Quote from: n0nce on January 24, 2023, 12:26:21 PM

Quote from: iwantmyhomepaidwithbtc2 on January 24, 2023, 12:23:07 PM

Couldn't we use this ? https://desktop.bg/thermal_pastes-thermal_grizzly-Conductonaut-thermal_grizzly_conductonaut_liquid_metal_1_gramm_TGC001R

73 W/mk

It's highly electrically conductive, though. And any liquid / paste-like thermal interface will squish out and have spots where the cooler directly contacts the chip, anyway.
The main problem here is finding an interface that is thermally conductive and electrically isolated.

There are many reviews on this topic on youtube, where they compare liquid metal to different thermal paste. In general the answer is that a very good thermal paste will give you a similar (slightly worse) result as the liquid metal. The thermal past will however be way more easy to use and not short your circuit or do other bad stuff. Liquid metal may be an option if you want to build just one or two of the miners for yourself, but it would never be an option for a larger scale production.
See videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a9VcG4j8-k