What TIM with H80

angelus2141 · 7 Aug 2011 at 15:29

Hi All,
Just wondering which out of the following TIM's you'd recommend to use with the H80.

AS-5

AC-MX2

IC-Diamond

Indigo Xtreme

I have heard good and bad stuff about most. Arctic Silver 5 has a cure time that seems a lil high, IC Diamond seems to leave residue or some kinda mark where the Diamond digs in, Indigo Xtreme seems like a pain in the rear to apply and possibly not compatible with H80, AC-MX2 seems best.

What do you think would be best with the H80?

thanks

j.col · 7 Aug 2011 at 15:31

Tbh, there is probably only about 2.C difference between them all.
Personally i like MX-4, easy to apply and is very good

koooowweeee · 7 Aug 2011 at 15:34

is the paste that comes with it not good?

i heard its one of the best???

angelus2141 · 7 Aug 2011 at 15:45

Thanks J.Col

Koooowweeee from what ive read its good but you can get slightly better temps with above.

J.Col since there all roughly the same for temps, do you think one would work better than others for h80?

specially considereing i want to overclock to 4.5 on a i7 2600k

Helios1234 · 7 Aug 2011 at 20:11

Corsair used to pre-apply Shin etsu thermal paste. If that is still the case, don't use anything else.

mrk · 8 Aug 2011 at 23:18

I use AS5, no problems. 4.3GHz @ 1.28v =

(high is when playing Bad Company 2, both Noctua fans are on low speed via the pump switch).

Had to use AS5 as I removed the block when changing cases.

V F · 8 Aug 2011 at 23:41

Helios1234 said:
Corsair used to pre-apply Shin etsu thermal paste. If that is still the case, don't use anything else.

Not anymore apparently on overclock.net. Sadly it's still hush hush at the moment for some reason.

Helios1234 · 9 Aug 2011 at 13:45

V F said:
Not anymore apparently on overclock.net. Sadly it's still hush hush at the moment for some reason.

Hmm strange.

If that's the case, I'd recommend Thermalright ChillFactor III, it's better than AS-5 and MX-3/4.

jorzeh · 9 Aug 2011 at 16:22

IC diamond i heard good things about, But i'm using MX3 still, Why? because i have a massive 30G tube of it, That's why!.

Lelouch · 9 Aug 2011 at 16:30

Arctic Cooling MX-4 in my opinion is still the best TIM on the market at the moment.

Helios1234 · 9 Aug 2011 at 17:11

Lelouch said:
Arctic Cooling MX-4 in my opinion is still the best TIM on the market at the moment.

It's not. Even the MX-3 is better.