What's better...
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What's better...
What is better thermal compound, Arctic Silver 5 or Arctic Silver Ceramique, or is something other that is better? The is anything other, please post what it is and why. Thanks in advance!
-Pennell
-Pennell
Here's an interesting description of the differences between AS5 and Ceramique by a self-described "Mad Scientist from Arctic Silver."
I use AS5 on the CPU and GPU, Ceramique on the northbridge, and Aerocool's TIM on the large areas around the heatpipes on my VM-101. All seem to work fine, so I didn't vote for just one.
I use AS5 on the CPU and GPU, Ceramique on the northbridge, and Aerocool's TIM on the large areas around the heatpipes on my VM-101. All seem to work fine, so I didn't vote for just one.
Where is the test where a guy compared these against stuff like vegemite and water and found no huge differences? Found it. have a look THis basically sums it up,
If you think any particular grease is going to cause your CPU to run more than a few degrees Celsius cooler than any other grease, though, then assuming the grease is properly applied, you're dreaming.
That's funny, I can finally get rid of that Vegemite in my cupboard. My fiancee loves it, I find it repulsive...nici wrote:Where is the test where a guy compared these against stuff like vegemite and water and found no huge differences?
However, that does make some sense. No matter what interface you have, it's better than air pockets, which TIMs are made to eliminate. I personally would rather use AS5 on any surface that doesn't need to gain any support from the TIM. But on a NB heatsink where there are no mounting posts, I'd use the ceramique as it "sticks" a little better, especially after it cooks for a bit.
I remember my first P3 build, with a Coppermine 650MHz, upgraded from a Klamath PII 300MHz, I bought a Golden Orb cooler (the cooler du jour then) and neglected to remove the protective sticker from the thermal pad before applying the HS. I didn't notice until about a year later, when I made another upgrade and decided to pull everything apart and clean it off. I was also running it OC'd to 728MHz on a 112MHz bus with the side panel off and a small table fan blowing on it. Shows how far we have all come in the past 5 years!!
yes, that's true. good thing is that great majority of today's aftermarket cpu coolers (unlike gpu heatsinks!) which will most probably be used with this stuff have bases made of copper or zinc plated copper. one should be careful tho with those aluminum thingies on flower heatsinks that are meant to keep the fins tightly pressed. another good thing is that the newly released Colllaboratory Liquid Pad is aluminum friendly and won't eat at it. it's mighty expensive tho.jaganath wrote:Be careful, this stuff attacks aluminium.kater wrote:Coollaboratory Liquid Pro - the stuff T1000 was made of.
another one that scores well in tests and roundups is zalman stg 1