Arctic Thermo-Pad 145 x 145 x 1,5mm - Reviews
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16.1.2017
If you have a steamy laptop, then these are great for connecting your heat-producing areas to your laptop chassis. If you have a laptop with aluminum or metal body, then use these pads to create contact points to the metal body. The metal body has a much larger surface area and can absorb and dissipate heat much better. This will lead to overall cooler-running laptop. I did this with my laptop and it lowered the temps of my laptop quite a bit. Many online reviewers say this thermal pad is as good as some thermal pastes which is amazing. Installation is easy, they are sticky and will adhere to most surfaces. You can easily use a pair of scissors to cut them to whatever size you need.Since putting these on my laptop,
12.11.2019
I placed a section of this thermal pad onto my XPS 13 9360r (i7 8550u)'s cpu heatsink and saw my temperatures drop significantly throughout the cpu intensity range. It now idles below 40 C whereas it previously was in the 50s and 60s. It acts as an insulatior so my CPU no longer spikes in temperature while the frequency turbos up for a short period of time. While it can still peak at 99 degrees, it settles around 75-85 during intense workloads rather than maintaining 99.The obvious downside is that the bottom of my laptop gets significantly hotter than before, and can occasionally become uncomfortably hot, even through clothing. Additionally, as it acts as an insulator,
15.6.2015
I give it 5 for the experience, and it's great for what it's meant for. I don't want to ruin that, I do want to say, don't bother expecting it to be tacky enough to hold a heatsink based on "surface area" as one reviewer said. Or at least, don't interpret it as ratios of surface area to weight of the heatsink. It's absolute surface area, in other words, it's not going to hold small heatsinks well, no matter how light, no matter it's large surface area to volume ratio. It's not going to work. I was hoping it would stick heatsinks to my drv8825 pololu stepper motor drivers. Seems there aren't a lot of good options for this beyond the garbage thermal conductivity of the 3m tape.
15.4.2016
I used this for a DLP chip replacement on my TV. Some applications like mine should not use paste because it can squeeze out and get into areas you don't want. In my case it could get into the optics which would ruin the DLP TV. I think if the manufacturer originally used paste I would stay with that since paste is thinner and should have higher thermal conductivity, But, if you need to fill a space or a pad was originally used then this is a great product. You should choose a pad thickness that is about 50% compressed when installed. The higher the thermal conductivity the better it cools. This pad is rated at 6W/m-k which will be better than a lower number, say 3W/m-k.
4.4.2020
The product does what it's supposed to which is basically the heat transfer from one surface to another. Unfortunately, it's hard to comment on the heat conductivity rate of 6Wm/K. The temp's in my laptop used to reach above 85C for the cpu die which came with stock paste & thermal pads from MSI. One year and temperature was through the roof almost hitting 92C at which point I stopped using my laptop until I could reapply paste and thermal pads. The stock thermals from the time I bought was beat by about 6-7C which in my book was a win and now sits at 78C when at full load & gaming. All in all , I recommend the 0.5mm and 1mm despite it's high susceptibility to tearing if you are not handling with extreme care.
5.8.2020
Anyone that owns an Alienware laptop that has a couple of years under its belt knows that the heat issues are a pain to deal with. This mainly is because of the subpar heat paste and pads they used on the heatsink.Due to this issue, I was having all the lovely processor throttling crap that everyone else is dealing with. I would commonly see the CPU peak around 90C and watch the voltage drop (along with my framerate) until it would drop to 70C or so, just to watch the damn cycle start again.So, I decided to spend a little extra cash and get the "best of the best" of thermal pads and paste (which I also reviewed). I kid you not...this stuff dropped my average heat peak of around 90C to never going over 75C.
10.10.2015
Just the right amount of adhesion to stay in place with being sticky. Great thermal transfer.I used these to replace the sticky tape holding batteries in my MacBook Pro Retina. (what a pain in the ... to remove those from the tape).Putting these on top and bottom of the batteries created a thermal bridge to the case above and below them, which will be better than OEM.The pad is like a thin slice of stretchy putty between two plastic sheets.The plastic peels off both sides, but I left it on one side so that I can remove the batteries more easily if needed. The plastic surely is some insulation, but not a huge amount. Even through the plastic,
10.8.2016
I got the smaller one when I got my xps13. Because I had heard that the m.2 drives can heat up and the bottom of my laptop is aluminum or some sort of alloy, I figure, it'd be great to dissipate the heat to the case to keep the fan strain lower.It works great at transferring the heat. I got the larger pad so I could basically use it all over the inside of my laptop. Keeps the temps much cooler.It's tacky, but not sticky. So if you open the case, it'll probably come up, but it stays in place when the cover's on. I like that because I don't have to deal with ripping pieces off or getting gunk off of components. So if you have something flat and you're attaching a heat sink or something to it,
2.4.2019
I used this to correct my Strix Vega 64 poor vrm pads. I didn’t want to spend a ton on ordering the thermal grizzly minus 8 pads to Canada, so figured I’d try these (stacked no less) first.Making sure to avoid any air bubbles (and re positioning if I saw one) I stacked 3 1mm pads together for the requisite 3mm pad thickness for the Strix card.They ended up dropping 20 degrees off my overheating gems, from 115 on stock (while stress testing) down to 95 max (well within the 105 thermal throttle temp for the card).I actually ordered the gelid extreme 3.0mm pad as well to compare, and there wasonlu anout 1 degree difference between the two,
16.10.2015
There are many uses for thermal pads, televisions, computers, and the like. You would not be looking at this if you did not know what they were for, so let me say clearly that these pads are of good quality and will replace a damaged one with like or better cooling. The pad size is listed in mm, so for the metric challenged, the size in inches is approximately 5 11/16" X 5 11/16"x1/16" thick.Because they are a pad infused with arctic thermal compound, they do an excellent job transferring heat generated by small components. I have used this product in a power supplies as well. This is a very handy and versatile product for the electronics world.
26.8.2017
This pad is easy to cut and apply if you do it right. Cut the pad with a Stanley knife or something similar on a hard surface, and leave the protective plastic on it until it is cut. Peel off one side, place it on the heatsink, and peel off the other side before putting the heatsink onto the chip. Don't use thermal paste as well as a thermal pad, because that reduces its effectiveness.Overall this is a great product to fix an overheating laptop. And it is necessary if you are removing a heatsink that has a thermal pad on it. If you remove a heatsink with thermal pads on it, they should really be replaced before the heatsink is reinstalled.
3.1.2018
I bought this to replace the thermal pads in my Asus RT-AC68R. CPU went from 85°C to 73°C (185°F to 163°F), but the 2.4ghz and 5ghz bands remained the same (sub 55°C/131°F). These units are designed to work on passive cooling only, so any temperature drop is great for longevity. I did it to increase my overclocking capabilities since this CPU is the essentially the same as the newer AC68P with the 1Ghz dual core CPU.For comparison on how hot these things can get, the AC68U I use as a repeater in my garage is sitting at 60°C/140°F and the ambient temperature outside (detached garage, no insulation) is currently -8°C/17°F.
8.5.2017
I got this pad to replace the crappy/misaligned factory pads on the RAM modules in a CUH-1200 series PS4 that I did a power supply replacement on. This worked perfectly for what I needed. It was pretty easy to cut into the size needed. Wasn't sure what the thickness of the OEM pads were, so I went with the 0.5mm. In case anyone is doing the same thing, turns out you need 1mm for the PS4. No big deal though, just doubled up the pads. They're easy to apply or reposition if needed, as they're tacky but not adhesive. After reassembling, I monitored the temps with an IR thermometer and they were good.
11.11.2019
It performs fairly great. I didn't only change the pads, but also the paste, so I can't really tell if it's the pads that's doing a great job or the paste (most likely the paste). In the end, if you need to change the pads, just give this one a go. This will be sufficient for most laptops, especially if it's not a high-end gaming machine that produces tremendous amount of heat. After changing both the pads and the paste, I got about 15 to 20 Celsius lower temperature. I only bought one and applied it for my Predator Helios 300 (2017 version). It's enough if you're able to use all of it.
5.4.2018
Helps Overclock VRAM like a champ. I actually bought two different brands of thermal padding this one and another "high end brand" for my 2 gtx 970s. One brand for each card, just to test.. They really preformed about the same litteraly to about a 1 to 2 degree difference they will bounce back and forth.Only con is the square shape makes it a little harder to quickly cut out the sizes you need.However it is much stickier than the "other brand" and if you were putting this on your mobo PWM, chipset, or if you are going for a vertical GPU mount. These are the pads for you