ARCTIC TP-3: Premium Performance Thermal Pad, 200 x 100 x 1.5 mm, (stackable to 2.0 mm without performance loss), 2 Pieces - High Performance, particularly soft, ideal gap filler, bridging gaps

They are definitely thermal pads 👍🏻Used on console memory chips when repasting the CPU, can't go wrong with arctic

I have a 9 year old Samsund laptog. And the fan had become very noisy. I was thinking of replacing the fan. But then I had another Idea.I took the fan out anr replaced it with one Arctic TP-3 Thermal Pad. 200mm x 100mm x 1.5mmMy laptop is much quieter now. That's obvious, I don't neerd to tell you that.I wish I could be more scientific. But it depends also on what the laptop is doing. Certainly the result is satisfactory. My laptop is not overheating. My impression is that it is running cooler with the thermal pad than it was with the fan. And the battery life is a little bit longer because the thermal pad doesn't use any power.I'm happy all round.As I said, I'm not recommeding to anybody that they remove any cooling fan from anything. I did so with the utmost caution, monitoring nd testing as I went along.

Will not separate from clear back plastic without tearing/folding. Cannot recommend this brand