AIO water cooling with thermal pad?

[Jumballi]

My friend is building a pc and is planning using an h150i pro aio water loop with an overclocked ryzen 2700 (no x). Seeing as that he’s technically inept and probably won’t apply new thermal paste once a year, I made him purchase an ic 40x40mm thermal pad ( https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAHEX7PR4038&Description=Thermal pad&cm_re=Thermal_pad-_-2MB-000J-00003-_-Product ).

 

Since the plan is just to clock it up a bit higher for a noticeable performance boost, but not so high as that we’d be worried about lifespan, I’m just gonna hit auto on asus bios, would it be detrimental to the lifespan of the cpu to use a thermal pad?

[Alphyte]

As long as the settings are not detrimental, no.

[Velcade]

 

[Ravenbear]

This is what I am running on mine with an Eisbear 240. No issue and great temps.  This is the only thermal pad I would use on a CPU .

https://thermal-grizzly.com/en/products/299-carbonaut-en

[Jumballi]

13 hours ago, Ravenbear said:

This is what I am running on mine with an Eisbear 240. No issue and great temps.  This is the only thermal pad I would use on a CPU .

https://thermal-grizzly.com/en/products/299-carbonaut-en

I just can’t find it on any online retailer.

[Ravenbear]

1 hour ago, Jumballi said:

I just can’t find it on any online retailer.

I should have are not sold yet in the US. I got some from a friend in Germany. I am not sure when they hit the market in the US. Sorry for the misunderstanding.  keep an eye on the stores that sell Thermal Grizzly that is your best bet. I would not use regular thermal pads. Their website might have better info.