Upgrading from Xeon Silver 4114s to Xeon Gold 6138's. The Gold's do run hotter than the Silvers - usually I would use Noctua NT-H1 or NT-H2 as the thermal paste since it's a LOT more affordable when swapping out 8-10 large processors.
But decided to ask around in the forums if anyone has had any bad experiences with Noctua especially with what folks refer to as 'pump out' i.e. the paste seems to get pumped out when the CPUs run at higher temps.
Or conversely - what paste have you used and found stable long term (Artic Silver 5? Arctic Cooling MX5?)
TBH I think Dell lathers on some really cheap paste that they buy in bulk tubs
Update: ended up using TPCM (Thermal Phase Change Material) - so far so good. I've posted more details in the thread ...
But decided to ask around in the forums if anyone has had any bad experiences with Noctua especially with what folks refer to as 'pump out' i.e. the paste seems to get pumped out when the CPUs run at higher temps.
Or conversely - what paste have you used and found stable long term (Artic Silver 5? Arctic Cooling MX5?)
TBH I think Dell lathers on some really cheap paste that they buy in bulk tubs
Update: ended up using TPCM (Thermal Phase Change Material) - so far so good. I've posted more details in the thread ...
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