evidently came from factory with Graphene pads

@@ocularcavity8412 😐 Maybe not even them could test the card long enogh to know this.

@@JavoCoverYeah that is the tough part until a device is deployed for an extended amount of time you never quite know what will happen. less than 6 months ago i had to change the thermal paste on my Founders 2080ti and it was WEIRD. Normally none of my brand new cards have needed a paste change even ones bought way back in 2012 are still running strong, usually only need new past on used cards. Usually the paste on old Video Cards or PC's just get hard and crusty but for some reason the founders 2080ti paste started to separate and was Clear and sticky like some kind of syrup and was causing the card to MASSIVELY over heat and it happened suddenly one day card was running cool and quiet then the next day the fans are howling and the temps are above 87c and 100% fan speed at stock clocks

@@ocularcavity8412 Good we know our stuff, imagine leaving it like that.

I'm planning on doing this too I have a question how much did you cut off? Till it fits or overhang or what?

@@LordS20000 DO NOT.

@@LordS20000 this mod was a detriment to my Steam Deck. I got horrible temps and could've really messed things up if I kept it in there much longer.

@@jonathanscott555 well I guess I regret buying it then hhhh I'll just do the 1 tb ssd upgrade and the clear shell upgrade. What can I do with this graphite then? Haha

@@LordS20000 that's awesome check out this video to see what I've been doing. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rayFqrWLy7HMZ6s.html

Nah jks lol

the fan needs so little power i am not ever sure if we get a minute more battery live

He is a noob.

its the same price just buy the biggest one and cut it 😉

25x25 is slightly larger than the processor of the Steam Deck so even that would need to be cut down slightly. I say grab the 38x38 and cut a square out of it the size of the processor and you will have a bit extra you could use for another project.

Do some googling, but I think there is a fix by tightening some screws.

Email Valve, you have a year warranty.

Just lay

Same.

Agreed. I just want it to have lower temps to save the apu

The temperature only has a very small impact on the CPU's lifespan. Since the CPUs never go above 95 degrees Celsius and have protective mechanisms. Whether the CPU runs at 65 or 95 degrees Celsius has only a negligible influence, so it doesn't matter if the CPU runs for 20 years or 19.5 years. The failure rates of CPUs are very low, mostly other small components break before. That's why you can find many used working CPUs even years later, but old motherboards become rare. The failure rate of CPUs corresponds to the bathtub curve, a phenomenon which describes the failure characteristics. But CPUs can wear out and break down over time due to electromigration, so higher voltage does harm. (By CPUs I also mean GPUs and APUs).

@@kevinj24535 sorry to bother after a months time but you seem knowledgeable about this more then me an I'm also wanting the best for my system should I keep it stock paste? Or should I go with this pad?

@@Katruto71 i want to know too

i play everything from indies to big names like skyrim, cycberpunk, dying light, ect and no issues when i play for hours at a time.

I’ve had mine for 2 weeks and even having the fan at 100% all the time isn’t loud at all maybe I’m used to the fan noise of gaming laptops that I don’t notice how loud it is but I don’t think that’s the case

He used the 25x25 and then cut it to match size

So long as it stays we're it should it won't matter, but yes indeed graphene is conducive, to heat and electricity, if it's placed correctly and trimmed though it's not connected to anything electrically

Desolder plunger is something simple for those who knows what it is .