
A Radeon R7 240 With A Slice Of Cheese And Potatoes
Unique And Tasty Cooling Options
It has been fairly a while since somebody examined the effectiveness of Cheese Whiz as a thermal paste, so it’s excessive time we revisited it. Slashdot has linked to a overview which tried out a wide range of thermal interface supplies which included common thermal paste, cheese, ketchup, toothpaste, diaper rash ointment, and even potatoes. For sure not all had been efficient, however till you show it how can anybody actually know?
Sadly they didn’t attempt a excessive finish half, as a substitute opting to make use of a extra modest Radeon R7 240 with a 30W TDP throughout a 5 minute run of Furmark. Out of the extra attention-grabbing decisions, the toothpaste and ketchup had been the very best, and whereas a lot of the different tasty comestibles didn’t combust, additionally they result in thermal throttling.
Take a look at the complete outcomes, which do embrace correct thermal pastes and pads by following the link from Slashdot.