Tech Ramblings

 Hi there, Vita back with a post! Probably going to be the last one for the year. Overclocking is a weird and wonderful world. People find very creative ways to make either a processor run faster or have a better cooling solution. Both correlate quite nicely. In old times processors just have their bare dies exposed to the cooling system. Now a lot of processors have an IHS, or integrated heat spreader, directly above the die. The IHS needs paste between the heatsink and itself and acts as a middleman of sorts. Paste comes in many varieties but the most common form is silicone-based grease. Cheap stuff is just blobby blotchy oil. It’s really only meant to fill in the air gaps and it’s marginally better than air which is an insulator. You’d see cheap paste either in extra-budget builds or in OEM systems where they find ways to save money. Regular paste that works great is quality stuff like NT-H2. You really don’t need anything better. Nicer paste is stuff like Kryonaut which has a much