MX4 Thermal Paste

bulldog147

bulldog147

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I just ordered MX4 thermal compound from ocuk and will test it over the weekend to compare with MX3 and Chillfactor III. Wish me best of luck. And I hope (Rich from ocuk) is right about this beauty MX4 is the best ever. :)

And guess what, it my birthday today! 41 today! :)
 
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MX3 v CF3 v MX4 result for i7 920 4.3ghz at 1.29vcore with 1 fan of viper at full max speed:

mx3 idle are 42, 43, 42, 41 and under load 76, 77, 76, 75
cf3 idle are 41, 42, 43, 42 and under load 74, 75, 75, 74
mx4 idle are: 39, 37, 37, 36 and under load 74, 72, 73, 72

mx4 spread out is more easy than mx3 and it better than mx3. Thanks Rich :)
 
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I like the mx4 as it much better and I was surprise to see lower temp max out at around 74C compare to chillfactor 3 at around 75C and the mx3 are 2 degree higher at 77C.

I have to say that mx4 and chillfactor 3 are one of the best but for easy spread out on the cpu is mx4 come out the winner overall.
 
The temp had now drop further after using pc for 5 hours and cooling down overnight by turn off pc and today, I was out of blue the temp had slightly lower than yesterday! Brilliant stuff:

Day 1: mx4 idle are: 39, 37, 37, 36 and under load 74, 72, 73, 72
Day 2: mx4 idle are: 38, 36, 37, 35 and under load 72, 71, 71, 70

:) You all won't be disappointed, why not order now for your superb mx4
 
Relentless81 said:
What the hell is "tinting" all about! On Arctics web site it doesnt have an application specifcally for the MX-4 so I was reading another one and it says to "tint" using a card and then apply a small amount in the centre, thats the first time i've ever heard of that method
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just put a small sized pea in the centre and attached the air cooler as it will spread out itself. That's what I did and got excellent lower temp on my 4.3ghz around 72C max !!!
 
Here is my 4.3ghz with new mx4 thermal paste:

Testing with my central heating on in my pc room, room temp 24C (bear in your mind, Fanin0 is a viper fan on air cooler and Fanin2/Fanin3 is a rear case fans!)





cpuz id here: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1443188

Temp is pretty very good exspecially 4.3ghz with max temp of below 77C with very warm room with central heating on! 72C max if no central heating is on.
 
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rjkoneill said:
thats what i would suggest too

what vcore do you use for 4.3 on your core i7 bulldog?

is there much difference between what you set in bios and what cpuz reads?
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my vcore is 1.35v on the bios and in windows it 1.29v (under load) the motherboard only had five blue bright lights on with the rest is OFF (no green light) all thanks to my clever secret tweak in the bios setting. :)
 
running 4.4 ghz (21 x 210) with HT enabled at vcore 1.31v at windows under load and 1.37vcore at bios. temp is lots better than last time as it only get 82, 81, 79, 80 with mx4 on prime for an hour
 
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