AceCombat reporting in.
Today i bring some thermalpaste and do some reviews for u guys here.


Thermalpaste on hand,ready to rock and roll


Arctic Cooling MX-2
MX-2 reference webby


Tuniq TX-2
TX-2 reference webby


Artic Silver 5
AS5 reference webby


Arctic Cooling MX-1
MX-1 reference webby


Cooler Master stock
No reference webby


Thermalright stock
No reference webby


With everything ready,let's move on:
Testbed:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.0GHz 1.18vcore
Asus P5K-Premium 0404 BIOS rev A2
Team Xtreem DDR2 800MHz D9GMH B6-3 2x1GB
Xigmatek S1283 with Lian Li 60CFM fan
Zotac 8800GT fitted with Zalman FC-ZV9 Fatal1ty
Enermax Infiniti 650W
WD Raptor in RAID 0
Cooler Master STC-T01 w/100CFM fan as exhaust and 200CFM fan as intake blow directly to GC area

Ambient temperature is 30c,no air cond no fan,just natural.


Genuine Software:
Window XP Pro SP2
Riva Tuner 2.06
ATi Artifact Scanning tool 0.26
3DMark06 Professional Edition from Asus Maximus Formula
Techpowerup GPU-Z 0.15


Let's move on!!!!

i'll start the review by using my Zotac 8800GT non-AMP version,Processor review coming soon.

Stock clock 660MHz/900Mhz
But i downclocked to 650MHz/900MHz for easier reference.
All thermalpaste is freshly applied and i'll run a 3DMark06 Professional Edition to sink the thermalpaste (short term sinking) then only i run ATi Artifact Scanning Tool.

Procedures:
Run 3Dmark06 once applied with new thermalpaste and break for 10 minutes to record idle temperature of GC core by using Riva Tuner 2.06,
Load ATi Artifact Scanning Tool for 20 minutes (short load) to get the temperature of GC core.

I replaced Zotac's stock hsf to Zalman FC-ZV9 Fatal1ty
FC-ZV9 reference webby

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First thermalpaste to test:
Artic Silver 5

Idle temp with freshly applied AS5


Load temp


Idle:43c
Load:55c

AS5 spreaded on GC core after test


AS5 is very hard to clean as it's too sticky,,since AS5 needs at least 200hours to sink,i believe that it has better performance after 200 hours.

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Second thermalpaste to test:
Arctic Cooling MX-2

Idle temp with freshly applied MX-2


Load temp


Idle:44c
Load:53c

MX-2 spreaded on GC core after test


MX2 spreaded evenly on the GC core,but the result is kinda disappointed,but i hope it will perform well in the coming processor test.
It performs very good in load temp
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Third thermalpaste to test:
Arctic Cooling MX-1

Idle temp with freshly applied MX-1


Load temp:


Idle:44c
Load:55c

MX-1 spreaded on GC core after test:


Old technology compared to MX-2,this is the first generation of MX series from AC,bad idle temp and bad load temp for this highly rated thermalspate from other reviews.
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This post has been edited by AceCombat: Dec 27 2007, 05:26 PM

fourth thermalpaste on the hand:
Tuniq TX-2

idle temperature of freshly applied TX-2


load temp:


idle:43c
load:53c

TX-2 spreaded on GC core after test:


this is the latest thermalpaste introduced by Tuniq,but overall it perform very well,
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fifth thermalpaste is ready:
Cooler Master stock

idle with freshly applied CM stock


load temp:


idle:44c
load:54c

CM stock paste spreaded on GC core after test:


unbelievable result given by a normal stock thermalpaste,even better than MX-1,
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Sixth (last) thermalpaste to test:
Thermalright stock

idle with it freshly applied


load temp:


idle:44c
load:55c

Thermalright stock paste spreaded on Fatal1ty hsf.


this consider a normal performance for stock thermalpaste
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Conclusion:


TX2 rated:9/10-------RM25
MX2 rated:8/10------RM30
CMS rated:8/10-----RM155 from Gemin II
AS5 rated:7.5/10----RM35
MX1 rated:6.5/10----RM30
TRS rated:6/10------RM299 from Thermalright IFX-14

Tuniq TX-2 is the champ!!!

i hope this review is useful to u guys,but sorry to tell that i have no enough time to make all those thermalpaste sinked perfectly.

more review coming soon.

Thanks & Regards
AceCombat
Republic of Gamers
Formerly known as Leader of Penang's Overclocker Club

This post has been edited by AceCombat: Dec 27 2007, 05:48 PM

feel free to discuss over here,i closed previous topic due to n00b spamming.

Tuniq MX-2?
Wat tat, hybrid or Tuniq TX-2 and AC MX-2?

Typo lar brader, opps, sister KC...

Hmmm.... so for graphic cards, looks like the temperature difference is not much irregardless of what type of thermal paste....

Ace, maybe you can list out the usual price of each, so that you can compare the performance vs price too.

typo

i listed,but i think those price is not accurated,cause long time no buy thermalpaste

Wow..TX2 is indeed impressive huh. More interested in comparison for processor though. Good job there bro. Nice review indeed. If possible, do a sinked in and it shows the true side of all thermal paste..LOL...

Nice review bro ace..Thanks

I think Tuniq TX-2 is the best for buck..can get for Rm25 and then 0.5g more than Artic silver MX-2 if im not mistaken...izzit bro Ace??

where can we get these thermalpaste?

if u're in jb, then u're in luck..
because apex computer shop in landmark it mall sells tx2 for rm20, i got it for rm 15 after haggling
i dunno where they get it from, but it's dirt cheap..
btw i bought my tx2 2 days ago

This post has been edited by ben_panced: Dec 27 2007, 06:24 PM

Well, i remember someone selling them in Bulk/Garage Sales. Look them up. It cost RM25 per tube..

AC MX-2 doesnt need curing time right?

what's the original temp b4 u tried with these thermal paste?
does it really bring improvement?

thinking of slapping in some AC MX-2 on my HD3850

This post has been edited by mmohdnor: Dec 27 2007, 07:09 PM

ace, i think you need a few days time to take accurate temperature reading?

hmm, seems like not much improvement when put at the gc,
wonder how they perform if put at the proc...

i know,but sadly i have no enough time to do it,just short review,tomolo come back with proc.

we'll know tomolo

Ace mui mui, where did you get the AS5 for RM35? kinda expensive la

i read some where that tuniq tx-2 is basically Mx-2 .. just sligtly tweaked chemically...