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[Wanted] Thermal pads...and maybe some good paste

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I come to you on bended knee. I had a kid, sold my PC and find myself playing CSGO on a Dell XPS13...which throttles like beayatch. I need some (preferably thick) thermal pads to bridge the gap between the weak-sauce CPU cooler plate and the aluminium underside of the laptop. It's a well documented mod that works well, but I'm struggling to find thermal pads from somewhere that'll ship them for less than three times the cost of the pads :p

The paste would be a bonus and I'll happily pay proper money + shipping for that.

Item Wanted: About 3cm x 1cm of 2mm-ish thermal padding'ness. I'll take more if you have it though.
The paste just needs to be really good and non-conductive.

Packaging Essential: lol nope
Desired Age: I like my thermal pads like I like my women; soft and flexible.
Location: JHB - Parkhurst/Rosebank area
Willing to accept a shipped item: If you have some paste to ship me too then it'll be worth it.
Ballpark/Budget Amount: My ever-lasting gratitude? A beer or two over sparkling conversation about heat dissipation? If you have pads I'll pay retail price for the paste.
 
Check rebeltech. They're out JHB side and I think I've seen on their website? Could you not go fetch some? Other than that, I know Titan-Ice in Pretoria has. Not that that helps [emoji23]. Failing that maybe find someone that's driving past there and have them drop some off for you?
 
Check rebeltech. They're out JHB side and I think I've seen on their website? Could you not go fetch some? Other than that, I know Titan-Ice in Pretoria has. Not that that helps [emoji23]. Failing that maybe find someone that's driving past there and have them drop some off for you?

Appreciate the reply dude.
I can't find any on RebelTech's site but I'll mail them on Monday if it comes down to that.
Titan Ice always stocks the slightly obscure cooling stuff but yeah, they're a mission to get to from where I am.
 
Check rebeltech. They're out JHB side and I think I've seen on their website? Could you not go fetch some? Other than that, I know Titan-Ice in Pretoria has. Not that that helps [emoji23]. Failing that maybe find someone that's driving past there and have them drop some off for you?

Appreciate the reply dude.
I can't find any on RebelTech's site but I'll mail them on Monday if it comes down to that.
Titan Ice always stocks the slightly obscure cooling stuff but yeah, they're a mission to get to from where I am.
Yeah I just checked rebel again and I can't find any. But call them, maybe they can help. Hey if you haven't found any by the time I next come to jhb, I'll be sure to get hold of you before I drive through, maybe I can bring some through for you [emoji1]
 
I got some Thermal Grizzly pads from Amazon to do the same, but I did the full liquid metal cooling path. They have bigger sections as well, if you're not sure that that will be enough. Not too expensive - R208 with shipping and import duties.

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One last bump before I order online. The Arctic ones seem pretty good. Not as good as the Grizzlies but yeah, good enough.
 
One last bump before I order online. The Arctic ones seem pretty good. Not as good as the Grizzlies but yeah, good enough.
I work close to Titan Ice if you ever need stuff I can pickup and you can send courier or fetch in Centurion :p
 
Also I think I have pads I never used, will have a look tonight what brand it is
 
I work close to Titan Ice if you ever need stuff I can pickup and you can send courier or fetch in Centurion :p

Wow, much appreciated, thank you :)

Also I think I have pads I never used, will have a look tonight what brand it is

They would have to be pretty terrible for me to say no. Let’s see. Thanks
 
giving this a bump - haven't had a good reason to order anything else online yet
 
Believe it or not, Makro is actually the go-to place for Arctic Cooling products.
The thermal pads are very nicely priced:
Artic Arctic Thermal pad high performance gap filler 76g- blue 87276700767-3 - Lowest Prices & Specials Online | Makro

Through my arguably obsessive Googling I found these Makro listings the other day. Colour me surprised. I don't know why I feel weird ordering one tiny item like this though. I've been waiting for something else I need so I can group the order.

Pity it's an "online exclusive"
 
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RS Components <- I get from here usually

Moddiy <- havent used this site but they have plenty of good stuff

Wow, your very useful reply came two hours too late. I just ordered the Arctic pads from Makro.
Those sites you suggested are great though! Thanks for that; I'll definitely be using them in future, especially since they have 1000W/m·K pads :ROFLMAO:
 
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