Thermal Pad PTM7950 100x160x0.25mm 8.5W/mK Heatsink Phase Change Silicone Grease CPU GPU SSD Thermal pad

I'm always suspicious of buying items like this from random sellers on Amazon; there's really no good way to know with absolute certainty that this is genuine PTM7950; we basically just have to take the seller's word for it.That being said, this stuff performs like PTM7950 Is reputed to perform; I've installed it on a number of CPUs and GPUs and consistently seen about a 3-5C drop in temperatures from good thermal pastes, and temperatures have remained stable in some cases for months under heavy load after installation, as expected from 7950.It also behaves like 7950, in that you really need to keep it in the freezer to be able to work with it; I actually keep it sitting on a hard plastic ice pack while I cut it.So, I have no reason to suspect it's not authentic, and plenty of reason to believe that it is. And it's much more convenient to source it from this vendor than to go elsewhere. I have no complaints about the product whatsoever.Some installation tips:-Keep it frozen and cut it to size on top of a hard plastic ice pack, as I said; I cut about 4mm shorter on all four sides for devices with an IHS, because it does melt and spread, while if it's an exposed die I just cut it to the size of the die.-Condensation will keep the cut piece adhered to the ice pack. While it's stuck down, use an exacto knife to wiggle under a corner of the upwards-facing plastic protective sheet. Holding the knife flat and parallel to the TIM, gently use it to separate the film from the 7950. Don't wiggle the knife. I generally use tweezers to grab the lifted corner but if you can grab it with your fingers that's fine too; the trick is to peel the film in a sideways direction rather than upwards. That is, if you pull the film up toward you at a 90 degree angle to the TIM, it will tear. Fold the lifted corner over and gently walk it back off of the TIM using the knife to lightly hold the exposed TIM down; the film should be bent 180 degrees back over itself as you remove it.With one side of the plastic film removed, install it on the CPU/GPU, and give it a bit of a firm push to help it melt a bit and adhere to that surface. Then repeat the procedure with the knife to slowly peel the plastic film off of the other side.You may scrap a piece or two while you figure it out but once you get the procedure down it's arguably less irritating than spreading a goopy, sticky thermal grease.

Bought this to redo my watercooling loop when I upgraded to AM5 with a 9950x3D. I initially put one on my old CPU block before discovering I didn't have the mount for it for AM5, and learned a bit about how to apply it properly, before I finally got to do my new block last night. Took the paste Corsair includes off and applied the pad in just a few minutes, and performance with my XC7 CPU block is as it should be (which is to say, fantastic). Just running my CPU in the loop designed for a CPU and 2 GPUs (I never bothered removing the old radiators when I moved to one GPU for my last build), but when RTX5080 waterblocks finally come out I'm definitely going to use this stuff to do that as well. Not sure if it's actually real PTM7950 but it performs as advertised so I'm not complaining. Also dope that unlike with normal thermal pads, if you have scraps that don't fit anything you can combine them all together in a ball in the center of the CPU like with normal paste, smash it down, and since it's a phase change material, it'll figure the rest out for you lol.

I suggest indium over PCM.

Awesome results! Ditch the thermal paste & liquid metal and use this! I used it on my CPU & GPU on my main pc & also on my 2 NUC pc's SOC's. After carefully spreading liquid metal on one of the NUC soc's it wouldn't post. Was it shorting, idk. Was it not making good contact with the kinda sub par heatsink surface, maybe. Either way, I ordered this after finding it in online comparison charts. Removed the liquid metal, used this, worked great. I replaced all thermal paste on all possible parts and the results have been fantastic! Easy to cut and place.*Cut your piece to size then put it in the fridge for a few minutes. Makes it a little more rigid and easier to remove the protective plastic and place on a chip.

I had swapped to a custom loop over a year ago, and just thought I didn't have enough heat dissipation, but when I noticed the delta between GPU temp and the hotspot temp was hitting 40c, I knew something was wrong. The difference is likely a combination of improper mounting pressure and this wonderful TIM. While playing Ark ASE, the hotspot temp has dropped from 105c to 60c (yowza!). No way that is all the TIM, but I'm super happy with the performance. This is just the start, too, since the phase change nature of the product should improve the performance over time.Hard to know if this is the 'real' deal, but I'm happy even if its not.

it is one time use and also my temps drops from 100°C to 70°C under stress test with 130 watts of usage for Legion 5 pro. it was worth it all along together with replacing pads of VRAMS of GPU and CPU. the trick of doing it to separate thermal pad from plastic you need tweezers that has prong bites and also sharp type to separate them but apply it first on the area that needs the application. Overall it is good investment for temperature

Tentative 5 star for now, I can't state whether or not this is legitimate Honeywell ptm7950. However, it lowered the hit spot temps on my 7700x by 12c compared to the Corsair stock TIM on the xc7 water block.So I don't care if it is or is not "real" it was a decent price and the performance is very, very good.The only downside to PTM7950 compared to regular TIM pastes is that it's hard to work with at room temp. It tears very easily and measuring to cut can be tricky.Pro tip is to keep pull out a vacuum sealed frozen steak or something and keep putting the pad onto that while your handling it to firm it up.