Features:

  • TOP TIER THERMAL PERFORMANCE – The IC graphite pad features a thermal conductivity of 35W/m-k.
  • EXTRAORDINARY DURABILITY – This thermal pad features a dry solution that contains no liquids. It will not pump or bake out like regular thermal compounds.
  • UNMATCHED TEMPERATURE RANGE – Keeps your CPU safe with a temperature operating range of -200C to 400C. RoHS compliant.
  • TAKE THE GUESSWORK OUT – The modular solution means never again having to wonder if you’ve applied too much or too little thermal paste.
  • REUSABLE – You’ll never have to worry about buying thermal paste ever again. The graphite thermal pad can be reused on multiple builds with no loss in performance.
Dead easy application, good temps.

Works as advertised. Stress tests (i7 3930K) yielded about the same temps as they did with the Arctic Silver 5 I had on there before. We're taking their word on it that this will last a long time, but it seems reasonable given one of the known properties of graphite, in particular that it is virtually inert. It's not hard to find evidence that graphite has terrific thermal conductivity. UPDATE: I moved my computer into a new case and while doing so, temporarily removed the heatsink. It was laughably simple to remove the ICG patch and reinstall it in the new case. When I removed it, it looked the same as before I originally installed it and performs the same after reinstallation. Unless you need the couple three degrees a premium paste-type TIM will get you, there is no reason to not use one of these.

Easy to use, works very well

VERY easy to use. I have an i7-8700 (non-K) CPU and the 30x30 fits almost perfectly. It very slightly overhangs the parts of the raised portion of the CPU but I'm assuming that will be fine. Simple to use, it slides around quite easily so you have to be very careful installing your CPU cooler. I've been building PCs for about 30 years, and this makes one of the biggest PITAs of building your own PC these days very simple and neat. So far my CPU is running nice and cool, idling temps in the 29-31C range, full bore Prime 95 (nonAVX) never gets above about 60C. (I'm air cooling with the Noctua CPU Cooler [NH-U12S]). The IC Graphite Thermal Pad is a terrific product I can highly recommend. I'm seriously considering taking the CPU coolers off some of my other, older PCs and replacing Arctic silver paste with this.

Tastes better than thermal paste

Tastes better than thermal paste, can be eaten like a dorito. Seriously though, while not as effective as high end paste (difference minimal) you can remove your worries about the paste drying out after a few years, and reuse it on you next build. You can always brag to you friends your temps and say that you aren't using thermal paste, and blow their minds

No Mess, No Worries.

Pros: No mess/cleaning, worry free for as long as I keep using my current CPU. After then, I'll be able to reuse the material for my next build. 40 x 40mm is plenty for a normal Intel CPU. Cons: Temps seem to be a few degrees higher as compared to Arctic Silver though nothing worth worrying over. Prime95 puts me in the mid to high 70s Celsius. Product preforms as expected. This replaced my Arctic Silver thermal compound used on my CPU. Temps are a few degrees more than when I was using Arctic Silver. The 40 x 40mm pad is larger than my i7 3770K CPU. A few mms of overhang though that's fine. If needed I can cut it down to size. Side Note: Some reviews depict difficult installation due to it not sticking to the CPU when assembling their CPU cooler. For me, I simply rotate my rig so the cpu/motherboard is horizontal and assemble it then.

Absolutely worth it. This is a game changer in PC building.

I have an older AMD FX CPU. I have a minor overclock on it. Nothing drastic. I had been using antec nano diamond thermal paste with a decent zalman air cooler. Temps were fine. But I my PC is in a very dry and somewhat dusty environment. As a result I take it apart and clean it about once a year for a complete tear down clean and reassemble. Usually my thermal paste is starting to get a little dry around then. So just for ease of use and this being reusable and not effected by the environment it's worth it as long as it performs almost as well as the paste. So does it? Yes. Under minor load such as just day to day use or web browsing it actually performs better than traditional paste in my use case. Under load from gaming, it's about the same if not even a little better. But give or take a margin of error, about the same. So factoring all the other pros, that makes it amazing to me. The fact that it's there, and I never have to think about it again is great. If I ever upgrade or have to access my CPU, it's also reusable, I don't have to worry about cleanup or anything. I couldn't be happier. Pros: Ease of install, Clean, reusable, eliminates potential "hot spots" because graphite can move MASSIVE amounts of heat across it's surface area very well. So the heat is basically more evenly distributed across the whole surface of the pad, set it and forget it. Cons: upfront cost

It works!

Just got 1 out of the 2 I ordered a week ago after watching Linus demo it on LTT. I removed the messy thermal compound and simply plopped this down onto the CPU and attached the cooler. The last time I applied Arctic Silver 5 compound was a year ago. After booting up and running a stress test I actually got lower temps. I'm happy this came out, it's like a permanent solution that won't degrade over time. It also felt foolproof. You really can't mess up with this.

It Just Works. Its a no brainer. Buy It.

I was skeptical at first, but it really it does work. I have a 7700k that is known to run hot, even when not overclocked. Previously, I had a Corsair h100i v2 AIO water cooler and applied Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste. My idle was consistently 59-60 C. When running Cinebench, I would max at 101 C and the performance would drop due to thermal throttling. The Cinebench score was 884. So I opened up the case, cleaned out all the thermal paste with the ArctiClean dual solution set and then put this pad in place. Now the system idles at 45 C and Cinebench maxes at 97 C. Since the CPU did not thermal throttle, the score was 953 cb instead of 884 cb. I may have applied the thermal paste incorrectly, either too much or not enough, but the pad just trivializes things and it is reusable if you want to keep making changes. NOTE: after using the pad, I also delidded my 7700k to put liquid metal between the actual CPU and the IHS and my idle went to 37 C and cinebench maxed at 72 C, but cinebench score was the same since throttling never changed between the last run. I could try to overclock some now, but not interested in that. Hope my experience helps, but I will only be using these pads from now on.

I suspect that application method and cooler combo will yield even better than paste results

Might not buy thermal paste ever again. Cools at least as well as top end paste and as more people use it, I suspect that application method and cooler combo will yield even better than paste results. Buy the biggest pad you can and don't cut if you can help it. The pad is electrically conductive so plan to insulate delidded chips like in laptops. I'll be even more interested when you can get pads near the size a sheet of paper.

Who would have guessed it

An amazing product, really a game-changer in CPU cooling. It was a little scary to start up the custom builds in the office with no paste, but they perform within a few degrees of even the best paste out there. Makes switching coolers or CPU chips a breeze for testing, and I don't think I'll be going back to paste any time soon.

Worth it for use on a Titan X Pascal waterblock

So I have a custom water loop in my system, two radiators and two waterblocks. The GPU waterblock has been giving me fits for months because in order to get even distribution across the GPU die you have to turn the screws in a very particular pattern and the thermal paste would still get distributed to all but one corner of the die (not the same corner). I figured out there was a gap between the GPU die and the block so removed all my thermal pads and replaced them with K5-pro which worked like a dream (see my review of the stuff here on Amazon). Still, I wanted a better solution for the actual die, so I've tried thermal paste from thermaltake (G7), Arctic MX-4, and Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut. All of them performed well but all of them would still get messy and the temps on my Titan X would start out great but then slowly get worse over time instead of getting better as the paste "cured". I saw some of the mixed reviews on YouTube first and began researching this IC graphite thermal pad. Knowing that I could destroy my rig if this stuff touches the wrong component I decided to go for it. I took apart the GPU block, cleaned the die of any thermal compound, cut the IC graphite pad to fit the die of the GPU exactly and replaced the waterblock. After filling and bleeding the system and getting back into Windows the card reported 24C at initial and rose to 25C at idle. At full load, depending on what I'm doing, the temps get to about 43C on most titles and there are a few where it will reach 49-50C after some 30 minutes at 99% load. Overall I'm very pleased with this product. Installation was easy and there is no mess to clean up. I admit I was hoping the thermals would be slightly better but then again I did expect it to be a 1 or 2 degrees hotter than the thermal paste applications. The pad helps to fill any gap that was still left over after using the K5-pro on the mosfets, and vram, and the temps of the GPU fall quickly as soon as the load is reduced after exiting a game or even during games depending on what is on screen or if it switches to a cutscene or something the temps fall quickly and the temps slowly rise after you continue play. Great product, if you are okay with the risks get it, take your time when applying it and enjoy. Update 10/05/2018- I now have an additional IC Graphite thermal pad on my i7-4930K cpu and the temps are great. The base clock for the 4930K is 3.4Ghz with a boost up to 3.9Ghz, and I have mine overclocked to 4.6Ghz. At idle it sits at 26*C and pushes 55*C at full load with Prime 95. With real world use outside of Prime 95 it never comes close to this as it never hits 50*C. My GPU temps have also gotten slightly better with initial temps sitting between 20*-22*C idle temps at 24*C and load temps still maxing out at 42*C with the exception of a few titles that can push it to 46-50*C for a few seconds at a time (e.g. Witcher 3, Final Fantasy XV, and Rise of the Tomb Raider).

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