Stinky thermal paste emits acidic vapors, corrodes copper, ‘glues’ heatsinks to processors, and permanently damages coolers – SGT-4 TIM is a chemically reactive blend, finds investigation

Some thermal pastes are good for air cooling, others for liquid cooling, some are generally efficient, others are not. But as our colleague Igor Wallosek discovered, there is a thermal paste that stinks and damages coolers. That thermal paste — Amech (Aimac) SGT-4 made in South Korea — appears to be quite popular in online stores around the world because it is cheap and gets favorable user reviews. Yet, SGT-4 appears to be a chemically reactive blend that stinks due to acidic vapors, permanently…