Liquid metal

[rfcokilljoy]

Hi, I have the thermal grizzly conductonaut on both my GPU (which I obviously took apart and applied it on) and on my CPU (between the IHS and AIO cooler).

What's the chances of it dripping out and shorting something? Is this stuff alright to have in over say... a year or two? At the time of buying it seemed like an amazing idea and now I just worry about it!!!

 

I applied as much as I saw in tutorials, a thin layer with very small pools every so often. A similar amount to this much - 

 

Also, the watercooler I'm using is this - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01HMZLE8M/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1515894866&sr=8-5&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=watercooler&dpPl=1&dpID=51rMaMW89bL&ref=plSrch

 

It looks like it's copper, but I can't find 100% proof. As I know aluminium and some other metals don't play too nice with gallium.

 

Should I be quickly getting this stuff off my components or am I worrying about nothing?

 

Thanks.

[Damascus]

Das copper

[Leonard]

The chances are high from what i am seeing. looks like small puddles or air bubbles, i think you put too much.

[knightslugger]

Chances are pretty good if it's not applied INCREDIBLY sparing. any that "squirts out" on a vertical plane is likely to drip right off. and good luck getting it off spattered components because it is NOT soluble with Isopropyl Alcohol.

[rfcokilljoy]

thankyou for all your replies! i have cleaned it off my gpu and moved a fan cable around to catch any drips from my cpu

[SolarNova]

Use nail polish on surounding components as a safeguard. its trick Delidders use.

 

Also that looks like to much imo, u dont want pools of liquid metal TIM.

You want a very thin layer on BOTH the CPU/GPU AND heatsink ur using. but no pools.

[00RaZoR11]

On 1/14/2018 at 2:56 AM, rfcokilljoy said:

Thanks.

At least it would've been useful on the GPU. It's completely pointless between the IHS and AIO... It's most useful when applied on small surfaces, like the cpu and gpu dye. The IHS is huge compared to those, regular thermal paste works fine there. If you have an intel cpu, and have not delidded it with LM, I doubt you'll see any improvements.