Is toothpaste bad?

[BannedOffender]

I recently put some toothpaste in my Dell Optiplex 9020 build, and I've been getting some temperatures that suggest it's OK. 

Unless, am I reading this wrong?

 

Hardware monitor        AMD ADL
    Temperature 0        71 degC (159 degF) [0x47] (GPU)
 

Hardware monitor        Intel I/O
    Temperature 0        43 degC (109 degF) [0x2B] (GPU)

 

these are the temps of the cores? or the cpu? 

    Temperature 0        48 degC (118 degF) (Package)
    Temperature 1        46 degC (114 degF) (Core #0)
    Temperature 2        44 degC (111 degF) (Core #1)
    Temperature 3        41 degC (105 degF) (Core #2)
    Temperature 4        42 degC (107 degF) (Core #3) 

[BannedOffender]

should I put some toothpaste in the GPU too??

 

[Samfisher]

No cos it dries out quickly and then turns into dust, therefore no.

[BlackManINC]

I'm pretty sure toothpaste would get Thanos finger snapped by the intense heat produced by the chip. 

[ARikozuM]

Unfortunately, as samfisher stated, over time it will dry out. There is quite a bit of water in toothpaste and that doesn't replenish after you turn the PC off. It will quickly dry until the material is useless. 

[zeusthemoose]

I saw something that said it should last 2-3 months before completely drying out.

[WereCatf]

39 minutes ago, BannedOffender said:

I recently put some toothpaste

 

Proper thermal paste doesn't cost *that* much, go buy some.

[SupaKomputa]

[zeusthemoose]

23 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

Proper thermal paste doesn't cost *that* much, go buy some.

^ I got a pretty good tube of Corsair thermal paste for $7 on amazon

[Guest]

I've used Copper Anti-seize from the garage before. It works rather decently. 

 

Not the only one either. This would be a better route over toothpaste imo.

 

Here's a thread with some on a 3600X 

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/copper-anti-seize-grease-as-thermal-paste.264613/

[BannedOffender]

Update,

I now have thermal paste!, and got a 3 degree drop.

 

I want to also add something, about the toothpaste, I had placed the toothpaste onto a paper towel first, to help absorb water from the toothpaste prior to it's application. When i pulled the heatsink and CPU apart, *pulled the heatsink off*, the toothpaste was rock solid, and just as visually similar as the previous stock applied paste. however, this stuff smelled very minty!, i cleaned all the surfaces prior to reassembly. I don't care really, but toothpaste allowed me to continue using my dell as a gaming PC for 4 days. I would be interested to long test toothpaste later, and actually observe the performance degradation over time. but, not with my budget parts. 

[Curious Pineapple]

On 6/7/2020 at 7:31 AM, ShrimpBrime said:

I've used Copper Anti-seize from the garage before. It works rather decently.

Being a grease that stuff melts, and copper all over your board won't result in a nice day.

[BannedOffender]

2 minutes ago, Curious Pineapple said:

Being a grease that stuff melts, and copper all over your board won't result in a nice day.

people also use motor oil, the trick they claim is to only add a "sheer layer" so that upon full compression, there is no excess "liquid" to leak out between the two surfaces. 

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Curious Pineapple said:

Being a grease that stuff melts, and copper all over your board won't result in a nice day.

Melts? No. I dont think it melts, its already a liquid if you want to call it that. Not usually applied frozen.

 

Perhaps you mean it thins out??

 

Its a be careful like you would with LM type of thing.

 

 

[Curious Pineapple]

4 hours ago, ShrimpBrime said:

Melts? No. I dont think it melts, its already a liquid if you want to call it that. Not usually applied frozen.

 

Perhaps you mean it thins out??

 

Its a be careful like you would with LM type of thing.

 

 

Same difference

 

Yeh it thins out in summer sun. I'd never apply anything runny and metallic to a CPU, not worth the risk.

[The Torrent]

I thought this was a joke and you just meant shitty thermal paste...

[Guest]

53 minutes ago, The Torrent said:

I thought this was a joke and you just meant shitty thermal paste...

A little dab will do ya

[Haro]

Just now, ShrimpBrime said:

A little dab

Why do I remember something whenever I see this ?

Oh hot sauce