On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Chris Cappuccio <ch...@nmedia.net> wrote: > sven falempin [sven.falem...@gmail.com] wrote: >> >> would a bit of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_grease help ? >> >> <, air being approximately 8000 times less efficient at conducting >> heat than, for example, aluminum (a common heatsink material) > >> > > That's what the thermal pads are for. Going from 6W/mK to 17W/mK will > conduct more heat to the sink, but the sink might need to be larger > for some situations. Also even pressure around the pads is going to be > critical as the box's designer says. >
Perhaps a stupid question, but what about grease or a pad between the sink and the case?
