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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
Metals are really good at both, a lot of old cheap thermal pastes were basically aluminium oxide dust and silicone grease if I remember correctly

Back in my day non-electrically conductive was a premium feature! These kids and their safe thermal paste. /s
gpt
No /s required. Building old PCs was a lot riskier than it is now. I still make sure none of my thermal paste spills over the sides, purely out of habit.