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- xxx and yyy, which one is better?
- what thermal paste is good for my chipset/cpu/vga?
- which thermal paste is better value?
- what should i use to clean my cpu/heatsink/chipset?
- where can i find thermal paste brand xxx?
- i am a n00b. what is thermal paste/thermal pad? what is it for?
- i am idiot, i do not believe in thermal paste.
- i use chewing gum between my cpu and heatsink, ok or not?

... and various other simple issues regarding thermal pad & thermal paste


Useful links:

Arctic Silver vs Arctic Ceramique by lolhalol



This post has been edited by soulfly: Dec 21 2006, 10:16 PM

hi all.
as stated in the thread title, which type of thermal compund is better?

izit metal-based like the as5 or non-metal based such as arctic cooling's mx-1?

Depends on your application. But for air and watercooled rigs, metal based/AS5 kind of thermal compound is best. But if you are doing phase change or subzero temps, use non- metal based/ceramique kinda of thermal compound. AS5 has been non to crystalize in subzero temps.

This is what I gather from reading in Xtremesystems.

My conclusion lar, AS5=Water, Air
Artic Ceramique = Phase, DI, LN2 cuz it goes below -150 before it freezes.
AS5 freezes at about? -23?

erm....

so if i wanted to use a peltier on my cpu cooling for instance,

i shud get the artic ceramique ?
to transfer heat from cpu to peltier and peltier to waterblock ?

Anything below 0C use Ceramique. From CPU to Peltier use Ceramique, from Peltier to Heatsink - AS5 will be fine.

KC

ok....

thanks for the explanation....

what about this ??



is it true ??

if its true than its possible to use as5 between peltier and cpu ??

thanks.

zahri.

owh..thanx..
btw..can i use pelt wihout watercooling?
i have a pelt that was bought from a forumer a while ago..

wishing to use the pelt with my ati silencer for my gc..
izit possible?

erm...

i think a peltier is best used with a watercooled....

it dissipates heat faster than air cooling....

i think i read that in amok's guide...

if the heat does not dissipate fast enough, u might fry ur chip in the end....

correct me if i'm wrong...

Woah.. u people blom tido ka ??

hurmm..what about MX1 thermal paste ? someone told that it can beat as5..izit true?

hmm..dunno laa..but it is cheaper for sure..

You can but it is definitely better to use it with water. It is not worth getting into the hassle of peltier cooling using a small wattage pelt with air cooling. Air cooling as sahri said, might not be able to cool the pelt.

Check this out, quite a useful link

http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/134

hehehe..very cheap..someone can give the answer..or who already use MX1..can share ur experience..

waa..thanx alot sup3rfly..
very informative..

yeah..share your experience here..

yes indeed, that is a very good website...

i never knew a lot of thermal compound would degrade the performance of the heatsink

after searching....... i only find writings on Arctic silver 5,


it's the best in da market?

if you want to find thermal compound go for the newest product....coz old product....i remember is artic silver, will caused damage to AMD processor regarding the static shock

is it??i'm using as 5 ler nothing wrong with my pro

is that true kar??

seriously i don't know what the hell are you talking about dude....
static shock? who?