Custom Loop Overhaul Which Thermal Paste Read on!!!

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Hi, when the weather gets a bit warmer, l'm going give my custom loop a overhaul new tubing + coolent, rads off and properly cleaned as usualy l just brush them off and blast with air. But this time l'm going to try a different thermal paste, as l been using MX4 with good results, read a few reviews again and what members have been using and have a short list of 4 compounds with a possible 5th:??? see below-

Short List, so peeps which one shall l go for-
1- Gelid Solutions GC-Extreme Cutting Edge Thermal Compound.
2- Thermalright Chill Factor 3 Tube Thermal Paste.
3- IC Diamond 7-Carat Thermal Compound.
4- Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra Thermal Paste.
5th:???- Coollaboratory Liquid Pro Liquid Metal Thermal Paste.

My spec 17 920:4.3GHz + Sapp/Toxic 6950 running as a 6970, Black Ice Stealth 480[3x1000:rpm fans/Pull] Rad in a single loop. During the summer the CPU was at 4.2GHz and even when we had a hot spell lol Cpu temps never went over 67'c, GPU temps55'c. Can't complain as they are not the coolest of CPU's or GPU's, but over the past few months have l have tried various Bios Settings and now running Stable 24/7 at 4.3GHs.

My Bios CPU:Vc-1.33v at full load using CPU-Z->CPU:Vc-1.32v using IBT threads set at 8->10 runs Standard then 6 runs High, CPU cores never went over 62'c due to the cooler weather lol. So if l add about 15'c to the core temps using IBT->62'C+15'C=77'C it should be ok under normal usage gaming, etc. I usualy find with IBT if the OC is unstable whether ran at Standard or High it will fail within the first 3 runs, so its been over a week at 4.3GHz with no problems at all.

Thats it folks your views apprieciated,
Oldphart. :)
 
I can personally recommend the Liquid Pro stuff... did wonders for my temperatures combined with de-lidding. I originally used AS5 when I first de-lidded, but noticed a much bigger temp drop using the Liquid Pro.

Yes, it's very conductive being 100% metal, but because it's designed to be spread manually in a very thin layer rather than dotted on and left to spread on its own... as long as you are careful there isn't really a risk of damage.

I applied it to my CPU before I put it back in the socket, to get better angle on it and also to remove the risk of spilling on the motherboard.

I've also heard good things about the diamond... but I think it's hard to beat 100% metal for thermal conductivity :p.
 
Coollaboratory Liquid Pro. Excellent stuff I use it on my 2700k sandy and both my GPUs Oc 6950s shock horror:eek:
Don't believe all the horror stories it's easy to use.
My second choice would be the IC diamond also very good.
Take a look at Stulid's review in the link above.
 
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Conductivity shouldn't really be a problem in heatsink paste... if you're careful in applying it or apply it with the CPU removed there's unlikely to be any spillage, and tbh if you do spill any then you'd want to get it cleaned up anyway!

I can understand with some pastes where you let the heatsink squeeze it out, because there's a chance it'll flow out the sides... but with stuff like the Liquid Pro because you apply the layer yourself it's not likely to be an issue. If it is, you're doing it wrong :p.
 
Coollaboratory Liquid metal Pro is the best but a pain to use unless you are using it then forgetting about it. Just be careful with it. Otherwise, CF3 is one of the best regular thermal pastes. It trouces the GC-Extreme, which even 3 years ago when it came out was quickly surpassed by the MX-3. I've never used the IC-Diamond stuff (although I do have some around) but it's highly viscous and may be hard to apply.
 
Helios1234 said:
Coollaboratory Liquid metal Pro is the best but a pain to use unless you are using it then forgetting about it. Just be careful with it. Otherwise, CF3 is one of the best regular thermal pastes. It trouces the GC-Extreme, which even 3 years ago when it came out was quickly surpassed by the MX-3. I've never used the IC-Diamond stuff (although I do have some around) but it's highly viscous and may be hard to apply.
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Yes, I put some IC-Diamond on my friend's i7 920 and it is very thick stuff.
 
Yes as others have said IC Diamond is very thick stuff(I used the 24 carrot) just apply the normal way e.g small blob and let the heatsink spread it, I run IBT staight away to genarate some heat and help spread it. After removing my cooler about 12 months later to apply Liquid pro spread/coverage was as perfect as you would want.
 
Since the difference is so marginal and unlikely to effect anything I would stick to your MX4 if you have some left. Save the money. It's really not worth it.
 
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