Corsair H50 and Indigo Xtreme

[whatspeakyou]

I know the H50 comes with pre-applied Thermal Paste, but would it be worth it to remove that paste and use the Indigo Xtreme interface kit instead? Would it even fit properly?

 

[HansVonOhain]

I am planning to buy Corsair cooler. How is it so far? does it have a bracket for 1156? Thank you!

 

[whatspeakyou]

I haven't bought one yet. Considering it for my LGA 1366 setup. It does fit a 1156 as well. Just curious as to what thermal compound to use.

 

[ragsters]

Well the indigo extreme is the best but it is pretty pricey. Also the stock paste is supposed to be Shin Etsu which is great also. I have the corsair H50 since it first came out and I love it.

 

[Conumdrum]

getting the H50 and using that very expensive paste is like buying a Geo Metro car and putting $900 super sticky racing tires on it. Use the paste it comes with, it'll be fine.

 

[XMSYellowbeard]

getting the H50 and using that very expensive paste is like buying a Geo Metro car and putting $900 super sticky racing tires on it. Use the paste it comes with, it'll be fine.

Now that is funny :lol:

 

[overshocked]

Hilarious conundrum!

But he is right. Actually, when i take off the stock TIM and replace it with AS5 half the time the temperatures go up! So i think it would be better just sticking with the stock thermal paste because they made it very easy to do.

You wont have to re-mount it 6 times to get the best results.

EDIT:

@XMSYellowbeard
Do you have any relation to the "yellowbeard" from xtreme systems? I dont think so, just wondering.

 

[Slayer32163]

I have one and i found the secret, apply the paste to the cooler and not the cpu because when you do, it will lower the temps by around 3c. I applied it to the cpu and got around a 20c increase.