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  • There's been concerns for a while with the PS5 and the use of liquid metal in that. Especially given it stands vertically, and that liquid metal can "shift" downwards
    by jordand
  • This video seems to be about LM on untreated copper (which I thought wasn't really advised).

    Now, I personally have had two builds with LM. One with LM as the material for a CPU re-lid, and another for a direct-die application. Neither touched aluminum or untreated copper.

    The re-lidded CPU is still going strong, no issues. But with the direct die application, I found the performance to significantly degrade after two years. Apparently there's a pump-out effect.

    I ended up switching to PTM. Same temps as LM, but zero degradation so far.

    by Scene_Cast2
  • I have a Thinkpad x1 extreme gen 5 with an i9 and 3080. Liquid metal. Overheats like crazy. I want to get in there but I hear it's such a pain to deal with I've been putting it off. Definitely will be swapping to one of the thermal pads when I do it.
    by sanex
  • I have a dead mini PC due to liquid metal leaking. Never opened it before it died, never kept it upright.

    I don’t think I’ll put anything liquid on my electronics ever again.

    by drdexebtjl
  • There is a youtube laptop repair show I follow that specializes in Dells and he *HATES* liquid metal, causes soooo many problems when it leaks
    by thomasjudge
  • I was wondering where the liquid metal would come from but apparently it's an alternative to thermal paste.
    by vanschelven
  • Oh man, I would never put (bulk) gallium into electronics if I could help it. That stuff gets into everything and will wreck various metals.
    by phyzome
  • This video is by the owner of Thermal Grizzly. They make thermal pastes and putties, but I think they're best known for their KryoSheet graphene pads.

    Although I've never been conscious of pump out as a problem, and have never reapplied thermal paste, I did use a KryoSheet on a 9800X3D in my most recent build. So far, so good.

    by SloopJon

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