Yes this is perfectly safe and indeed many people employ this method of 'warming' the tube up.
As for myself I just leave it under my armpit for 10 mins.:D:D
As for cracking a GPU core, thermal paste would not do that other circumstances would cause that issue but not ANY manufacturer's paste...
Due to the viscosity of ICD diamond and even some of the SHIN-ETSU compound, there is quite a bit of surface tension created when you have two surfaces pushed together for a long period.
What you need to do is to break this surface tension of gently twisting the CPU BLOCK/Heatsink 45 degrees...
I agree RAID 0 (which if we wish to be exact isn't really RAID) RAID 0 is not worth the time and effort. Only difference it makes is in benchmarks, however in real world performance there is no difference.
ICD (ofcourse i will say this) is designed for high heat environments so an overclocked...
Eat, Sleep and Overclock with IC Diamond!
Absent from most thermal compound reviews and discussions in the retail market are the ideas of quality and reliability, with the focus solely on the performance aspect. Equally or perhaps more importantly is how long will the the product function...
my clocks
thought i would add my two penneth worth in
on my gtx 970 msi g1 gaming and its RUBBISH 110% power limiter
i can only get a stable 1513mhz gpu boost on core
but (ONLY STABLE FOR 10-14 MINS) i managed to get +557 yes +557 on the memory
As for stable perm +490
stocking cooling...
Yes as to be honest you are only thinking in one dimension and that is performance.
How about reliability under extreme heat such as a laptop environment?
ICD can last up to 2-3 years in Situ without performance loss. Many other pastes cannot say the same. Evidence of this has been pointed...
In the last month there have been a number of posts, with reference to reviews from around the world in regards our IC DIAMOND thermal paste.
We have spoken about the RELIABILITY of our product and its performance, however as we like to say...... Do not take our word for it, have a look for...
Is there a decent updated BIOS for the GTX 970 by MSI yet please?
I hate the nvidia boost turribn- iwant full control of the overclock.
Any news yet fellow msi owners?
Cheers in advance
Frost Dragon
This round we are keeping the tubes to be sent out rather low, due to the low returns last time and in addition we would hate to interfere with OCUK 's sales of the product:_
Will let you all know how it goes
Frosty
Hey lads I have finished the article. a small update is below:
A further demonstration on this oxidisation effect can be seen at :
http://forum.notebookreview.com/hardware-components-aftermarket-upgrades/584682-ic-diamond-24-giveaway-reliability-survey-18.html#post9650127
excerpt:
Note the...
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