You gotta be kidding me...

No I am not, I swear.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Thermal-Compound-Roundup-October-2011/1396/5

Search the table for Mayonnaise and compare the temp to the other pastes.

I will post a picture of my video card in 2-3 days (Till I see if its stable)

I get what your doing and thats neat. but if youre serious about looking for an alternative, you shouldnt use a paste that can expire or a paste that has water in it to evaporate.
also the paste has to be room temp when testing. If you just got it out the fridge that will mess with the data, unless you do both fridge and room temp.  

If you are just goofin around, then just do it up in whatever way.

This post has been edited by Zilchrion, Sun, January 13th, 2013 at 13:35

Reason: 9

Thats a tempror alternative, but I am testing for how long it will live. BTW I don't care about this video card.

Water boils at 100C, so I doubt my card will exceed 70C in its full load.
Oil starts boiling at 190C
Mayonnaise has oil, which will not evaporate or anything under 100C

And no, the video card testing is at room tempreture (About 20-25C)
The case of the computer is closed.

Mayonnaise also contains water.

Video card's temp still doesn't even exceed 90C (If it does, then the cooling system is bad)

...tooth... paste... mayo...



Okay. Serious talk. The best alternative for thermal paste is another thermal paste or thermal glue - they're not expensive and they're widely-available - unless you're doing what you're doing for sh*ts and giggles, it's stupid to put anything else there.

Toothpaste contains a lot of moisture, but it's still a better choice than mayo. It crystalizes to a degree when drying up and may provide a relatively "okay" connection - unfortunately it's grainy, but it's closer to the thermal paste texture, wheras mayo, apart from oil contains egg protein which will cauterize - the connection will quickly deteriorate, not to mention that it will smell.

Do try silicone (standard, transparent silicone in tubes) - I used some when I drowned my PC in 13 liters of transformer oil. Coolest passive cooling ever, and I had to use silicone instead of thermal paste because the oil was washing paste out. It will isolate the chip a bit and may not be the best at heat distribution, but it's interesting to try it, still. Standard grease or silicone grease could be interesting too.

Technically all the substances you should be using should be oil/fat-free - it actually worsens distribution of the heat to the radiator AFAIK... but you're experimenting, so what the hell.

Remember to clean the chip thoroughly each time you change the substance too. It needs to be dry and oil-free.

This post has been edited by Foxi4, Sun, January 13th, 2013 at 14:54

Guys, I am just experementing BTW what is a thermal glue?

It works similarily to thermal paste or grease - it's a compound that connects the chip and the radiator and improves heat transfer, the difference being that it affixes the radiator permanently - like glue. It's often used instead of thermal paste or grease on integrated circuitry so that the radiator is set in place without any screws etc.

It's literally what you think it is - thermal glue.

This post has been edited by Foxi4, Sun, January 13th, 2013 at 15:00