DIY CPU Thermal Grease, Using Diamond Dust

tygerstripes writes "The dysfunctor has spotted an impressive project over on InventGeek.com; an innovative chap has developed his own thermal compound for improved CPU cooling, using diamond dust — the best available material for thermal conduction — as the key ingredient. In spite of the quick-&-dirty DIY nature of the project, the gains in cooling performance are remarkable, especially considering the material cost was only $33. Given the price many enthusiasts will pay for a top-end cooler, it's easy to imagine this product coming to market quite soon."

Finally

[Anonymous Coward]

...a practical use for your wife's jewelry!

*shrug*

[i_ate_god]

I feel super cool with angel dust, I don't think I'll switch.

Re:Finally

[JCSoRocks]

Even more so if she's your ex-wife.

Re:Diamond dust is cheap?

[oodaloop]

Read? You must be new here.

Where did I put that?

[gEvil (beta)]

Ahh yes, my diamond dust. Now where did I put that? I'm pretty sure I keep it with my scrap gold somewhere....

Re:WHY TAGGED HARDHACK?

[Anonymous Coward]

Lighten up, Francis.

Re:Diamonds?

[K. S. Kyosuke]

Diamond dust in heatsinks? Square-headed girlfriends? To the next level? Now I finally understand why is Shiva's ice attack in Final Fantasy labeled as "Diamond Dust"...

Re:Diamond dust is cheap?

[Shakrai]

Wow, I've been on /. for many years now and haven't gotten one of these trolls directed at me until just now. I wonder if it will show up on my achievements page?

Does this change the old adage?

[Totenglocke]

Are diamonds now a nerd's best friend?

Re:Does this change the old adage?

[Mishotaki]

Only if the Mythbusters made them with a shitload of explosives!

Arrested Development

[SporkLand]

I feel like there is an Arrested Development joke somewhere in here.

Lindsay:
There's a cream with real diamonds in it. I can actually smear diamonds on my face! And it's only $400 a tub! That's, like, what, like, a million diamonds for $400? A million bleeping diamonds!

Re:Diamond dust is cheap?

[adolf]

I, for one, have configured Slashdot so that domains are never shown.

I advise everyone who cares to live adventurously to do the same.

Re:Diamond dust is cheap?

[Anonymous Coward]

Gilmoure smells of elderberries.

Re:Diamond dust is cheap?

[harrkev]

Large/Gem quality ones are either available or in the "real soon now" stage

Not true. It seems that the people who are working on this keep on having "unfortunate accidents."

I wonder if making synthetic diamonds involves placing black cats on broken mirrors under ladders on Friday the 13th?

Re:bottom line

[ae1294]

Thermal conductivity is a function of the materials in use

You sir win a cookie!!!

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Re:Diamond dust is cheap?

[Anonymous Coward]

I wonder if making synthetic diamonds involves placing black cats on broken mirrors under ladders on Friday the 13th?

It's much easier than that.
You butter both sides of a piece of bread and then stick it to a cat's back.

When you throw the cat into the air, the cat attempts to land on its feet while the bread attempts to land buttered side down.
Because this is impossible, they spin at incredible speed and the butter between them compresses into diamond.
I personally use this process to make diamond knife and scalpel blades.

Re:I agree. Bad math and bad physics in the articl

[IRoll11!s]

So you're saying the only thing that would give this kind of improvement would be to replace the copper/aluminum heat sink with one of similar size made out of pure diamond? Anyone making those yet?