Artic silver 5

project90 · 8 Apr 2009 at 20:25

ok guys i got my thermal paste and i used the method on the website to apply the paste think i put to much on so took the cooler off and cleaned that down and reseathed the cooler on cpu still had good even coverage on cpu.

now my temps are at 33deg idle and go to 55 under load

am on a q6600 and with the artic freezer pro

are these temps acceptable or should i clean down and try another method of applying paste.

this is my 1st time at doin this so and advice is good

thanks

setter · 8 Apr 2009 at 20:36

Those temps seem fine.

MikeTimbers · 8 Apr 2009 at 20:46

The paste makes next to no difference compared to doing a good mount.

Rroff · 8 Apr 2009 at 20:46

Best way to apply paste on a quad core is a single thin line left to right across the middle of the text about the same width as the text...

Those temps look fine tho so I wouldn't waste any more time on it.

Derek W · 8 Apr 2009 at 20:48

MikeTimbers said:
The paste makes next to no difference compared to doing a good mount.

project90 · 8 Apr 2009 at 23:17

ok cool tbh i though they would have dropped quite low as they were similar temps with the standard thermal paste on the freezer pro?.

but as long as there acceptable i shuold be ok.

might leave till weekend and see what temps are like but thanks guys

BeeP · 9 Apr 2009 at 08:10

Temps are very good m8, is 55 under prime?

FaceplantSi · 9 Apr 2009 at 10:39

project90 said:
ok cool tbh i though they would have dropped quite low as they were similar temps with the standard thermal paste on the freezer pro?.

but as long as there acceptable i shuold be ok.

might leave till weekend and see what temps are like but thanks guys

AS5 takes up to 200hrs (and several fullthermal cycles - so needs several shutdowns to allow it to fully cool) before it has properly 'cured'. You could lose a few degrees yet.

SteveU · 9 Apr 2009 at 10:58

project90 said:
ok cool tbh i though they would have dropped quite low as they were similar temps with the standard thermal paste on the freezer pro?.

but as long as there acceptable i shuold be ok.

might leave till weekend and see what temps are like but thanks guys

The standard Freezer 7 paste is Arctic Cooling MX2 which is meant to be quite good anyway.

Diggsy · 9 Apr 2009 at 11:28

Yes, as above the MX-2 which is standard on the Freezer is actually thought to be a little better than AS5.

!TIMMY! · 9 Apr 2009 at 11:54

Diggsy said:
Yes, as above the MX-2 which is standard on the Freezer is actually thought to be a little better than AS5.

And is non conductive. I think I will change my paste to MX-2 when I next take apart me system.