Liquid cooling product manufacturer EK Water Blocks has released EK-TIM Indigo XS, a thermal interface material for Intel Core LGA-115x processors.
Unlike greases, metallic thermal interface pads or liquid metal alloys, Indigo XS is a self-contained and sealed structure, deploying a phase-change metallic alloy (PCMA) which reflows and fills surface asperities on the CPU lid and heat sink, the company said.
Indigo XS achieves high thermal performance through the optimized deployment of molten oxide-free PCMA, thereby yielding low contact resistance and low bulk resistance. The resultant interfacial layer is void-free and robust, with low thermal contact and bulk resistance.
Indigo XS is fully compatible with copper and aluminum surfaces and features a bulk thermal conductivity of 40 W/mK.
