Thermal compound suggestion

amdandy · 13 Feb 2013 at 21:53

Sorry if this is in the wrong section. I am going to be fitting my upgrade parts to my rig over the weekend and I am going to be ordering the last of the stuff on friday. I will be fitting a cpu waterblock and graphics cards waterblocks. Can I get some suggestions on what compound to use as I lost my tube of arctic silver. I also read that a non conductive tim is better to use on graphics cards. Is it worth buying two kinds one for my cpu block and one for my gpu blocks. Thanks for any advice.

Nickolp1974 · 13 Feb 2013 at 21:56

I use gelid extreme and it gives pretty good results, there's nothing out there that i would change it for.

Rubicant · 14 Feb 2013 at 01:19

Hi. I ve been using MX-2 paste for years with decent results. Im curious to test a prolimatech thermal compound sample that i received recently. Should work great on GPU as well since its non-conducting!

teenwolf · 14 Feb 2013 at 01:21

Any of the MX range is quality.

doyll · 14 Feb 2013 at 01:26

MX are good, I've just changed to Chill Factor 3 and like it.

amdandy · 14 Feb 2013 at 03:14

I think I will give the mx a try, from what I have heard the artic silver and the mx seem to be two of the best

wazza300 · 14 Feb 2013 at 03:20

coolaboratory liquid pro for your cpu waterblock and mx4 for your gpu

amdandy · 14 Feb 2013 at 04:25

Is that coolaboratory stuff really that good

greenbrucelee · 14 Feb 2013 at 08:07

MX-2 or artic silver 5. Some coolers work better with certain compounds.

amdandy · 14 Feb 2013 at 08:12

Artic silver for the cpu and the mx for my gpu and motherboard were my first choice because there are mixed reviews on the coolaboratory stuff.

Schizo · 14 Feb 2013 at 08:24

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18416534

Have a read up on that that stulid done,good guide and the gelid came out on top in that test.

Quote from stulid "If I was buying thermal paste tomorrow with my own money, the Gelid Solutions GC-Extreme or MX-2 would be first on my shopping list with the Prolimatech PK-1 Nano and Alpenföhn "Snow Cannon" following close behind."

Wazz-1 · 14 Feb 2013 at 08:33

amdandy said:
Is that coolaboratory stuff really that good

Yes, i also use it on my two GPUs perfectly safe if you are sensible with it.

stuie · 14 Feb 2013 at 09:12

Ive always stuck with as5 ive been using it for 8+ years without any issues on cpus and gpus. Its always worked decent performance and is easy to spread

Yaayuh! · 14 Feb 2013 at 09:26

MX stuff is great and spreads easy when the block/heatsink is mounted.
I however, have a new love for the IC Diamond 24. Though it has been reported by extreme overclockers that it scratches the IHS slightly, which it will if you keep re-mounting it.

LtMatt · 14 Feb 2013 at 10:54

schizo said:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18416534

Have a read up on that that stulid done,good guide and the gelid came out on top in that test.

Quote from stulid "If I was buying thermal paste tomorrow with my own money, the Gelid Solutions GC-Extreme or MX-2 would be first on my shopping list with the Prolimatech PK-1 Nano and Alpenföhn "Snow Cannon" following close behind."

OcuK don't stock it any more and Stig said they wouldn't be getting any more in.

wazza300 · 14 Feb 2013 at 11:06

amdandy said:
Is that coolaboratory stuff really that good

yes its dropped my 2600k load temps 12c over mx4!! that's how good it is

you have to be carefull when applying it and don't use it on aluminium

doyll · 14 Feb 2013 at 11:15

schizo said:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18416534

Have a read up on that that stulid done,good guide and the gelid came out on top in that test."

Stulid didn't have a thermometer other than thermostat and didn't record the ambient temperature during his testing so we can only guess at what the starting temp was.. 20-24c is a guess. No burn-in time either.

Things like

Originally Posted by tamzzy
it doesnt seem that you accounted for thermal paste burn in...would that make any difference to the results?
great review btw xD

I got the samples a month ago, they had long enough

and

His reply in post #54 to repeated comments about ambient temp record.

Originally Posted by Uncle Petey View Post
I appreciate how much work has gone into this, but I have to repeat the above opinions and also question why they've been completely ignored thus far.

Then again, having seen how allergic you are to explaining yourself in other threads, I'm not surprised.

Bitchy.

If you read their posts you will see they are statements/opinions and not questions for me.

then referenced a different thread for

I was asked about delta temps and thermometers in this thread - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sho...php?t=18416533

Pretty sure I answered back in post#77 to peoples questions.

A few answers.
• I have had these pastes for a month, so they each had enough time to cure, some (such as the Gelid GC says it doesn't even need curing)
• The results were all gathered later at evening/night and on cool days, I avoided the four day heatwave we have had this summer.
....

remove all credibility from his thermal paste report.

Rubicant · 14 Feb 2013 at 13:14

Inspite of methods used in that thread, its still probably fair to say that most of those reputable thermal compounds (arctic silver, mx-2, IC diamond, etc) will achive similar results at Load (within couple of degrees). Unless you go all out and use Coolaboratory Liquid Pro, probably not worth fretting over which TIM to apply

~Mike~ · 14 Feb 2013 at 13:32

I'm using Thermalright Chill Factor 3, does a very good job.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=TH-002-TR&groupid=701&catid=27&subcat=

troops · 14 Feb 2013 at 13:44

Although Chill factor 3 is ok, i didnt like how it spread.