H50 supplied compound

scotty365

scotty365

scotty365

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How good/bad is the heatsink compound supplied with the H50?

I had a freezer 7 pro with a cheap 99p compound on my [email protected] (67c-69c) and got around 8c-10c drop using the H50 with supplied compound.

BUT, would using one of the many top brands really make much difference in reducing temps further?
Both temps were Everest stress test (I used other tests like Prime95 but I naffed up my screen shots and didnt post the data)

If you guys think its worth the cost and hassle then I'll buy a top brand paste and post some results using the H50 (Freezer pro has been sold on after 2 years service)

The reason I ask is because Im leaning towards the belief that cheap compounds are only slightly less thermally conductive than expensive ones, I accept there is a difference but, in the real world application, are they worth it?

~Scotty
 
Not particularly sure how further effective they are, but everybody seems to recommenced using Artic silver etc.

So I just replaced the stock compound with that when I got it. Never bothered with testing to see how good it is. Generally stock paste is poor.
 
I'm going to upgrade my cpu so I have chance to use a different paste and post some results.
Stock compound Vs top recommended
I know its been done before but I'm aiming at budget users and want to ask the question - is it worth the money?

So recommend me a paste that can out perform H50 supplied and I'll test it.
 
Someone else on here has already compared the difference between the stock TIM and MX-3, iirc there was only an improvement of 1c when using MX-3.

When I put my dad's new build together I just used the supplied TIM on his H50, and his temps are just fine at 4GHz (i7 920).
 
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