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They also make Liquid Metal themselves. Pretty sure that’s a substantial part of their business actually…

And they talk in the video about how expensive it is now, because of gallium export restrictions in China, and that people shouldn't be using it because it's not cost effective. Only the most hardcore of overclockers should even do it.

But it was a very informative video regardless.

For what it’s worth isn’t liquid metal actually not very good for extreme overclocking seeing as it solidifies at subzero temps?

Liquid metal needs to be liquid only when applied, to fill any micro-voids in the metal surfaces pressed together, of the CPU heat spreader and of the cooler heatsink.

After application, it does not matter whether it becomes solid, which is actually preferable, to diminish the risk that it would flow outside.

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