Coollaboritory liquid pro

digitaldreams · 13 Jul 2017 at 11:32

Omg this stuff is like water, mercury like.

Very difficult to apply and spread even after using the isopropanol wipe and cotton bud to apply. You need a tiny amout which takes an eternity to spread and you're left with a bitty look not mirror finish as documented (possibly air bubbles or lint from the cotton bud).

I'm left worried that a tiny amout could drip from the heatsink and wreck my motherboard or video card.

Any one else had experience with this top performer ?

benjii · 13 Jul 2017 at 11:59

It sounds like you're using too much. Use just enough so that you can't see what's underneath, the less you use the easier it is to apply. If applied properly, it doesn't ooze out the side like TIM does so you don't need to worry about nearby components.

digitaldreams · 13 Jul 2017 at 13:22

Well it doesnt appear to be oozing out (difficult to see the bottom yet can only see a tiny slither of silver on the processor sides between processor and heatsink) and the PC is still working. With an i7 5820k and Zalman CPNS 9900 MAX my temps have dropped 3-8 DegC compared to Artic Silver 5.

Only time will tell what I find when I try to take the heatsink off in the future (many tales of it being welded on and badly discoloured/etched)

Smffy · 16 Jul 2017 at 10:12

digitaldreams said:
Well it doesnt appear to be oozing out (difficult to see the bottom yet can only see a tiny slither of silver on the processor sides between processor and heatsink) and the PC is still working. With an i7 5820k and Zalman CPNS 9900 MAX my temps have dropped 3-8 DegC compared to Artic Silver 5.

Only time will tell what I find when I try to take the heatsink off in the future (many tales of it being welded on and badly discoloured/etched)

It will be discoloured. I only use CLU for a delid under the IHS never as the compound between sink CPU package and heatsink. If it's copper then it will be stained sort of silver...

Telecaster · 16 Jul 2017 at 10:22

Is one of the Thermal Grizzly TIMs similar to CLU?

doyll · 19 Jul 2017 at 11:54

Getting a good mount and TIM print is way more important than what TIM is being used.
The top TIMs are gallium based, but they only give 0.31-1.93c cooler temps than top normal TIM .. and the difference between top TIM and next 15-20 of the best TIMs is less than 1.00c warmer. That is a total of 1.31-2.93c difference. If you are pushing your system so hard 1.31-2.93c makes any difference you are rubbing shoulders with the liquid nitrogen crowd of extreme overclock, not us normal daily use peeps.

I suggest worrying more about case airflow and getting air at or near room ambient instead of what TM you use.