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Amech, the maker of the thermal paste that stinks and damages coolers, has known about the issues with its product since at least October 2024, according to Igor Wallosek from Igor's Lab. Instead of addressing the problem that damages coolers and can potentially lead to damage to expensive CPUs or GPUs, the company kept producing and selling the thermal grease. SGT-4 appears to be a chemically reactive blend that stinks due to acidic vapors, permanently damages CPUs and coolers with pitting from corrosion, and causes coolers to glue to the chip

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[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 75 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's like they went out of their way to make seemingly the worst thermal paste possible

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

You say that, but it's unclear if the paste works as an actual thermal junction or not.

Although it does read like peanut butter would be a better option.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't toothpaste relatively decent as those things go?

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 21 hours ago

At first, but it dries out fast.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

It sounds like it melted the CPU to the cooler with the power of acid. Which would be very effective if not for the obvious issue.