Stulid Tested all of OcUK Thermal Paste Range

stulid · 5 Aug 2012 at 11:49

Updated the front page with Prolimatech PK-2 and PK-3 results.

Have also arranged graphs to show by score as requested.

Ice Tea · 5 Aug 2012 at 12:22

Anybody tried Shin-Etsu PCS-TC-11T-13 thermal pads ?

Aslong as it's not amongst the worst performers it would save a lot of hassle of the mess that some people make and you get an even cover.

chippy08 · 5 Aug 2012 at 13:38

Still no Thermalright Chill Factor 3 so incomplete test.

MADMAN · 5 Aug 2012 at 14:39

chill factors getting a bit of mention of the net lately, yeah would be nice to be included in test

Space Monkey · 19 Sep 2012 at 11:56

Thanks for taking the time to review all of these, just ordered the Gelid EXTREME that's on Today Only based on this test, made it an easy purchase

gcaster · 19 Sep 2012 at 12:57

Space Monkey said:
Thanks for taking the time to review all of these, just ordered the Gelid EXTREME that's on Today Only based on this test, made it an easy purchase

Just wanted to echo this thanks. Also bought a tube of the Gelid Extreme on your recommendation.

Space Monkey · 19 Sep 2012 at 13:14

gcaster said:
Just wanted to echo this thanks. Also bought a tube of the Gelid Extreme on your recommendation.

Excellent, let us know how you get on (what are you using it for?)

I'll be using it on my GPU when my waterblock goes on and my cpu waterblock

gcaster · 19 Sep 2012 at 13:18

It'll more than likely go straight into my big box of spares until I get round to switching out my CPU block.

I have everything mounted with MX-4 at the moment but I've as good as ran out, not convinced it'll be worth the effort of stripping everything out for the difference between these 2.

Jakus · 19 Sep 2012 at 13:28

Great effort but too complex a subject to get meaningful results...except maybe the spreading test !

biuro74 · 19 Sep 2012 at 20:24

With all respect to that huge job, but with no ambient thermometer, or curing time, or testing methodology (different days, no repeats) this is all rather presuming than reliable test.

Gwing · 20 Sep 2012 at 11:40

This is excellent and another good reason why i read this forum so much

jpod · 20 Sep 2012 at 19:29

Top draw, thanks

pooley · 20 Sep 2012 at 21:56

Kudos to you stulid, much appreciated.

Got a tube of MX-2 I've not used yet and was wondering how it would fare against newer/other pastes..

stulid · 20 Sep 2012 at 22:08

Cheers for the response guys

BluSky · 20 Sep 2012 at 22:47

Beautiful coincidence that the gelid thermal paste was on special the day I read this post. Should be arriving tomorrow

Mark A · 21 Sep 2012 at 08:45

Don't you need to let them bed in to get an accurate reading? Plus there are other factors like room temp and fan speeds etc.

I think I will just stick to using MX-2, mainly as I have loads left

. Plus I saw lots of reviews at the time that had the MX-2 2oc lower than the AC-5, which is why I bought it instead.

waso_dude · 21 Sep 2012 at 08:56

wow awsome work dude! cheers.

knobbchiz · 22 Sep 2012 at 17:21

Great article, cheers for the time and effort.

Out of interest, I suppose the results on GPUs should be similar? Time to replace the pads and put some new paste on my 5970.

Cheers

Nelly · 22 Sep 2012 at 18:19

Still baffled why OcUK don't sell Thermalright Chill Factor III, hardly anywhere sells it in the UK, it's so easy to apply and on other reviews it comes out around the top of the charts.

I only started using it because I got a small tube free with the Thermalright Silver Arrow I got from OcUK.

stulid · 22 Sep 2012 at 18:33

Nelly said:
Still baffled why OcUK don't sell Thermalright Chill Factor III, hardly anywhere sells it in the UK, it's so easy to apply and on other reviews it comes out around the top of the charts.

I only started using it because I got a small tube free with the Thermalright Silver Arrow I got from OcUK.

Swear I saw a reply from staff that they were looking into getting it in.