Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Sponsor: Montech TEN mATX PC Case geni.us/eoAoo
In this engineering discussion, we speak with Matt of Carbice and Jakob of Noctua about a Carbon Nanotube thermal pad solution that Noctua is co-branding. The pad requires more burn-in time than paste, but Noctua claims more than 10 years of use for this pad, avoiding the need for eventual paste replacement.
Watch our Noctua interview about the AIO and thermosiphon here: youtube.com/watch?v=KsEP-aaUbss (review coming up later)
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - It Got Technical
02:40 - Thermal Paste vs CNT Pad Performance
04:41 - Physical Composition of the Pad
07:35 - Noctua's Hesitation and Reusability
11:50 - Pad Thickness
12:54 - Downsides
15:00 - GPU Use Case
16:55 - Thermal Cycling
19:08 - Price and Release
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Sponsor: Montech TEN mATX PC Case geni.us/eoAoo
In this engineering discussion, we speak with Matt of Carbice and Jakob of Noctua about a Carbon Nanotube thermal pad solution that Noctua is co-branding. The pad requires more burn-in time than paste, but Noctua claims more than 10 years of use for this pad, avoiding the need for eventual paste replacement.
Watch our Noctua interview about the AIO and thermosiphon here: youtube.com/watch?v=KsEP-aaUbss (review coming up later)
Watch our COLLAPSE of Personal Computing documentary: youtube.com/watch?v=zyQwAhppWj8
The best way to support our work is through our store: store.gamersnexus.net
Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: patreon.com/gamersnexus
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - It Got Technical
02:40 - Thermal Paste vs CNT Pad Performance
04:41 - Physical Composition of the Pad
07:35 - Noctua's Hesitation and Reusability
11:50 - Pad Thickness
12:54 - Downsides
15:00 - GPU Use Case
16:55 - Thermal Cycling
19:08 - Price and Release
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Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage.
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Steve Burke: Host, Writing
Mike Gaglione, Camera, Editing
Vitalii Makhnovets: Camera, Editing
