IC Diamond24/Perihelion4gm Giveaway

Shayper · 22 Feb 2011 at 22:45

Edit: oops, just realised this has finished

Blackwhite · 22 Feb 2011 at 23:35

LOL I though that MX3 is the best, but these two showed me that I'm wrong.
Great Thermal compounds - Thank you IC Diamond

Test done

C64 · 23 Feb 2011 at 01:40

Received mine today I shall be comparing it against arctic silver 5 and mx-3 at the weekend so I can do it all in one go so ambients are same.

I am only interested in intel burn test load temps really.

Tythus · 23 Feb 2011 at 08:30

Looks awesome pity it seems I missed it

Rob_J · 23 Feb 2011 at 09:47

Still haven't received mine yet

allday247 · 23 Feb 2011 at 10:21

hmmm still waiting for my sample. posted on the 1st page and emailed too. hopefully it will arrive in the post today.

Combat Fighter · 23 Feb 2011 at 10:22

w3bbo said:
No sign yet . Looking forward to testing this .

me too

robgti · 23 Feb 2011 at 10:24

ON MY HONOR IN EXCHANGE FOR FREE COMPOUND I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TEST AND POST MY RESULTS

Am I too late? I will send an email off anyway.

Tomcat825 · 23 Feb 2011 at 10:37

ON MY HONOR IN EXCHANGE FOR FREE COMPOUND I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TEST AND POST MY RESULTS

i3 540 @ 4.2ghz on air cooling... using some old crap so should see a nice few degrees difference...
Depending how much we get, I'll do it on my GPU too when I get some time.

bainbridge · 23 Feb 2011 at 11:13

Postman has just been & gone... no TIM

Frozennova · 23 Feb 2011 at 17:33

Still waiting for mine too, not complaining mind you. Can't expect next day delivery on a free sample of a product retailing at £15+

tommytinkle · 23 Feb 2011 at 17:34

robgti said:
ON MY HONOR IN EXCHANGE FOR FREE COMPOUND I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TEST AND POST MY RESULTS

Am I too late? I will send an email off anyway.

Tomcat825 said:
ON MY HONOR IN EXCHANGE FOR FREE COMPOUND I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TEST AND POST MY RESULTS

i3 540 @ 4.2ghz on air cooling... using some old crap so should see a nice few degrees difference...
Depending how much we get, I'll do it on my GPU too when I get some time.

You guys are too late!

SeeknDestroy · 23 Feb 2011 at 19:55

I haven't got anything yet either

. Perhaps mine will take a bit longer since it was posted to germany. Looking forward to test it

WingZero30 · 23 Feb 2011 at 20:40

@ IC Diamond

When placing heatsink on top of the cpu, the heatsink has a tendency to slide because of the TIM. I apply some hand pressure on the heatsink before securing it with the mounting system. However if I let go of my hands the heatsink will still slide and some movement does occur

. ( I am thinking maybe having two people to install heatsink will be better as one can hold the heatsink in place while the other one tightens it with the mounting system.)

Will this affect the TIM spread? I am guessing probably not as much as lifting off the heatsink then placing it back on the cpu and thus generating air bubbles.

Many thanks.

el Kuarlos · 24 Feb 2011 at 01:31

You need to 'seat' it as in get it in place with screws on their first tightening, at this point some movement shouldnt be a big issue, it will happen with all sinks.

Key thing I agree with is that when you clamp it down the tim should be spread more as you add more pressure. Blob on the centre is the best way of achieving this- in reality its never gonna involve a perfect top bottom seating and perfect 360 degree spread.

So long as you dont wipe it about you should be fine- at the end of the day if you cant do any better...you cant.

And would my postie hurry up...I wants play.

WingZero30 · 24 Feb 2011 at 02:12

el Kuarlos said:
You need to 'seat' it as in get it in place with screws on their first tightening, at this point some movement shouldnt be a big issue, it will happen with all sinks.

Key thing I agree with is that when you clamp it down the tim should be spread more as you add more pressure. Blob on the centre is the best way of achieving this- in reality its never gonna involve a perfect top bottom seating and perfect 360 degree spread.

So long as you dont wipe it about you should be fine- at the end of the day if you cant do any better...you cant.

And would my postie hurry up...I wants play.

Thanks for the info mate. Yeah I agree that you can only do your best when seating the heatsinks as they come with various mounting designs and I guess each will exert different amount of pressure at maximum limit.

IC Diamond · 24 Feb 2011 at 04:39

el Kuarlos said:
You need to 'seat' it as in get it in place with screws on their first tightening, at this point some movement shouldnt be a big issue, it will happen with all sinks.

Key thing I agree with is that when you clamp it down the tim should be spread more as you add more pressure. Blob on the centre is the best way of achieving this- in reality its never gonna involve a perfect top bottom seating and perfect 360 degree spread.

So long as you dont wipe it about you should be fine- at the end of the day if you cant do any better...you cant.

And would my postie hurry up...I wants play.

good answer - My answers/instructions are sometimes overly involved with why for's & subtle nuances and can muddle the idea on what is a simple process.

Thanks for the clear statement.

Mailing went out over 2 days so receipt will be a little more staggered as we have to fill out a hand written customs form for each so most will/should have by the weekend.

adamau5 · 24 Feb 2011 at 09:53

recieved this morning - testing next week - many thanks!

bainbridge · 24 Feb 2011 at 20:59

Still not received mine

Mik3 · 24 Feb 2011 at 23:01

Got mine today, I will post the results weekend. Many thanks