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DIY CPU Thermal Grease, Using Diamond Dust
tygerstripes writes "The dysfunctor has spotted an impressive project over on InventGeek.com; an innovative chap has developed his own thermal compound for improved CPU cooling, using diamond dust — the best available material for thermal conduction — as the key ingredient. In spite of the quick-&-dirty DIY nature of the project, the gains in cooling performance are remarkable, especially considering the material cost was only $33. Given the price many enthusiasts will pay for a top-end cooler, it's easy to imagine this product coming to market quite soon."
...a practical use for your wife's jewelry!
I feel super cool with angel dust, I don't think I'll switch.
I'm god, but it's a bit of a drag really...
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Tic-Tac-Toe, Global Thermonuclear War, and relationships all have the same winning move.
Ahh yes, my diamond dust. Now where did I put that? I'm pretty sure I keep it with my scrap gold somewhere....
This guy's the limit!
Diamond dust in heatsinks? Square-headed girlfriends? To the next level? Now I finally understand why is Shiva's ice attack in Final Fantasy labeled as "Diamond Dust"...
Ezekiel 23:20
Wow, I've been on /. for many years now and haven't gotten one of these trolls directed at me until just now. I wonder if it will show up on my achievements page?
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Are diamonds now a nerd's best friend?
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." ~Thomas Jefferson
I feel like there is an Arrested Development joke somewhere in here.
Lindsay:
There's a cream with real diamonds in it. I can actually smear diamonds on my face! And it's only $400 a tub! That's, like, what, like, a million diamonds for $400? A million bleeping diamonds!
I, for one, have configured Slashdot so that domains are never shown.
I advise everyone who cares to live adventurously to do the same.
Kid-proof tablet..
Not true. It seems that the people who are working on this keep on having "unfortunate accidents."
I wonder if making synthetic diamonds involves placing black cats on broken mirrors under ladders on Friday the 13th?
"-1 Troll" is the apparently the same as "-1 I disagree with you."
Thermal conductivity is a function of the materials in use
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The browser type not the tasty ones. We need to track you to make sure you stop spreading knowledge here on slashdot... BURN the WITCH! wait, I mean... AUTO MOD him DOWN!
So you're saying the only thing that would give this kind of improvement would be to replace the copper/aluminum heat sink with one of similar size made out of pure diamond? Anyone making those yet?