today had some free time to test some thermal paste over the past few months

Cooler Freezone Elite
Temp Sensor with NZXT sentry LX


as5 - more than 200hours idle/loads and stress case ambient temp 29.3C
idle 43-44c load 77-78C linx 5gb 10 rouns 40 mins
Best with polish and then pead drop

mx2 - 24 hours - case ambient temp 29.2C
idle 42-44 load 76-77 linx 5gb 10 rounds 40 mins
Best Vertical line.. make sure its dry for best cure

tx2 - 48 hours - case ambient temp 30.1C
idle 43-44 load 76-77 linx 5gb 10 round 40 mins
Best with thin layer spread.. make sure its viscous totally 0 cure

gelid gc1 - 6 hours case ambient 29.6C
idle 41-42c load 75-77c
Best with thin layer spread .. make sure its viscous totally 0 cure..

as5.. when cure.. the thermal paste needs to be dry.. hard
gc1, tx2 must be more sticky , watery like .. say after few days etc.. if not then u applied too little
mx2.. is like half half.. sticky but more to dry..

currently my fav.. gc1 a bit suprised..
got it only because tx2 ran out.. and cex only had this the other day..

a lot of review out there.. make it reviewer are pretty stupid on application and they apply the same way for all tim when compared..

so always remember that.

easy ..

just try it

lol

theres one thing that i always do with all tim
before applying them i lap the heatsinks with as5.

tim application methods affects temps a lot. it also depends the type of cooling u use and the design of the heatsink base.


it can be up to 5C.
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cstk1/ Thermalright Venomous X Black/ i7 2600k 4.7ghz (38% OC)/ 1.38V/ 2xNoiseblocker M12P/ 35/36/ 75c/ No Aircon/ Linx latest AVX 108Glops