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barrymagrec · 23rd Oct 2020, 9:36 am

I would obviously always use new heatsink compound if the device had been removed /replaced for any reason but I wouldn`t interfere with existing compound if there was no other reason to.

Obviously the compound hardens over time but this is mostly the excess which is doing nothing anyway.

On new builds I use the thin silicone pads - much less messy.

23rd Oct 2020, 9:36 am	#6
barrymagrec Octode Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Morden, Surrey, UK. Posts: 1,557	Re: Heatsink compound - refresh or not? I would obviously always use new heatsink compound if the device had been removed /replaced for any reason but I wouldn`t interfere with existing compound if there was no other reason to. Obviously the compound hardens over time but this is mostly the excess which is doing nothing anyway. On new builds I use the thin silicone pads - much less messy.