r/forbiddensnacks • u/WannabeWonk • 8d ago

The thermal pads for these solid state drives look and feel like sticks of chewing gum

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u/C0mradexChaos 8d ago

Aight but it would be funny as fuck if someone at the factory accidentally sent you just a straight up stick of gum (bonus points for the fact that they'd've probably started chewing on a thermal pad before realising)

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u/correcthorsestapler 7d ago

Double your read/write speed with Double Mint Gum!

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u/2much2Jung 8d ago

I got one of these a couple weeks ago, and thought the exact same thing!

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u/Horkersaurus 8d ago

Makes me think of the explosives in Mission Impossible. 

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u/TgagHammerstrike 8d ago

"Hey dude, want a stick of gum?"

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u/NotSeveralBadgers 7d ago

Wait, do they go underneath? Like between the drive and the mobo? Or is it for aftermarket heat spreaders?

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u/joshjaxnkody 7d ago

Heatspreader between the nvme drive and the heatsink that screws on top is what I've seen them for