IC Graphite Pads: Better than thermal paste?
I was looking for thermal paste at a computer store near my house a few weeks ago when I stumbled across a relatively new product that I had heard of before but had never seen in person. Alongside tubes of the standard gray tubes of thermal paste, with names that refer to various precious metals and minerals we're all familiar with, I found Innovation Cooling's (IC) Graphite Thermal Pads. Thermal pads have long been used to cool SSDs and VRAM by mating with heatsinks, but IC's Graphite Thermal Pads (IIRC) are the first pads that can replace thermal grease. The general gist of a graphite thermal pad over thermal paste is that there is no guesswork, no mess, and they are reusable. But are they really superior to many thermal pastes on the market? I decided to find out. This article provides a brief overview of the performance of IC Graphite thermal pads compared to the stock TIM and IC Diamond in a Dell XPS 15 7590 (i7/16GB/GTX 1650/UHD IPS SKU)....
