Which Thermal Paste?
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IC Diamond
lol, i tried that and i really didn't like it, my one was very very hard to apply
@RJC cool, just noticed that its pretty old, just looking for MX4 VS AS5 review.
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AS5 for my CPU and mx-4 for my gpu
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lol, i tried that and i really didn't like it, my one was very very hard to apply
Really? You used the blob method or did you spread it around?
I tried spreading it mate, the paste was very hard. I take it its not meant to be like that?
It was this one:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=TH-001-ID
is it worth giving it another go? don't mind paying the extra £6 over the AS5 as long as its better. I've heard it leaves nasty marks etc behind, and it can remove the info off the heatspeader?
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Nobody seems to speak of Shin Etsu on here...
I certainly never encountered that. All the print remained.
I certainly never encountered that. All the print remained.
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Arctic Silver 5 is more than adequate for most jobs
Correct me if I'm wrong, but unless you plan on swapping around a bit or using it on more than one CPU, you could get te IC Diamond 7 carat which is the same stuff, just less of it. Looks to me to be enough for at least 3 applications (in that I used 1/3 of mine in one application). Then its the same price.
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+1 for IC Diamond here
Zaim, are you sure it wasn't the perihelion stuff you had, not the diamond?
That stuff is ceramic based and therefore thicker and naturally harder to spread... the IC Diamond I've got was super-smooth and easy to apply
Plus it dropped the temps of my E8400 (from the stock paste "chill factor") by around 12c fully loaded!!!
Zaim, are you sure it wasn't the perihelion stuff you had, not the diamond?
That stuff is ceramic based and therefore thicker and naturally harder to spread... the IC Diamond I've got was super-smooth and easy to apply
Plus it dropped the temps of my E8400 (from the stock paste "chill factor") by around 12c fully loaded!!!
Do a lucky dip as any of them will do - their peformances are all on a par (+or- a degree).
If you don't use the blob method (which is recommended) then i would pick the gunk that spreads the easiest.
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What I mean is that I much prefer the blob / line method, letting the cooler pressure do the spreading, so it shouldn't be any more difficult than other pastes. Maybe worth heating it up before hand.
Never tried, but I would be wrapping the tube in a waterproof plastic bag of some sort and dunking it in a glass of very hot water for a while. That should soften up the paste.
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MX-4 out of those choices. I hated the IC stuff when i took part in the trial and actually found it to be no better than MX-2 on my setup.
+1 - l had a good look at the results, peeps using MX4 there temps where not much better.