Does Mayonnaise Last as a Thermal Compound? @ Hardware Secrets

Ever wonder if your thermal paste is all that good?  Do you believe that all thermal paste is the same or that you can use anything between a CPU and heatsink?

Well if that is the case, why not use a little mayo.  Yes, that's right you can use mayo as thermal compound however, the real question is how long will it last.

Back in 2011, we tested mayonnaise as a thermal interface between the CPU and the base of the cooler. Amazingly, it worked nicely, proving to be, at least in a short term, a better thermal compound than several well-known commercial products. But, at the time, we could not determine how long it would continue to work before a degradation in performance was noted. This time around, we ran a long-term test to determine if mayonnaise can last as a thermal compound.

Pretty much going to say this might be the worse idea ever, kinda like that video Uncle Rico made of him throwing footballs.

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