IC-DIAMOND RESULTS THread

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#IC Diamond #Frosrtdragon i was unhappy with your product as i have had 2 tubes of this stuff and on both occasions i could not even get it out of the tube it was that hard and that was even with using warm water to try and soften it as well i got it replaced once and the second time i just left it
 
trickynickyuk said:
#Frosrtdragon i was unhappy with your product as i have had 2 tubes of this stuff and on both occasions i could not even get it out of the tube it was that hard and that was even with using warm water to try and soften it as well i got it replaced once and the second time i just left it
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Do you have results from the Giveaway or are you just moaning on this thread?

It came out light mayo for me, smooth and gooey.
Maybe you're water wasn't warm enough? or weak child like fingers?
 
No sink or IHS is perfectly flat but a back-lighted straight edge is a quick check to reveal the contour of the mating surfaces and the degree of mismatch on the contact.

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Apply the straight edge in a compass fashion of a cross, North,South, East, West. Then crosswise corner to corner.

Any excess biases in light contact can help identify problem areas like the core(s) that run hotter or general overall performance issues that can be dealt with or not as you prefer.

http://innovationcooling.com/troubleshooting.html
 
JOSH86 said:
It is recommended that you place the tube under your arm for 2mins to soften the TIM before application.
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Armpit, pocket, sunny windowsill, warm water all OK. That instruction is primarily recommended for the winter months when the product is retrieved from a cold mailbox. Otherwise expelling the compound just takes a few extra seconds, I never warm a tube myself before application.

High viscosity or thickness is a signature of a high quality compound which eliminates pump and bake out failures and is a recommended/required feature for OEM compounds.

Shin Etsu would be an example of this with a bulk loading over 90% and was in fact the model for our compound although we decided to go one better on the feature with a higher bulk loading,
 
trickynickyuk said:
the tube came put it in warm water for 2 mins and it was still the same solid unable to push it through the tube i have now switched to a different thermal paste which spreads no problem from the tube
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In response to your comment I ran a small demo on a postal scale -ambient room temp is 80F or approx 26C. Paste was unheated.

@ 3lbs paste begins to expel from the syringe

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@ 5lbs paste expels to application amount in about 5 seconds

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As a comparison Shin Etsu is about 1/2 the pressure @ a little over 2lbs

5lbs is probably within the capability of a 5 or 6 year old child, a little high but not unmanageable by any means, likely you are just conditioned to the retail type compounds.

In any event eliminating pump and bake out type failures with high viscosity for increased reliability trumps the 5 second effort in application time and not I believe a burdensome inconvenience for the advantage.
 
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Hi, sorry for the delay but here are my results:
I used prime95 and 3Dmark 11 to apply the CPU and GPU load

AS5
Ambient Temp: 21

Left to right: Idle Temps ---> GPU Load Temp ---> CPU Load Temp:
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ICD
Ambient Temp: 20

Left to right: Idle Temps ---> GPU + CPU Load Temp
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Hardware is:
i7 3770K @ 4.5GHz/1.296v
GTX 670 Dual SLI @1189MHz core/7008MHz memory/1.115v
All under water
 
Ambient Temp temps in this comparison are the same-PC used 24/7 for dual screen use, kept in a cupboard(behind the wall of the TV),used for normal use and main gaming screen/TV used for media.

3770K Cpu and 290X AC Xtreme Gpu Twin IC-Diamond 1Hr test- 3DMark Firestrike BM 2 runs, 2nd run results:


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Corsair H100 controlled by NesteQ FanMax(set for low noise as possible=high temps):

AC MX4(Has been in use since H100 launch)


290X AC Xtreme-Custom Alpenföhn<Beast>VRM Mod)

AC MX4:

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Corsair H100 controlled by NesteQ FanMax(set for low noise as possible=high temps):

IC-Diamond 1Hr test


290X AC Xtreme-Custom Alpenföhn<Beast>VRM Mod)

IC-Diamond 1Hr test:




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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.
 
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!
 
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Sorry I haven't posted results, i'm planning on getting watercooling in a month or so, so I was going to wait for that. But, if I get bored tomorrow, I may do some testing. I got my TIM cleaner off my friend the other day so I can give it a go with my H70 :)
 
My CPU result is a few posts above, now for my GPU:

MSI Lightening GTX770 Results

Ambient temp: 24.1c for both tests
The GTX770 had the factory default paste, never touched. Removed heatsink and added a pearl of IC Diamond on the core. Took all of 5 minutes on this card.

Results for idle on stock was 38c, with IC diamond, 35c.

Load:

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That's 6c knocked off with the IC Diamond paste. Honestly, this paste rocks. Also note, due to the temps being lower, the fan rpm slowed from 1470rpm to 1380rpm, which makes it marginally more impressive, still, as technically it had less airflow.

This will be my "go to" paste from now on. I was dubious as to how much this paste would improve temps, but the drops on both my CPU and GPU are significant.
 
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So ran over 2 machines, a basic i3-330m laptop and a desktop with a 4670k cooled with a H60 and two gigabyte windforce 7970s in crossfire. Have done before and after temps, the ambient temp was kept at 22 degrees via an air con
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results of 4570k on a h60 with stock paste
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i3-330m Sony vaio laptop
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7970 Windforce 3x
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Some good looking results there, all dropped which is good!

*update* after leaving the furmark and prime running for a few hours this is the result! A HUGE 10 degree drop now on gpu and 4670k idle down to 28!! So this definatly looks like you need to leave it running hot for a while to let it set in.

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4670k/H60
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Ok heres my results. I completed my testing on Thursday but have been really ill over the weekend. Link to the google doc of detailed results below. First my methodology.

All tests were conducted at the same bios settings, fan speeds all set to full, water pump set to maximum.

System - Amd fx8350 @ 4,33ghz 1.375v with Koolance cpu380-a block.

Each test consisted of a 10 pass run of IBT on high settings with approx. 10m left in between to reach an idle speed.

Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hbe1HXVgUWFE26_nXt75S2Bnz3mpUZrz5jb0Wow5HHY/pubhtml

XSPC K2
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Arctic Silver
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ICD
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Ok finally found time reapply the TIM.

Idle Temps

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Load Temps

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Before / After

The load temps were measured using BF4 Test Range, flying around for exactly 5 mins.

A decent temp drop, very impressed with the TIM, thanks.
 
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