Thermal paste Q

Jon33 · 23 Mar 2008 at 17:32

I might end up answering my own question but I'm guessing it's a case of you get what you pay for? Just browsing through OcUK's selection their is quite a variety of ranging prices is their really that much difference between the cheaper and the five quid extra ones? Anyone know a place that maybe put these into a graph? (Ie tested all with same processor etc and recorded the temps?)

OLDPHART · 23 Mar 2008 at 17:53

I use Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound, gets good reviews so google it.

platinum87 · 23 Mar 2008 at 18:00

tried MX-2, would recommend Arctic silver 5 as better regardless of what is posted on random sites

Frame352 · 23 Mar 2008 at 18:27

Make of this what you will

Jon33 · 23 Mar 2008 at 20:43

Is the OCZ Freeze more like the MX-2 or AS5? By this I've read that the as5 is like a grease that will need replacing every so often rather than the MX-2 which will stay for years.

Brizzles · 23 Mar 2008 at 21:07

TIM - Interface

If your cooling is lousy ( and i'm not impyling that it is ) then there is no "miracle/best" paste.

It merely acts to fill any unevenness between the IHS and the cooling block.

TIM has no cooling properties , it just transfers.

I've tried loads , and not one has given a "drop" in temps.

Mark

Jon33 · 23 Mar 2008 at 21:21

I'm not looking for a drop in temps; its just for a PC I'm building. Last time I used cheap as chips paste but I want to overclock this time so will probably get something alittle more conductive.

tsinc80697 · 23 Mar 2008 at 22:04

Only time Ive noticed a difference is going from AS5 to LCP(which isn't in that test), and it was definitely a noticeable drop for me

Brizzles · 23 Mar 2008 at 22:09

tsinc80697 said:
Only time Ive noticed a difference is going from AS5 to LCP(which isn't in that test), and it was definitely a noticeable drop for me

I think we are using the same , Tom.

Coollabs Liquid Pro ?

Mark

tsinc80697 · 23 Mar 2008 at 22:13

Yeah, I heard it can lock parts together aswell but I put it on a GPU block and it came off fine but left residue/marks behind. I tried to wipe it off but it didn't shift even with heat, sold the block and had no complaints though as I highly doubted it would cause problems