On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Martin Schröder <[email protected]> wrote: > 2014-06-25 22:25 GMT+02:00 noah pugsley <[email protected]>: >> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Chris Cappuccio <[email protected]> wrote: >>> That's what the thermal pads are for. Going from 6W/mK to 17W/mK will >>> conduct more heat to the sink, but the sink might need to be larger >>> for some situations. Also even pressure around the pads is going to be >>> critical as the box's designer says. >> >> Perhaps a stupid question, but what about grease or a pad between the >> sink and the case? > > You mean the thermal pads already deployed? >
Yes. Either the pads if they are thin enough, or a dot of grease to fill in the air gaps between sink and case. But I don't have one of these so this is probably noise...
