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PLEASE READ THOROUGHLY BEFORE TESTING/POSTING YOUR IC DIAMOND TEST RESULTS!!!



PLEASE ONLY POST WITH RESULTS WHEN YOU HAVE FULL RESULTS, OTHERWISE YOUR
POST MAY NOT BE SEEN BY ALL IF YOU RESERVE THE POST FOR LATER RESULTS
WITH IC7. PEOPLE TEND TO GO TO THE NEWEST POST, SO IF YOU WANT IT TO BE
SEEN BY ALL, POST YOUR RESULTS ONCE YOU HAVE THEM ALL. ALL OTHER
DISCUSSION/SUPPORT POSTS, GO RIGHT AHEAD!!

PLEASE BE SURE TO BENCHMARK YOUR CPU TEMPS WITH YOUR CURRENT TIM AND
RECORD YOUR RESULTS BEFORE USING IC7 FOR TESTING. WE NEED BEFORE AND
AFTER PLEASE!

ALSO, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU DON'T CHANGE ANY VARIABLE OTHER THAN THE
THERMAL COMPOUND USED FOR BEFORE/AFTER (I.E. SAME VOLTS/CLOCKS, COOLER,
AND OTHER HARDWARE)


APPLICATION METHOD


For all those participating in the ICD/ giveaway, please follow this link to the Innovation Cooling website for more information on the products:

Innovation Cooling

Proper application is the key to this product. The nature and
consistency of this product is likely quite different from what most of
you are used to in a Thermal Compound. We don't
recommend use of traditional methods of applying the TIM like razor
blades, lines, Rice size, etc. ARE ALL Big BIG NO NO's. Through extensive end user testing, the best overall application method
has been determined to be a pea sized amount directly in the center of
the CPU. The TIM should be adequately spread via the down force of the
CPU cooler (a sufficient amount of down force will provide best results; minimum 50psi of down force should be the goal for optimum results.
please see the Innovation Cooling website for more info). Also, for
coolers/surfaces that have many peaks and valleys, it may be beneficial
to wet the surface(s) with a small amount of ICD/Perihelion to initially fill the voids in the mounting surfaces...then proceed with recommended application as usual. Please click on the link below for application
methodology and shoot me a PM if you have any questions.
Keep in mind, ICD/Perihelion has been formulated with the specific goals
of providing superb thermal conductivity with short set times, but also
for long term stability and performance without pump/bake out through
extended thermal cycling or usage. This stuff is very stable over long
periods of time.



Please do feel free to navigate through the whole Innovation Cooling
website as there is tonnes of information on there that might prove
beneficial.


HOW TO POST RESULTS


THE FORMAT IS AS FOLLOWS (ALL TEMPS IN C):

OPTIONAL INFO: PROCESSOR, VOLTS/CLOCKS, HEAT SINK/COOLING USED, ETC.

Before Compound:
Ambient Temp:
Idle Temp:
Load Temp:

ICD/Perihelion
Ambient Temp:
Idle Temp:
Load Temp:

Added 5/22 - Cure Time- Cure Time averages 2 hours in most situations
for sinks with adequate pressure loading with maybe .5C more overnight.
Lightly pressure loaded sinks may take a day or more depending on the
amount of pressure


If you have any problems or need support, please feel free to post here
for now. Remember, proper application and good even heat sink pressure
(goal should be minimum of 50psi or more) are crucial for peak performance. Too much or too little compound will impact your
results so please do visit the Innovation Cooling website for
Application Instructions with images and explanations. For those with
direct touch heatpipe coolers, you might want to try wetting the contact surface of the cooler with a tiny amount of ICD to fill any small voids before proceeding with the normal application method.

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to post up. .




Hey there

Can people whom have received a tube of ICD POST their RESULTS here please?

cheers

frost dragon
 
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Here are my results unfotrunetly i am unsure what paste was on before so i have just called it old paste. The temp in the room was 20.8 for both tests.
Both tests were done with prime 95 Max Heat test.

Old Paste
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IC DIAMOND
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Do you think it could be worth re-seating to see if i can help the temp difference between the cores?

It is possible that there could be an issue between your cores for the reason that the IHS is not really flat! what i suggest to do is re-apply the your hsf in another orientatin and test with the old paste and then re-test with ICD.

If you are still having some issues from there then we need to test the surface of your IHS with some contact/pressure paper.
 
So far not included today's post. THIRTY THREE tubes have been sent out! Can we have some more test results please?

In addition another 32 were sent out today making 65 in total!

** Image of envelopes removed as addresses can be seen ** - DirtyJester
 
Same here mate, it's soon a month I'm waiting and sent a trust message, emailed the yahoo email in trust and sent email to the email address on their site too. I have a feeling Royal Mail is stopping them because they may look like a syringe in an envelope.. God knows what's going on. I'm in Leeds same city as Frost and have not got mine and no confirmations if they even got my emails or trust messages.

WHAT FOLLOWS: are a list of usernames that we have sent a tube off to:) After that will be PROOF of posting ergo the second class stamps used to pay for postage:0

GiraffePencils,
Adam_101
YarwoodUK
Dave1240
Idleman
LtMatt
RavenXXX2
MOOGLEYS
Atari,
valkynaz
infernox
picnic,
dacads
Roverno
JasonM
tommybhoy
russell664
Antelopethy
Psypher5
phil_c
Rooster212
Danny091
R.C.Anderson
joeyssc
Hoodleader,
JediFragger
JOSH86,
darket
Confused Stu
Drangueos
Anonymous_0172
Avathar77,
leoncao
Resident
topdog555,
TOL247
Gregster
Ceryndrion,
a03dugga
Mark A,
shadow_boxer
shadowscotland
Fulax,
pob9,
mushtafa,
Clairvoyant
j.col,
Brett82,
Blackwhite,
OCZxFTW
Vinny1511
neologan
Mr Badger
[ZiiP]carrot,
Damo667,
SieB,
Exoon,
Bluecube,
samtara,
imginy,
Frozennova
scorchedbee
acme15
varkanoid,
mzal

DSCF7491_zps5b462bb2.jpg


and

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I cannot find the receipt for the 11 sent:) however as you can plainly see that the TUBES HAVE been sent!

Other than posting FIRST CLASS RECORDED delivery (of which costs will be prohibitive) for each sample then I am at a loss really.

NOTE ALL samples have been sent at the time when I received the message in my inbox via my email. Which may not be the order they appear on here.

cheers

Frost Dragon
 
PLEASE READ THOROUGHLY BEFORE TESTING/POSTING YOUR IC DIAMOND TEST RESULTS!!!



PLEASE ONLY POST WITH RESULTS WHEN YOU HAVE FULL RESULTS, OTHERWISE YOUR
POST MAY NOT BE SEEN BY ALL IF YOU RESERVE THE POST FOR LATER RESULTS
WITH IC7. PEOPLE TEND TO GO TO THE NEWEST POST, SO IF YOU WANT IT TO BE
SEEN BY ALL, POST YOUR RESULTS ONCE YOU HAVE THEM ALL. ALL OTHER
DISCUSSION/SUPPORT POSTS, GO RIGHT AHEAD!!

PLEASE BE SURE TO BENCHMARK YOUR CPU TEMPS WITH YOUR CURRENT TIM AND
RECORD YOUR RESULTS BEFORE USING IC7 FOR TESTING. WE NEED BEFORE AND
AFTER PLEASE!

ALSO, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU DON'T CHANGE ANY VARIABLE OTHER THAN THE
THERMAL COMPOUND USED FOR BEFORE/AFTER (I.E. SAME VOLTS/CLOCKS, COOLER,
AND OTHER HARDWARE)


APPLICATION METHOD


For all those participating in the ICD/ giveaway, please follow this link to the Innovation Cooling website for more information on the products:

Innovation Cooling

Proper application is the key to this product. The nature and
consistency of this product is likely quite different from what most of
you are used to in a Thermal Compound. We don't
recommend use of traditional methods of applying the TIM like razor
blades, lines, Rice size, etc. ARE ALL Big BIG NO NO's. Through extensive end user testing, the best overall application method
has been determined to be a pea sized amount directly in the center of
the CPU. The TIM should be adequately spread via the down force of the
CPU cooler (a sufficient amount of down force will provide best results; minimum 50psi of down force should be the goal for optimum results.
please see the Innovation Cooling website for more info). Also, for
coolers/surfaces that have many peaks and valleys, it may be beneficial
to wet the surface(s) with a small amount of ICD/Perihelion to initially fill the voids in the mounting surfaces...then proceed with recommended application as usual. Please click on the link below for application
methodology and shoot me a PM if you have any questions.
Keep in mind, ICD/Perihelion has been formulated with the specific goals
of providing superb thermal conductivity with short set times, but also
for long term stability and performance without pump/bake out through
extended thermal cycling or usage. This stuff is very stable over long
periods of time.



Please do feel free to navigate through the whole Innovation Cooling
website as there is tonnes of information on there that might prove
beneficial.


HOW TO POST RESULTS


THE FORMAT IS AS FOLLOWS (ALL TEMPS IN C):

OPTIONAL INFO: PROCESSOR, VOLTS/CLOCKS, HEAT SINK/COOLING USED, ETC.

Before Compound:
Ambient Temp:
Idle Temp:
Load Temp:

ICD/Perihelion
Ambient Temp:
Idle Temp:
Load Temp:

Added 5/22 - Cure Time- Cure Time averages 2 hours in most situations
for sinks with adequate pressure loading with maybe .5C more overnight.
Lightly pressure loaded sinks may take a day or more depending on the
amount of pressure


If you have any problems or need support, please feel free to post here
for now. Remember, proper application and good even heat sink pressure
(goal should be minimum of 50psi or more) are crucial for peak performance. Too much or too little compound will impact your
results so please do visit the Innovation Cooling website for
Application Instructions with images and explanations. For those with
direct touch heatpipe coolers, you might want to try wetting the contact surface of the cooler with a tiny amount of ICD to fill any small voids before proceeding with the normal application method.

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to post up. .
 
Ok, so I have done temps tests with my previous TIM Noctua NT-H1 and then with the IC Diamond 24c.
Unfortunately, my PC has decided to play up and I can't OC at all without BSODing, so temps are done at stock :(

For me there wasn't much of a difference with IC Diamond, however this is at stock volts. There might be a bigger difference with an overclock, with higher volts causing higher temps. But without being able to test OC results I can not say for sure.

I would like to thank you guys for sending me the tube of IC Diamond though and even though I only saw a small difference I would definitely buy it over all the TIM I have used previously. :)

I want to do my GPU as well but non of my screwdrivers fit the screws on my card, as soon as I get one that does I will replace the TIM with the IC Diamond and report back with temps.

Ambient temp for all was ~20*c

Noctua NT-H1 Idle
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Noctua NT-H1 load
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IC Diamond Idle
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IC Diamond Load
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Hey there and THANK you for the results. I trust you are running on air and not a waterblock?

Interesting results there, however I have the noctua product and whilst it is VERY VERY good for performance I have seen greater results. Having said this with almost 5c differential between the cores I think there is a issue with the CPU IHS. Essentially one should see at MOST 2-3c difference between all cores at MOST.

Can you please show us on how you applied the paste?

If you have further issues we are willing to send you some test paper in order to have a look at that IHS.

Regards

Christopher
 
Well after fighting to get my cooler off and breaking off one of the mounting pins i now have some test results. Im happy with the results and reckon they might be even better if my cooler was held on with all four pins not just three!

Q6600 @ 3.45 ghz , 1.49v, arctic freezer 7 pro cooler.

Old paste was MX-4
Room temp 21c

Idle 46, 45, 42, 43

Load 95c+ on all cores before OCCT shut the stress test down in less than 5 min!

IC Diamond

Room temp 21c

Idle 40, 39, 37, 37

Load 72, 72, 69, 69

Over 20c drop in load temps! :)

Admittedly the paste was due a change but the load temps are still 10-15c lower than when i first built the system.

Paste was easy to apply after gentle armpit warming and i will definitely be using this on my new build.

Well after fighting to get my cooler off and breaking off one of the mounting pins i now have some test results. Im happy with the results and reckon they might be even better if my cooler was held on with all four pins not just three!

Q6600 @ 3.45 ghz , 1.49v, arctic freezer 7 pro cooler.

Old paste was MX-4
Room temp 21c

Idle 46, 45, 42, 43

Load 95c+ on all cores before OCCT shut the stress test down in less than 5 min!

IC Diamond

Room temp 21c

Idle 40, 39, 37, 37

Load 72, 72, 69, 69

Over 20c drop in load temps! :)

Admittedly the paste was due a change but the load temps are still 10-15c lower than when i first built the system.

Paste was easy to apply after gentle armpit warming and i will definitely be using this on my new build.

Hello there, with reference to the massive temperature differential you received. Whilst we are pleased with the performance of our product, we must also be honest and attribute much of the difference with the idea that possibly you have had thermal paste failure from your last compound.

When a thermal paste failure occurs is for the reason that the liquid in the product has evaporated and the compound itself has expanded OUT of the actual contact area. This is in effect a VOID in the aforementioned area and thus performance loss. This is even more of an issue in higher heat environments such as a LAPTOP/Notebook or a graphics card.

DSCF71151024x768_zpsd3dfe58c.jpg


Note the dry compound on this asus ATI card

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Please note: the two dark scratch lines were done by my finger nail as the compound was actually DRY. THe lighter one on the lower part of the GPU core is a void. In addition one can see
This is part of our message to consumers and pro-overclockers is that PERFORMANCE is only one half the equation and RELIABLITY is the next part. With some pastes one has to re-apply the TIM after a year in order to counter the perofmance loss as the liquid is simply evaporated. This then creates the void as seen above.

With ICD the reliability and performance over time is MUCH greater (subject to adequate contact and pressure)

Hope this helps.

Regards

Frost Dragon
 
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Here are my CPU results:

- 3570k @ 4.5GHz, 1.25v
- GTX 770
- Fractal Define R3
- TRUE Cooler + Scythe Gentle Typhoon

Ambient temps for both results: 23.5c

Before:

Old paste, probably not in best condition at this point and needed reapplying.
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After

Followed instructions (small pearl in middle)
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Conclusions:

Apologies for forgetting to do idle temps, imo they are not very important to see anyway. At load using Prime95, the new paste knocked off roughly 6-7c over all the cores - big results, and this is directly after install. Will likely do my GTX770 in the next few days, too. Thanks to Frostdragon for sending the paste!


Good old 'Tried, Tested and True' IC-Diamond!'

These are the kind of results we have come to expect, the more wattage that is put through the CPU, the gap differential widens!

Reliable tried and tested :)

Frost Dragon
 
Hey folks, sorry that i have been away for a while incase those whom didnt know I broke A UK record overclock f(in dry ice cooling that is) for a 6300 core 2 duo CPU. In addition have been setting things up for BIT-TECH ( as we have a support forum on there now)

I am back now and into action...............Right it seems that some still didnt get their tubes...........can someone please give royal mail a firm ticking off ?:P Those whom didnt receive (as judged by an earlier comment) i have some tubes left over. LUCKILY i Saved the names of the last and final 25 recipients I sent out.

In the meantime, I am going to be Looking CLOSELY at ALL results both good (and if any _bad) and rewarding those WHOM have gone that extra mile with a BONUS free tube of ICD!

Also note: Want to join the OFFICIAL IC-DIAMOND OVERCLOCKING TEAM FOR HWBOT?

Send me a trust message detailing your overclocking achievements and if any evidence and we ( the big cheese over in the USA:p) will consider your application....

Note ALL those whom qualify for the ICD HWBOT Ocverclocking Team will receive FIVE LARGE STARTER tubes of ICD. As we grow we hope to be working with other companies for discounts and sponsored parts.

Join the Diamond Elite NOW!

(Send a trust message with your application please)

FROST Dragon!
 
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Those are good results there and thank you. We are at the point where we can come to a conclusion.

OVERALL IC-Diamond produces good results across the spectrum when used on a CPU. However the REAL difference is when used on a GRAPHICS card! When utilised on the latter then the difference is simply outstanding and the performance comparison is much greater.

This bares out our point that the MORE wattage you put through IC-DIAMOND in other words the harder you make it work the better it performs.

A spread sheet showing these results so far will be issued shortly.

Lastly can we strongly encourage those whom received a tube to please do their testing. Even allowing for those whom didnt receive a tube due to the post office mess up. there still should be MORE than 15 usable results. Can you all please make an extra special effort, now that the summer is almost over to record your results here.



Kindest Regards

Frost Dragon
 
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yes that will introduce air inot the joint and thus spoil it all.

YOu can however WET the cpus ihs first by applying a small amount of icd-then lifting up the block and then checking for spread and then apply a bit more in the centre on top of the other layer.

I have seen good results from this.

What is the CPU you are using
?

Regards

Frost dragon
 
hey tHERE ALL

I have just purchased a gtx 970 msi 4g gaming card. I will be reviewing it shortly for my site, however I will also look at how much better IC-DIAMOND Is over the stock paste:)

cheers
frost dragon
 
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