thermal paste

turbobooster

turbobooster

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i,m wondering what the overclockers on this forum are thinking what the best thermal paste is, for cpu.
and if there is a difference for amd and intel.
also if there is a difference on ussing the paste for aircoolers, and watercooling.
 
Shane

Shane

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Cant really comment on whats the "Best",But from a personal experience ive found Arctic Cooling MX-4 or Artic Silver 5 to be very good.

Both of them should do really well,regardless of what platform your using or cooler type.
 
turbobooster

turbobooster

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i,m using that now, but i think i switch to ic diamond 7 an give that a try, seems to cool around 3.5 degrees cooler than arctic,
 
MyCattMaxx

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turbobooster said:
i,m using that now, but i think i switch to ic diamond 7 an give that a try, seems to cool around 3.5 degrees cooler than arctic,
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Seems and reality are 2 different things.
In real testing most of the high end compounds are within 1c of each other.
I just bought a huge syringe of Arctic Alumina because of price and I don't see any difference in temp readings between my twin Dells, one of the Dells has Arctic Silver 5 on it.
 
Shane

Shane

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turbobooster said:
i,m using that now, but i think i switch to ic diamond 7 an give that a try, seems to cool around 3.5 degrees cooler than arctic,
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Ive tried ic diamond 7,and Shin-Etsu on my overclocked Q6600 system...they hardly made any difference compared to AS5..maybe 1-2c,The price didn't really justify changing the AS5.
 
turbobooster

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FuryRosewood said:
TL: DR paste is paste, just apply it good and your good.
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paste is paste?????

this is not true, yes if you dont do overclocking paste is paste, but the paste i had on before the 1 i have now was shit, (yes it was put on good).
i had 5 degrees more temp then with arctic silver thats on now, so paste is not the same as paste.
 
tech savvy

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turbobooster said:
paste is paste?????

this is not true, yes if you dont do overclocking paste is paste, but the paste i had on before the 1 i have now was shit, (yes it was put on good).
i had 5 degrees more temp then with arctic silver thats on now, so paste is not the same as paste.
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And what paste was that? When your dealing with the top brands, paste is paste. It don't really get no better then AS5. I mean, there are other paste that can preform as good, and in some cases, better then AS5, but only by 1-2c(Max). So if you got AS5, then there's really no need to buy anything else.

I think your getting a little greedy.
 
turbobooster

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tech savvy said:
And what paste was that? When your dealing with the top brands, paste is paste. It don't really get no better then AS5. I mean, there are other paste that can preform as good, and in some cases, better then AS5, but only by 1-2c(Max). So if you got AS5, then there's really no need to buy anything else.

I think your getting a little greedy.
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it was the paste what comes on a corsair h100, and has nothing to do with greedy, everithing just with testing.
 
Okedokey

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turbobooster

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problem solved, i have now another cpu the i7 975 extreme, put some gelic solution extreme on it, withe the corsair h100 very nice temps, idlle below 30, oc to 3.8
 
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