DaClan Review: Thermal Interface Shootout

[tool_462]

 

[dasickninja]

Yeah.. you play with those Ally noobs. I feel your pain.. and you can't experience the awesomeness that is Barrens Chat.

 

[Lionhardt]

lolz, wait wtf, your telling me you guys are ONLY reaching lvl 60?

c'mon.

my fat nerdy PoS friend is almsot at 70...
hes gonna beat you...
like i said, hes a fat PoS...

oh and btw, do airbubbles in thermal compunds mean anything as long as the cooler is fastened on to the CPU?
would they only detriment it a few degrees or a lot?

 

[tool_462]

I've had the game less than a month...

I also go to college, spend weekends at my girlfriend's house, workout a couple hours per day, play baseball, hang out with friends...

Air bubbles can affect the performance greatly. Basically if the bubble is big enough it would be enough to cause thermal shutdowns of the PC. Try to avoid air bubbles

 

[Mondoman]

Yes, minimizing air bubbles is why Arctic Silver changed their installation instructions to the "grain of rice (not spread out), then squish by installing hsf" method.

 

[tool_462]

If everyone lapped their HS and IHS and could spread AS5 like a pro such as myself, we wouldn't have this problem of air bubbles would we?

 

[dasickninja]

Lapping and AS5 go together like politics and honesty.

 

[sirheck]

Lapping and AS5 go together like politics and honesty.

you mean politicians are not honest 8O

 

[dasickninja]

Sad fact to drop on you. And by the way.. your vote for the president means nothing. The electoral college can vote however they damn well please, disregarding popular opinion.


But back to cooling stuff..

 

[sirheck]

But back to cooling stuff..

yeah im going to remove the radioshack white stuff
and find me some shitzu stuff 8)

 

[Mondoman]

If everyone lapped their HS and IHS and could spread AS5 like a pro such as myself, we wouldn't have this problem of air bubbles would we?

Sadly the general population is not yet worthy of such enlightenment...

 

[Datman]

I remember some tests with AS5 & ASC.

The AS5 was good for normal heat sinks (not lapped), it is a coarse particle paste better for filling in the surface pits.
The ASC was good for mirror finish heat sinks, it is a fine particle paste.

 

[apt403]

For the next thermal paste review (if there is going to be one...) you should try out different stuff, like toothpaste, vegemite, silicon caulking, hell, maybe even super glue! Along with the pastes, i would like to see how super glue would perform.

 

[tool_462]

I keep hearing people say that, and I think it is because theoretically it makes some sense. Other than that I haven't visually seen any testing done to prove it though...

If anyone can dig that up I would be happy.

 

[Datman]

@ apt403, Actually that thermal glue might be interesting, to bad it's permanent. :twisted:


@ tool_462, I think it was Atomic magazine (Australian Mag.) that did the test that I saw.

 

[Inshali]

good job there DaSick
wonder if never seize would work lol it wont wipe off your hands ar all

 

[dasickninja]

Gracias, and my hands are always clean. ^_^

 

[enewmen]

Where can I get this Shin Etsu thermal paste? I wanna try it over my AS5.

And thanks guys for the time consuming efforts. No doubt this is one trustworthy review.

Hi, how much better is AS5 over plain thermal grease? Let me start with AS5 before I get fancy.
Thanks!

 

[enewmen]

Where can I get this Shin Etsu thermal paste? I wanna try it over my AS5.

And thanks guys for the time consuming efforts. No doubt this is one trustworthy review.

Hi, how much better is AS5 over plain thermal grease? Let me start with AS5 before I get fancy.
Thanks!

 

[GuyScharf]

I've read favorable comments about Arctic Cooling MX-1 and its being superior to AS5. Does anyone have any idea how it compares to the ones reviewed here?

Guy

 

[XrayMan]

When I look for Shin-Estu on Newegg, I get this message -> "We apologize for the inconvenience, but the item you are looking for has been deactivated"

 

[enewmen]

When I look for Shin-Estu on Newegg, I get this message -> "We apologize for the inconvenience, but the item you are looking for has been deactivated"

I've seen lots of "out of stock" type messages. Not this one. WIERD.

 

[Pax2All]

Off Topic: love the avatar Tom Baker always was my favorite doctor

 

[sirheck]

Off Topic: love the avatar Tom Baker always was my favorite doctor

tom baker?

WHO is tom baker :lol:

 

[dasickninja]

The problem isthat you guys are thinking only inside the (Newegg) box. Type Shin-etsu X23 in Google and take a look at the links that come up.