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Thermal paste review?

IAmATeaf

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Seem to recall a link to a site that had reviewed around 30 odd thermal pastes, did a search but can't seem to find it. Anybody have the link or was I imagining it?
 
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Just put in an order for the OCZ Technology Freeze to see how it compares to the MX-2 and AS5 I already have :)
 
Do to the nature of our tests, no single Thermal Interface Material was allowed additional time to cure.
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Right. Considering a good portion of the products tested recommend around 4 days to reach optimal performance, not allowing curing time is a bit like a lot of posts in General Discussion: no basis in fact, and subsequent assertions are meaningless.

Treat the results in that review with a very big pinch of salt, purely because they have little bearing on performance once the TIMs have bedded in. On the flip side, it's pretty much impossible to buy rubbish TIM in this day and age, so regardless of what is actually used (assuming it is marketed as TIM for CPU-heatsink interfaces and not engine oil) performance will probably be pretty good.
 
IAmATeaf said:
Just put in an order for the OCZ Technology Freeze to see how it compares to the MX-2 and AS5 I already have :)
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It's good stuff. I have been using it for q few months now. Seems to be easier to spread then the others and no cure time either.


mrthingyx said:
Right. Considering a good portion of the products tested recommend around 4 days to reach optimal performance, not allowing curing time is a bit like a lot of posts in General Discussion: no basis in fact, and subsequent assertions are meaningless.

Treat the results in that review with a very big pinch of salt, purely because they have little bearing on performance once the TIMs have bedded in. On the flip side, it's pretty much impossible to buy rubbish TIM in this day and age, so regardless of what is actually used (assuming it is marketed as TIM for CPU-heatsink interfaces and not engine oil) performance will probably be pretty good.
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Here's one that does give them time to cure. Only covers the most popular ones but just goes to show there's not a lot in it.
 
Also, the inaccuracy present in application will almost certainly make the differences in heat conduction in TIMs negligible.
 
bit rubbish that they don't give curing time, that's always going to increase the temps of as5 and the others that require curing.
 
people don't get too carried away in thermal paste specs and numbers. In reality the difference between the top 10 or so pastes is within 1c.

I bought a tube of AS5, not because it's the best, but because I got 3.5g of it for a little over 4 quid shipped. I wanted the OCZ freeze but it would have cost me another quid or 2 and tbh I'd rather spend that little extra on a pint or 2 of ale than .02 degrees difference in my cpu temp.
 
mrthingyx said:
Right. Considering a good portion of the products tested recommend around 4 days to reach optimal performance, not allowing curing time is a bit like a lot of posts in General Discussion: no basis in fact, and subsequent assertions are meaningless.
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Agree with you but isn't it weird that AS5 and MX-2 both perform around the same in the 33 gunk review and in most other reviews that I've seen for MX-2 and AS5 even when AS5 has been given curing time.
 
i got OCZ freeze after my AS5 and MX-2. TBH i prefer it. was cooler by a good 3 degrees then the MX-2 (which in turn was a few degrees cooler than the AS5), and note the AS5 and MX2 were taken in december, where as the OCZ freeze was in july.

plus i can use it on mofsets and NB and GPU (VRM, Core, RAM) w.o being to worries about conduction.
 
shaffaaf27 said:
i got OCZ freeze after my AS5 and MX-2. TBH i prefer it. was cooler by a good 3 degrees then the MX-2 (which in turn was a few degrees cooler than the AS5), and note the AS5 and MX2 were taken in december, where as the OCZ freeze was in july.

plus i can use it on mofsets and NB and GPU (VRM, Core, RAM) w.o being to worries about conduction.
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mx-2 is non conductive as well ;)
 
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