Arctic silver - Make sure you follow instructions

ScoobyDoo · 8 Jul 2007 at 12:12

Ive always used Arctic silver on my cpu's/cpu coolers.
And in the past ive always put a thin layer covering fully the top of the CPU. Ive just installed a new motherboard and so reseated the CPU, I was getting temps of about 40 degress overclocking my E6300 to 2.4ghz. spreading the arctic silver 5 over the entire top of the cpu heat spreader.

I then read the instructions on the arctic website about dual core CPU's and saw you are only meant to put a thin line down the centre of the heat spreader.

I cleaned up the CPU and re-applied it using this method.
My temps have now dropped to 25, 30 degress on load

Just a quick heads up incase other people where like myself and never looked at the arctic website!.

chaparral · 8 Jul 2007 at 12:42

ScoobyDoo said:
My temps have now dropped to 25, 30 degress on load

There no way your going be getting 25c to 30c on load unless you live in a fridge or something.....As must people room temps are normally around 25C

Jokester · 8 Jul 2007 at 12:44

It's probably because your CPU IHS isn't flat.

Jokester

BlackDragon · 8 Jul 2007 at 12:59

chaparral said:
There no way your going be getting 25c to 30c on load unless you live in a fridge or something.....As must people room temps are normally around 25C

At the moment im getting 25C degrees

lowest i've had is about 23 or so.

chaparral · 8 Jul 2007 at 13:03

BlackDragon said:
At the moment im getting 25C degrees lowest i've had is about 23 or so.

Screenshot of TAT showing 25c underload before i belive this please

BlackDragon · 8 Jul 2007 at 13:16

Oh i meant at idle :-p

Just realised i read everything wrong hehe

Margaret · 8 Jul 2007 at 14:25

I get about 48-51 idle.

tsj · 8 Jul 2007 at 14:26

Jihad said:
I get about 48-51 idle.

I get 28c idle using Tuniq tower at stock

I normally put a small layer on top of the CPU..

Margaret · 8 Jul 2007 at 14:33

tsj said:
I get 28c idle using Tuniq tower at stock I normally put a small layer on top of the CPU..

I'm using the AF7 Freezer and the paste that came with it, I've got some AS5 on the side though, might put it on when I get my parts on Tuesday.

If it's even worth bothering.

BlackDragon · 8 Jul 2007 at 14:46

In my experience, it made little experience to me when i had my AC7. I still had the same temps as before, maybe eve a degree or two worse. But it was probably because i kept applying it wrong, either too much or too little.

Once i switch to a Noctua U12F i now use MX-1, which is brilliant. No need to worry about it shorting anything out and you can apply more than AS5 without inhibiting performance.

tsj · 8 Jul 2007 at 14:52

BlackDragon said:
In my experience, it made little experience to me when i had my AC7. I still had the same temps as before, maybe eve a degree or two worse. But it was probably because i kept applying it wrong, either too much or too little.

Once i switch to a Noctua U12F i now use MX-1, which is brilliant. No need to worry about it shorting anything out and you can apply more than AS5 without inhibiting performance.

With my ACF7 I didn't notice a change in idle temps but load temps had fallen...