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Does thermal paste expire? 20-year-old TIM tested – no degradation seen, but poor compared to modern products
A syringe of ancient thermal paste has been tested by Igor’s Lab. With some surprise, the hardware testing stalwart reports that Arctic Cooling’s Silicone Paste worked just as well as a factory fresh industrial alternative with a similar formulation. However, Wallossek’s testing clarified that modern PC thermal pastes aimed at PC enthusiasts perform much better. […]
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HDD Benchmarks Hierarchy: Here’s how all the hard disks we’ve tested over the past couple of years ranked by performance.
Our HDD benchmarks hierarchy shows all of the high-capacity hard drives that we’ve tested over the years, ranked in order of overall sequential throughput. It’s a companion to our guide of the best hard drives, as well as the best SSDs and the SSD benchmarks hierarchy — we strongly recommend any modern PC use an […]
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