Panasonic graphite pads

[PhectortheRektor]

There was a bit of a fuss and even a LTT video on IC's graphite thermal pads, with fairly mixed opinions on their efficiacy. But graphite "thermal pads" (generally used as "heat spreaders" rather than vertical interfaces) have already been largely developed- not just Panasonic's large variety of thicknesses and characreristics (such as their soft-PGS), but also their more recent silliconne pad filled with slices of graphite sheet stacked *perpendicular* to the plane of the pad, which they boast as having superior z-axis thermal conductivity as a result. Now, I'm ordering my first 70x70x.5 mm sheet from arrow.com now, but has anyone else been experimenting with panasonic's graphite heat speaders and interfaces in their PCs, and what are your thoughts on it?

 

 

TL;DR: Panasonic has graphite thermal pads too, one of which even has the graphite stacked so the sheets are sideways to the two surfaces it's interfacing to conduct more heat across. Thoughts?

[RollinLower]

Imo .5 is still too thick to be a direct competitor to paste. That being said, this stuff should work wonders for VRM cooling!

[Windows7ge]

Yep.