[superart]

I did a search for this topic, but was surprised to find that not much has been discussed about it.

I am wondering, what would be better for testing? Thermal paste such as AS or a thermal pad?

I realize that thermal paste is much better in regards to performance, but in the test bench environment, consistency is more important than performance.

The way I see it, thermal pads provide much more consistency than grease. Not only is it hard to constantly apply a constant coating of grease each and every trial, but the grease itself is not uniform. From what I understand, AS and other metal based greases are heterogeneous mixtures. So one drop of AS, even from the same tube, will not necessarily be the same as the next.


I look forward to any comments, suggestions, flames you guys could offer.

-- Thanks.