A user buys brand new thermal paste. But when he opens the package, he is in for a big surprise. For he finds two strange plastic covers. However, there is quickly reassurance about what is behind them.
A user explains that he purchased new thermal paste online. In a thread, he posted a picture showing not only the tube of thermal paste in the plastic bag but also a plastic slider and two other plastic objects. The user immediately suspects that this can only be one specific thing. He explains on Reddit.com:
I bought thermal paste online, why does it come with condoms.
But it is actually not condoms; it is another “protection” that looks and functions quite similarly.
Finger cots, so the thermal paste doesn’t get contaminated
What are these plastic pieces? One user immediately gives “all clear”: These pieces in the bag are indeed a form of protection, but for the fingers. They are called finger cots, which manufacturers include with thermal paste for two reasons: First, to prevent dirtying one’s fingers completely, and second, to ensure that skin and especially skin oils don’t contaminate the thermal paste and reduce its cooling performance. In this sense, they are indeed like condoms, but for fingers:
These are finger condoms, so you don’t get your fingers dirty when applying your thermal paste.
Another user adds that the finger cots are way too big for other purposes. However, some jokesters from the community can’t help but reply that these finger cots are just the right size. For what, you can figure that out yourselves at this point.
Cooling and proper ventilation are an important part of a computer
Cooling offers many advantages: When the graphics card, processor, and the like are in operation, they release large amounts of heat. If your PC gets too hot, it throttles performance (“Thermal Throttling”) or, in the worst case, shuts down. This is ensured by fuses that manufacturers build into their components. A gamer mentioned that he could do without thermal paste in his PC, but in hindsight, that wasn’t really a smart idea.
Because thermal paste compensates for the irregularities between the cooler and the CPU or GPU. Even with water cooling, you need thermal paste that is placed between the CPU and the cooling element.
A TikToker has now mixed diamond dust into his thermal paste and applied it to his processor. Whether this expensive experiment was really worth it for the expert and for cooling performance can be read in the following article on MeinMMO: TikToker cools his processor with diamonds – does it really work?
