IC Diamond Test Results

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hi,
i am john,I have a hitch when removeing my stock heatsink to apply the IC Dioamond, I noticed one of the retaing clips to the heatsink had failed at some point. It was loose and the black part fell into two pices when i unlocked it. I mannaged to get the heatsink back on not to loose to test the same heatsink with the IC Dioamond. Im showing 14degree diffirance in core temp with a 2degree diff in ambient but cant say how much the defective clip effected the results. thank you so much

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Prime 95 to stress CPU, FurMark for GPU, HWMonitor used for temps taken after 30+ mins or idle or load. Room temp varied 3 degrees in F (75F + - 3F)
Both CPU and GPU where stressed at the same time for worst case on the desktop.

Desktop: Intel E8400, Asus P5Q, MSI 5770 Hawk
Pre-IC7:
CPU:
Compound - Arctic Cooling MX-2
Idle: 31c
Load: 57c

GPU: Fixed fan to 65% at load 30% at idle
Compound - Whatever MSI put on it
Idle: 45c
Load: 79c

NorthBridge:(Guessing it's listed at motherboard in HWMonitor)
Compound - Whatever Asus put on it
Idle:36c
Load:42c

IC7:
CPU:
Idle: 31c
Load: 53c

GPU:
Idle: 41c
Load: 72c

NorthBridge:
Idle:34c
Load:41c


Laptop: Dell insprion 1420, intel T8300, Nvidia 8400M GS
Pre-IC7:
CPU:
Compound - ZALMAN ZM-STG1
Idle: 27c
Load: 65c

GPU:
Compound - Dell thermal pad with a thin copper between it and thermal paste (seriously ionno wtf was up with that)
Idle: 63c
Load: N/A furmark kills it and forces a throttle down maxed out around 90c

IC7:
CPU:
Idle: 27c
Load: 60c

GPU: - just the copper with 2 layers of tim on each side
Idle: 54c
Load: 83c
 



IzzyCraft Thanks for the detailed tests much appreciated, not much on the northbridge, I do not see tests on that often so have not much to compare to. - Thanks for the GPU data.
 
Probably do the final report in beginning of September.

Closing out the giveaway phase tomorrow 12 midnight and will give the last group 30 days to post or have their name entered on the Wall of Shame.

I will post some interesting research this weekend on abrasion.

Hint: What material do they make sandpaper out of and is nearly as hard as diamond?

Lab analysis next week on Darshe's h50 and other loose ends tied up next week as well as updated results
 

I'm not even sure if it's my northbridge that is being monitored in that i did the test again it is cooler but i think that could just be from an overall cooler system, i did change the paste on the northbridge but i have no way of knowing if motherboard = the northbridge temp or not in hwmonitor. shame i don't have a tiny fan tied to that heatsink then it can be pretty easy to tell if it is what i think it is when i turn off the fan.
 
Sorry for the late post, but just finished the last of my exams, Woo-hoo!! I finally got a chance to work with the tube of IC7 I got last week that has been glaring at me during my studies just begging to be used lol :na:

First let me just say that I wanted to thank IC Diamond for providing me with the chance to test out their TIM, and I would definitely recommend this to a friend 😉

Without any further ado, the results are... *drumrolls*

Pre-IC7
Compound: AS5
Abient Temp: 28°C
Idle Temp: 40°C
Load Temp: 69°C

IC7
Ambient Temp: 28°C
Idle Temp: 38°C
Load Temp: 63°C

As you can see, the idle improved by 2°C which although a minor improvement is still a very modest one nonetheless. Wasn't expecting much gain on idle, so any improvement is a welcome one.

Where I was really blown away were the load temps. 6°C cooler using the IC which is roughly an 8.7% improvement over the AS5! It absolutely blew me away that simply changing the TIM could cause such a drastic improvement on performance! I'll never think the same way when it comes to TIM's again lol The only reason I'm sad is I don't have the means to run any more tests, but if this is any indication I'm sure I would not be disappointed!

I have a new build coming up, and will definitely be taking these results to heart when choosing my TIM. Thanks again IC Diamond for providing us with a great product! Keep em coming! 😀
 
Here the results for my 65nm Core2Quad Q6600. OCed from 2.4GHz to 2.8GHz - 1.14v idle, 1.25v load.

Temps recorded with HW-monitor.


Artic Cooling MX-2 + CoolerMaster N520
Ambient ~27'C/81'F
Idle: 33'C-36'C
Load: 51'C-55'C


IC7 + CoolerMaster N520
Ambient ~27'C/81'F
Idle: 32'C-34'C
Load: 49'C-51'C

Idle temps dropped by 1'C to 2'C
Load Temps dropped by 2'C to 4'C

Cool thanks 😀
 
My results:

Arctic Silver 5 + CoolerMaster 212 Hyper+
(AS5 cure time, ~2 weeks)
Ambient ~18C/63F
Idle: 20C
Load: 35C


IC7 + CoolerMaster 212 Hyper+
(IC7 cure time, 2 hours)
Ambient ~18C
Idle: 18C
Load: 31C

Idle temps dropped by 2C
Load Temps dropped by 4C

Seems like good stuff!
 
Alright so sorry i actually do not have a previous temp that is comparable to the IC7 as i kinda screwed up putting on the AS5 😛 Along time ago sorry.

But my temps were:

IC7 + Cooler Master V8
After running Prime95 for 9 hrs 21 mins:
Ambient - 22C/73F
Idle - 37C
Load - 55C

My CPU was a AMD Phenom II 955 running at 3.9ghz at 1.49v
 
In the next week, I will be disassembling and reassembling my water cooling system, and I'll have another system with some numbers for you.

In the programs I've used (Speedfan, Everest, Realtemp) to monitor temperatures on my CPU and GPU, I have not been able to figure out what my northbridge temperature is. If anyone has any idea how I can figure this out, I'll gladly see if I can remove the NB sink and reseat it with ICD.
 
I do not know my NB temp eider, but i know that in really warm days this summer it gets hot, i can not keep my finger on it for more then 4 seconds. It is overvolted and no direct fan on it, but the sys temperature sensor is somewhere else.
If it is just warm then i would not worry about it, if it is how and you can not keep your finger on it for 10s then you can try to change the thermal paste.

My results:

AS5
IDLE
core 0 47C
core 1 43C
fan idle 1600 rpm

Load with prime 95 blend test for 1 our
core 0 66C
core 1 65C
Fan speed 2500rpm

ICD
IDLE
core 0 45C
core 1 42C
Fan speed 1500 rpm

Load with prime 95 blend test for one our
core 0 63C
core 1 61C
Fan speed 2500rpm

Cpu cooler: arctic freezer 7(not rev 2)

Monitored with CPUID HWmonitor, CPU-Z, core speed 3400 MHz from 2.66ghZ on a core 2 duo E6750.
Bus speed 425MHz, rated fsb 1700 MHz, core voltage set in bios to 1,387v, ambient temperature ~28-32C.

No game has ever stressed the CPU this much so i say a blend test is ok, i have never reached over 62C i any game, metro2033, NFS, Crysis, COD..etc.
Thank you for the chance to test this, it has given me lower temperatures. Also i do not know how much pressure my coolers exerts. The test was done after 24+ ores.

PS: the ICD test i think was made on higher ambient temperatures then AS5
 
Finally got some results. Got a brand new EVGA GTX 460 EE Superclocked Edition today. Now normally I would not buy a factory overclocked card but it was the only one they had in stock with a lifetime warranty the day I ordered so for an extra $10 I went ahead and ordered it anyway.

My case is an Antec 1200 with 7 x 120mm Antec TriCools on low and the 200mm top fan on medium. My CPU cooler is a ZeroTherm Nirvana NV 120 with a 120mm fan and my Corsair 750TX has an additional 140mm fan. I have excellent cooling obviously.

Ambient temps are 25C for these tests. The fan profile was left on auto and did not exceed 55%.


I used the EVGA Precision Utility and the EVGA Overclock Scanner to measure temps and stress the card. Load time was one hour of stressing the GPU to a reported 96% with the Overclock Scanner. Idle temps were measured after 20 minutes of Windows 7 desktop.

I use Windows 7 Ultimate x64. The rest of my specs are in my sig.

Stock this card runs:
Clock: 763
Shaders: 1526
Memory: 1900



Temps out of the box were:
Idle: 36C
Load: 77C


I then replaced the stock thermal compound with IC Diamond 24.

Temps were quite a bit lower. Ambient temps stayed the same 25/26C. I played Dragon Age Origins for about 2 1/2 hours after applying to allow the new paste to "cure".

Stock clocks again.

Idle: 29C
Load: 73C

Great product. Those are some amazing temp decreases from the stock paste.

Off topic this is an amazing card as well. I am testing right now at:
Core: 820
Shaders: 1640
Memory: 2000

And my temps after 30 minutes of stressing with the Overclock Scanner seem to be stable at:

76C with the fan at 57%

Still 1C lower than at stock speeds before the new thermal paste. Thanks for the free overclock IC :hello:
 
Motherboard died 2 days before IC Diamond arrived 🙁

All I'm left with now is my laptop. Don't think I will be able to provide any results in a timely fasion, as it will most likely be a month or two before I get a working desktop pc again
 
When does this end? I got my tube today and I just read all of the results here. I am excited and can't wait to test it out but my mobo fried over the weekend and I'm RMAing it at the moment. When I get it back I'll try it on my proc and both video cards as it looks amazing, especially for GPUs. If the time on this runs out and you'd like me to post my results somewhere else just let me know. Thanks.
 
CPU: Pentium 4 (630 SL7Z9)
MoBo: P965T-A
RAM: 3 GB Corsair DDR2 533
HD: Seagate 7200.7 160 GB (ST3160827AS)
GFX: ATI Radeon X1600 PRO (stock heat sink)
CPU Cooler: Stock Intel heat sink

Used Hardware Monitor to get temps, Prime95 and 3D Mark06 trial version for load testing.
Room temp between 20-21C
All recorded temps where taken after 2 hours operation for their prospective tests.

Manually set Intel heat sink to 100%
P4 Idle / Load Arctic Silver 5 (6+ months cure)
46 / 61 C

P4 Idle / Load IC Diamond (~6 hours cure)
43 / 58 C

A cool 3C drop in idle and load.

Forgot to Find a program that would manually set the X1600 fan speed, I was to excited to take it apart. :)
X1600 Idle / Load Stock Paste (3+ years cure)
54 / 73 C

X1600 Idle / Load IC Diamond (~6 hours cure)
52 / 71 C
~10% / ~20% Less Fan Speed

So a definite 2C cooler + a quieter fan for the X1600.
 
CPU: i5 530 @ Stock
HSF: CNPS 10X QUIET
Case: Antec 300
Fan RPM: 1450

Measured with HW Monitor. My i3 seems to have a sensor bug as it starts at 5'C when ambient is 17. However I think that it doesn't matter for this purpose. All temperatures are measured in Celsius.

Pre-IC7
Compound: Zalman ZM-STG1
Abient Temp: 17
Idle Temp: 5
Load Temp: 28

IC7
Ambient Temp: 17
Idle Temp: 4
Load Temp: 22

Saw a great improvement over the Zalman paste.
 
Hey guys thanks for the recent tests results - Have to add it up but but I think we are only 1 short on the multi forum tally chart from 500 user test results. Looks like TH is going put us over the top.
 
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