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Nvidia GPU partners reportedly cheap out on thermal paste, causing 100C hotspot temperatures — cheap paste allegedly degrades in a few months(www.tomshardware.com)

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henfredemars@infosec.pub
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Enshittify my thermal paste to save 10 cents on a $500 graphics card why don’t you.

Why not leave off a few resistors or use leaky caps while you’re at it.

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snooggums@midwest.social
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I assume they got a CEO from a car company.

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DoctorButts@kbin.melroy.org
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At least it wasn’t a Boeing executive.

You’d run a benchmark test on your computer and die.

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Irremarkable@fedia.io
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Not that it makes it ok, but I’d bet a large amount of money the single biggest reason for this happening now is how much Nvidia has been squeezing their board partners. It’s why we lost EVGA.

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Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee
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Supplied on rolls, Bergquist SIL PAD®materials are also applicable to a fully automated pick-and-place process

The answer is money, but it’s not material cost that’s driving these crappy thermal interface pads, but labor expenses (and I’d guess consistency too). Pick-and-place is absurdly fast at putting components onto a PCB, and if they can put the pre-cut pads onto the board that’s huge for a manufacturer.

It’s the difference between slapping a post-it note, or the dot/line/X/cross/etc method with grease. No contest that TIM pads win for them, any fallouts get handled via warranty.

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