Caporegime
My hydronaut arrived but no applicator in the bag, is it meant to come with one?
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Hey Guys, I want to get a AIO and some Grizzly.
can someone suggest which one to get for my needs? there is a few versions but unsure of which one to go for
also can this be applied to my GPU? could be tempted to see if this helps lower down my cards temp as it reaches 92C!
thanks
can someone suggest which one to get for my needs? there is a few versions but unsure of which one to go for
also can this be applied to my GPU? could be tempted to see if this helps lower down my cards temp as it reaches 92C!
thanks
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OcUK Staff
^Hydronaut fine.
Soldato
Hydronaut would be my recommendation, and yes, it can be used on your GPU.
What card do have that hits 92c?
Cheers 8 Pack and kelt, ill give that a try then, ty. any difference between the 3.9g and 7.8g?
the card I have is a Radeon HD 5830 1GB, I already used some artic silver on it a few months ago but didn't help.
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Permabanned
Blob in the middle looks good enough for me
yup looks that way, just goes to show that the oldest and most reliable way of applying thermal paste works better than their current recommended way of using that applicator crap.
this was posted under the AIO coolers post in this section.
shows that the "X" method is the best one out of a load of methods tested
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Thermal-Paste-Application-Techniques-170/
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Soldato
Yeh, had a look at that, that's the way I'll be doing mine from now on.
I did the blob in the middle many many years ago but I haven't re done any thermal paste in years due to my current GPU being brought second hand and cooler already applied etc.
ill be using the X method from now on too, was a interesting read
Soldato
Yes would like to know are all 3 safe for direct die, or replacing naff IHS tim.
Associate
Got some of this last night for the Phantek 14 to sit on the 4790k
Seems to spread rather thick, so much so I removed it to make sure and applied again, tried to get the thinnest application possible and it still seems a little thick. Temps are ok, guess I was just used to AS5 being a little thinner when applying it.
Seems to spread rather thick, so much so I removed it to make sure and applied again, tried to get the thinnest application possible and it still seems a little thick. Temps are ok, guess I was just used to AS5 being a little thinner when applying it.
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Soldato
So what is the actual difference between kyronaut and hydronaut and what makes hydronaut wc/aio specific ?
Also any ETA on the Hydronaut 1.5ml / 3.9g ?
Also any ETA on the Hydronaut 1.5ml / 3.9g ?
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good question dicehunter you took the words right out of my mouth.
Every time i have seen this applied in pics or videos its seems very thick but that seems a big waste of paste since its not cheap.
I dont know what happened to overclockers they were suppose to make a video for applying this paste.
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Soldato
Well after properly reading I see Kryonaut is for LN2 and Hydronaut for WC, guessing Kryo doesn't dry up or something under extreme cooling ?
Anyway I ordered the last Hydronaut 7.8g in stock
Anyway I ordered the last Hydronaut 7.8g in stock
Well after properly reading I see Kryonaut is for LN2 and Hydronaut for WC, guessing Kryo doesn't dry up or something under extreme cooling ?
Anyway I ordered the last Hydronaut 7.8g in stock
Let us know if it works well or not.
Soldato
Soldato
Will do, I'll do some gaming tests etc... and report back
What method will you be using to apply the paste?
Personally I'd be going with the "X" method mentioned here.