Amech, the maker of the thermal paste that stinks and damages coolers, has known about the issues with its product since at least October 2024, according to Igor Wallosek from Igor’s Lab. Instead of addressing the problem that damages coolers and can potentially lead to damage to expensive CPUs or GPUs, the company kept producing and selling the thermal grease. SGT-4 appears to be a chemically reactive blend that stinks due to acidic vapors, permanently damages CPUs and coolers with pitting from corrosion, and causes coolers to glue to the chip

    • pulsewidth@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      People cheap out on the dumbest shit.

      • 4080ti
      • 9800X3D
      • ‘Gamer’ Mobo with all the swag*
      • 128gb low latency ram kit

      And then ‘the stuff that doesn’t matter so you can save some money’:

      • bronze-rated PSU from ‘Seasorny’ or some other namealike knockoff
      • $5 thermal paste
      • $10 fans

      “Bro my $3500 PC is crashing!”

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        7 hours ago

        Its funny because a bronze psu is losing you money in the long run if you are actually using your pc.