Thermalright Intros Valor Odin Series Thermal Pads

[btarunr]

Thermalright today introduced the Valor Odin series of thermal pads that you can use to improve the cooling performance of your motherboard's VRM heatsinks, M.2 SSD heatsinks, or your graphics card's coolers (to better pull heat from the memory chips or VRM). The company claims that the pad offers thermal conductivity of 15 W/mK, which is in the league of thermal pastes. The pad uses aluminium nitride as a key ingredient, while maintaining electrical non-conductivity up to 9.8 kV, and has a density of 3.1 g/cc. There are three variants of the Thermalright Valor Odin based on pad thickness—1.0 mm, 1.5 mm, and 2.0 mm, all with the same density and thermal characteristics. Each pack includes a sheet measuring 95 mm x 50 mm, which you cut to size. The company didn't reveal pricing.



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[outlw6669]

Ok, great conductivity on paper.
Now, how much compression is needed to reach that conductivity level?

 

[erocker]

I've tried a bunch of pads and am still looking for some that can compress easily while having thermal conductivity better than regular silicone pads.

 

[CEZARY13]

Should have test, thermal pads

 

[Mussels]

Always up for more thermal pad options, prices can get insane and at one point i had a 3 week wait for new thermal pads my 3090 badly needed

 

[agatong55]

That bubble gum looks tasty

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

That bubble gum looks tasty

But what are the baseball cards like?

 

[Rob94hawk]

Should have bought some of these when I refreshed my socket 775 mobo with a Q9650.

 

[LabRat 891]

The stated breakdown voltage has me tempted to make a flexible Corona Discharge O3 generator. From experience though, ozone degrades many silicone materials. I've had a couple items 'ooze' silicon oil and get 'sticky' after being sanitized with ozone.
On topic:
The Aluminum Nitride ceramic material makes this interesting, but we don't usually get 'deets' on thermal pads. So, for all we know this is nothing special.