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Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive 5g
Arctic Alumina Adhesive uses a layered composite of aluminum oxide and boron nitride.Arctic Alumina Adhesive is a pure electrical insulator, neither electrically conductive nor capacitiA set of Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive consists of two tubes containing a total of 5 grams
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22 Reddit comments about Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive 5g:

u/DeeSnow97 · 53 pointsr/Amd

No, but you can use some glue. Seriously.

u/zakabog · 4 pointsr/pcmasterrace

Thermal adhesive is a real thing and way back in the day it was how a lot of heatsinks were attached. I was amazed in the mid 90s when I discovered thermal grease that wouldn't solidify and let me easily replace CPU coolers.

u/adblockthrowaway · 4 pointsr/raspberry_pi

This is awesome, very clever op. What temp does it idle at? You could always put some pennies in a hydraulic press to get more fins. Or some train tracks if you're trying to save money.


Here is some epoxy with high thermal conductivity, but for this price you could just get a small heat sink haha. I guess you could still use penies for coolness factor :P.

http://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Alumina-Thermal-Adhesive-5g/dp/B0009IQ1BU

u/Call_Me_Hobbes · 3 pointsr/FSAE

You'll want what's called "thermal adhesive", which is also used for CPUs and VRMs in personal PCs, but more sparringly.

Thermal paste doesn't have any significant adhesive properties.

Also, just in case the Amazon link goes down in the future, here's a screenshot of the page

u/Wirerat · 3 pointsr/nvidia

I used Mosfet vram heatsinks held in place with Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive 5g back in the day when I modded an aio cooler onto a gtx 780.

They are cheap enough. There is another size for the vrms too.

u/NessInOnett · 3 pointsr/computers

It's just a heatsink that is (supposed to be) stuck onto a chip with thermal adhesive. It's the same thing as thermal paste that goes on your CPU, but it's sticky and meant to be permanent.

If you want to fix it, buy some thermal adhesive, try cleaning off the old adhesive with alcohol or acetone (nail polish remover), and put on the new stuff. They also make this stuff for this very purpose.. I have some, it works well.

https://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Alumina-Thermal-Adhesive-5g/dp/B0009IQ1BU/

u/aramid · 2 pointsr/electronics

You absolutely must use a heatsink if you're driving a Luxeon LED at anything close to its rated power. It doesn't need to be the specified one, though; it just needs to be a chunk of something thermally conductive. I like to use scavenged PC chipset heatsinks or blocks of scrap aluminum. You should ideally use thermal compound on the connection, as well. You can either use normal thermal grease and use screws to mount the LED to the heatsink, or you can buy some thermal epoxy to make the connection. For use at lower power, you can get by with thermal tape or even JB Weld, but neither is ideal.

u/doubleplusunsigned · 2 pointsr/PrintedCircuitBoard

It looks like aluminum PCBs have a different dielectric material between the copper layer and the aluminum, which is what gives them the superior thermal characteristics... very interesting:

http://www.amitroncorp.com/printed-circuit-boards/aluminum.html

Also, I was going to ask if the design has room for a heat sink? I've used thermal epoxy quite a lot for a variety of applications, and been very happy with the results in both adhesion and heat transfer capabilities.

u/DZCreeper · 2 pointsr/watercooling

You can do a hybrid cooler setup which generally costs $125-150 to do properly. NZXT G10, Corsair H55, copper heatsinks for the VRM's, thermal adhesive to permanently attach them, and the adapter cable to let the card control the radiator fan.

https://www.amazon.com/NZXT-Kraken-RL-KRG10-B1-Bracket-Black/dp/B00ITTFO8M

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Hydro-Quiet-Liquid-Cooler/dp/B009VV56TY

https://www.amazon.com/Enokay-Cooling-Heatsink-Raspberry-Heatsinks/dp/B014KKY3KI

https://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Alumina-Thermal-Adhesive-5g/dp/B0009IQ1BU

https://www.amazon.com/Gelid-CA-PWM-02-Adapter-Sleeved-Cooler/dp/B005ZKZEQA

A custom loop just for the GPU can be done with about $350. This will be a lower noise/temperature solution and offers the possibility of expansion but obviously also costs more.

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc-1080-gtx-ti-nickel - $130.

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-coolstream-pe-240-dual - $62.

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-xres-100-ddc-mx-3-1-pwm-incl-pump - $100

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/tube-primochill-primoflextm-advanced-lrttm-onyx-black - $8.

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-hfb-fitting-10mm-nickel - $21 for 6.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/b2vRsY/noctua-case-fan-nff12pwm - $38 for 2.

u/01189999119991197253 · 2 pointsr/buildapc

something like this? measure the area you need as you get bigger ones also.


you can try sticking them on with thermal pads but these tend to fall off with smaller sized heatsinks and high temps. ideally you would use heat conductive glue (like this).


note that you will still need adequate airflow (directly onto the vrm's if possible).

u/Ryokurin · 2 pointsr/CarAV

You can get something like Arctic Alumina or similar to attach it or the mosfet probably has a small hole where you can attach a heat sink to it via a screw, so you can use normal heatsink compound. And yeah, just cut a hole in the case if it does not fit completely.

u/IsABot · 2 pointsr/electronic_cigarette

If you don't want to solder them, you can use thermal epoxy which is pretty common in electronics. The epoxy is thermally conductive so it still transfers heat while having an incredibly strong shear force. You'd never be able to remove it once it sets though.

If the plate is just for thermal and not for grounding you can just use something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Alumina-Thermal-Adhesive-5g/dp/B0009IQ1BU

u/DjGus · 2 pointsr/techsupport

Probably some sort of of thermal glue...

https://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Alumina-Thermal-Adhesive-5g/dp/B0009IQ1BU

It's nothing to worry.

u/ZombieGrot · 1 pointr/3Dprinting

This double-sided thermal tape works pretty well. Thermal epoxy is also an option but it's usually overkill for stepper motors. The tape is cheap, holds firmly, and has decent heat transfer.

u/the_meatloaf · 1 pointr/Homebrewing

I used some thermal epoxy and a clamp to hold them together while it dried....here it is: Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive 5g https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009IQ1BU/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_hyIevb0FQ4XR0
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009IQ1BU/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_hyIevb0FQ4XR0

u/senorroboto · 1 pointr/buildapc

Ah so it was locked properly. Well that's a bad sign that it still came off and could have damaged something. What thermal paste did you use? People use thermal paste as a generic term but there are thermal greases which don't stick too much or there are thermal adhesives/epoxies which are designed to stick on heat sinks with. The same manufacturers sell both kinds. For example:

Normal thermal paste/grease: https://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Silver-AS5-3-5G-Thermal-Paste/dp/B0087X728K/

Thermal adhesive/epoxy for sticking on heat sinks semi-permanently: https://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Alumina-Thermal-Adhesive-5g/dp/B0009IQ1BU

u/Shadow703793 · 1 pointr/buildapc

Are you looking for thermal tape or thermal pads? These are two very different things. Thermal tapes are very thin just like your regular tape. Thermal pads on the other hand are pretty thick, they can range from .05-4mm in thickness.

By reading your post, it looks like this should work. According to specs, it's ~1mm thick. There are thicker pads in the 1.5+mm range, but those are quite expensive to get through FrozenCPU and other places like that. Check Ebay for these.

> So I tried slapping on some AS5 on top of the pad, (so its chipset -> AS5 -> thin pad -> pipe), but that still seems too thin

That would not work.

Alternative: You could get Arctic Silver Adhesive and use this, BUT this is absolutely (more or less) permanent. It's kind of like an epoxy. You can some times remove it by soaking it in acetone/alcohol, but if you mix it properly and it sets it will never come off at all.

u/lmso0 · 1 pointr/buildapc

You need to buy thermal adhesive and glue heatsinks to the memory chips and vrms. Stuff like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Alumina-Thermal-Adhesive-5g/dp/B0009IQ1BU

u/B0vice · 1 pointr/microgrowery

I would think a CPU heat sink would be to thick to fit in there with all of the ballasts and fan sandwiched back in. Give it a try though and see if it will fit.

I'm not sure that it would make much of a difference, a CPU heat sink has a lot more surface area than one of the little heat sinks i slapped on there. If one fits in there I would try to put as many in there as I could fit.

If you look at higher end LED grow lights you can see the size/quality of heat sinks they use and compare them to the 1/8th in aluminum plate these cheep Chinese LED lights have.

EDIT: make sure to use thermal epoxy to connect your CPU heat sinks to the existing heat sink.

u/katiecannibal · 1 pointr/buildapc

Ah, makes sense. Thanks so much for the reply. Will this adhesive be sufficient?