Thermal Grizzly Carbonaut (32x32x0,2mm) - for Intel Desktop CPUs - Carbon Thermal Pad for Maximum Thermal Conductivity - Reusable and Adaptable Surface CPU/GPU/PS4/PS5/Xbox

The Question = Does it keep a CPU cool? ↪ For a normal desktop CPU (with an IHS/heat spreader) and a properly mounted cooler, Carbonaut will generally keep temps in the safe/normal range. It’s designed as an alternative to mid-range thermal paste, not the absolute best-performing paste. Very handy on a test bench machine where you might be switching out CPUs and components So in practice: ↪ Stock / everyday gaming / work: usually totally fine. ↪ Max OC / chasing the lowest possible temps: a quality paste (or liquid metal in the right scenario) will typically win. Why people like it ✔ Reusable + no mess. ✔ Pop the cooler off, put it back on, no re-pasting ritual. ✔ Doesn’t dry out / stays stable long-term (a common complaint with paste over years). ✔ Works with low contact pressure, at least per the manufacturer’s design notes. Why people don’t like it (or why temps can disappoint) ✘ Not usually as cool as top-tier paste. A lot of community consensus puts graphite/carbon pads around “lower-end to mid paste” performance, while high-end pastes do better. ✘ Mounting matters more than you think. If your cooler isn’t making very even contact (or you’ve got slight gaps/tilt), pads can lose harder than paste because paste can “fill” micro-voids more forgivingly. ✘ It conducts electricity. This is the big gotcha: if it overhangs and touches surrounding components, it can cause a short. My straight or Otherwise recommendation 🤙 Get Carbonaut if you want clean, repeatable installs (testing coolers, frequent rebuilds, “I never want to deal with paste again”), and you’re okay giving up a little warmer CPU versus the best pastes.

This little gem is amazing for what it can do! Tested against various thermal grease, I found this is basically just as good, often better than all of them! The only exception being one, but that's not a grease... It's a liquid metal! It's the only one that outperformed on my liquid cooler, but not by much! Ironically, the liquid metal is by this company too! That said, it's a whole lot easier to use this pad than any messy thermal pastes / grease... or especially that metal (and to scoop it back off and clean the chip back up!) Its value is in the performance and easy installation. While it states it CAN be reused, I found you can maybe use it once.... at most twice before it starts to fall apart. Additionally, if it has undergone enough thermal heat from the CPU, the elasticity it once had is gone. So, keep this in mind! This happens usually after a couple days of use I found. Sometimes sooner if the chip heats up enough under stress. This pad, remember is thinner than a piece of paper. Think, thin as a hair! Once used, it becomes even thinner than that! Second use, it becomes even more thin! Starting to follow why it starts to fall apart? But I feel you got your money's worth even after the first use! The thermal transfer is simply AMAZING! Like I mentioned before, I had to try liquid metal to get better results!

Works great and was easy to use. I had no trouble with the sheets after repeated removal of AIO block. That said, trying to remove the sheet ended up in failure as it ripped very easily and I wasn't able to reuse it after that. That said, the thermal performance was much better than expected. With a 360 AIO, on a 9800x3D, system idles at about 30c and during heavy testing loads it would stay at or below 80c. Setting up a new 9950x3D system (PBO on and modest undervolt/overclock), with a 360mm AIO, the system idles around 50c and also stays at or below 80c during heavy testing loads. Overall, very impressed. I'm sure if I used a different product I could shave off some degrees but I am happy with these results.

The item works well, as does everything I have bought from Thermal Grizzly. I bought a little bigger one because I delidded my CPU and wanted to use some of the extra on the direct die, but in the end, I just stuck with their liquid metal for the better temps. I use their AM5 heat spreader for my 7800X3D. I trimmed the thermal pad to fit the heatspreader perfectly, and after boot, the temps were good. Nothing wacky happened on the first boot; it kept it cool. This was the first thermal interface I used for the 7800X3D, so I can't really say if it's any better than thermal paste I have used in the past. One thing is, since the thermal pad is so thin, it can rip easily. When I went to remove my cooler from the heat spreader, the corner was stuck to my heat spreader and ripped off from the rest of the thermal pad. It isn't that big of a deal because I was able to line up the rip with the rest so it was still completely covered, and no thermal differences were noticed either. But it's still annoying that it ripped from just removing the heat sink when the point of thermal pads is for longevity and reusability.

Far easier than paste. Same results. I run an AMD 7960 Threadripper with water cooling in an untreated environment (slightly below freezing to 115F... yeah, climate control would be nice). Running same temps as my old system with a TR 2950 had with paste. Using another, smaller, size for an old intel 'space heater' cpu without issue also. These conduct electricity, so make sure they do not contact any electronics. Very thin. I'd read that they were easy to tear, but I never came across that issue with careful handling.

Way harder to put on than thermal paste. The sheet slides around and you can never get it perfectly on the processor while trying to reconnect the cooling components. I tore the sheet while trying to install the cooling fan that I have due to it being so fragile. It’s quite ridiculous. I would never spend money on this again so that being said, I have no way to cool my CPU. FOR THE NEXT PERSON TRYING THE SHEETS FOR THE FIRST TIME DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME, Use thermal paste.

These are just excellent, thank you...

Appena montato e fa subito il suo lavoro prodotto valido, vedrò col tempo come si comporta, ma lo consiglio,facile da montare

Exelente, qualidade e preço justo! coloquei no meu PS5 e ficou muito com, perfeito! entrega extremamente rápido, irei comprar mais vezes!

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同社のグリスも勿論良いと思いますが、このシートも使い勝手の良い優れた製品だと思います。CPU を頻繁に交換する必要がある場合などに特に重宝します。