Me?? I just use whatever comes with the proc LOL


More chipalang than edwin's chipalang...

why u guys use thermal paste so much?

I've bought the smallest AS-5 and after 4 times applying, i think i still can apply another 10 times.

Note, there is VERY LITTLE thermal paste needed, size of half rice grain...

and I can get 10dC improvement (before burn-in) from stock intel cooler...

Prescott 3.0Ghz O/C 3.6GHz

i just bought ceremique from moderno for my vga

LOL..

Where to get Arctic Cooling here are?? Any forumers selling it??

Too lazy to go Penang to look for it... summore I don't know which shop has it in Penang anyway. I doubt PC Depot will have it...

shawty 's bulk

erm.. only got MX-1.

Between AS5 and MX-1 which one is better arr??

I am using Artic Silver 5..
Nice..

im using mx-1 also nice , difference is:

AS5 for hardcore ocers which wash HSF and reapply the paste every 3~6 mths
Mx-1 is for daily use and probably means u change it 1 time per year...

difference in performance is 1c only, but if u dun change AS5 every 3~6mths it will start to lose performance...this is from actual result cz my friend is using AS5 too =)

Usually I just use the standard pad that come with the CPU or graphics card, but if I ever remove it I use some cheap CoolerMaster thermal paste

currently using AS5, it serve me very well.
haven't try MX-1 yet, maybe will go buy it when i finish my AS5...

btw, how long does it take for mx-1 paste to go its full performance?

Artic Silver 5 user here...

this is what i read about mx-1
"The compound hardens within a period of 200 hours and reaches thereafter its optimum performance" seems like it is the same as AS5 but better than AS5 by 1-2 degrees

so from you guys posts I concluded MX-1 is better for me since I don't like it when I need to reapply it every 3 months.

Will get mx-1 then...

can you guarantee that your conroe's surface is 90%+++ in contact with the heatsink?




and you're the first one i come by claiming to have 10c drop in temps. that's nice!! cos the reviews and feedbacks i get are usually around 2 - 5c drop.

i believe other factors like sink, fan, ambient and airflow also affect how far you get with as5. i mean in a casing with bad airflow, stock heatsink and fan. one can't expect as5 to work wonders - a point many overlook.

my AS5 tube is still far from empty, i just decided to not use it for now....... well usually for my primary rig but i'm not into following precision instructions just for thermal paste most of my machines are using the el-cheapo paste.

AS5 dries up, from my experience. In fact dries up really badly if u use it for GPUs. That's y i never trust AS5 anymore after that.



MX1 is specced for use up to 8 years. Nonid to change every year.

I'm using the as5 small tube and still long way from empty
the temp drop about 8c for my vga but really just last for 3 days

i think next thread will be which tooth paste is the better performance

I have not had trouble with my AS5 "drying up", curiously. One of my PCs has had it on for over 2 years now, no trouble with temperatures. Interestingly one of my friends had some trouble with it after about the same time (from the very same tube which i used), so i don't know what that was about. I suspect that if the heatsink moves after the paste has dried up, it may cause problems, but the drying itself is not a problem.

I was surprised myself. I thought it would be around 5C max. But it actually did drop 10C, and exactly 10C too vs the old crap paste.

Where do u guys get those RM2.50 thermal paste anyway? mind to tell me pls?
Abit sayang to use my AS5 all the time when i wanna do experiments.

Use toothpaste for experiments lar

I don't think toothpaste is very safe. It may be corrosive to the metals it comes in contact with, so it's not a good idea.