is this thermal paste any good?

[parlee]

http://www.frozencpu.com/thr-26.html?id=yuxzgvnk

Coollaboratory Liquid PRO Thermal Interface Material

how does this compare to AS5? is it, dare i say, better? maybe toms could do a review of it 😛

 

[chuckshissle]

I read some reviews about it and it is highly toxic, highly electrical conductive, corrosive to aluminum and it is 2-3c* cooler temps results than Artic Silver 5. Judging from the benifit/risk ratio I would not use it.

 

[parlee]

yea i also read those, it says it on the website... but quick question, isnt the heatspreader on the cpu alunimum? wouldnt that ruin the heatspeader and ruin the cpu/cooling effictness? im not gonna buy it since i dont overclock and i have artic silver... but i was bored and just wondering 😛

 

[BGP_Spook]

No, IHS is nickel plated copper. (I think.)

 

[ThunderGodThor]

most heat spreaders are copper with a nickel coating i beleave.

 

[bluntside]

Still it can cool that hot cpu down some. If you are a temp freak thats the wat to go. I'm planning on ordering it soo as I get my water cooling kit 😀
It should cool my entire system nicley.
:twisted: Only use if you are an eXpert

 

[chuckshissle]

I'm not going to place something corrosive on my expensive hardwares. They said it's fine for cpu's but how about gpu's can this thing "eat" away silicon? And also the removal of this compound is with the use of a car war remover or something like that from what I've read and alcohol or other solvents should not be used since it's very toxic and it could evaporate and be inhaled. Scary stuff. They might as well write in the manual to don a gas mask when working with this stuff.

 

[chuckshissle]

Well in that case I want to see you drink this stuff, well one drop for a start and wait for the results. 😛

A couple of months ago, I found a review from Australia about different kinds of thermal conductor/compound and the stuff they includes are Artic Silver 5, thermal paste that comes with a HSF, grease, toothpaste and peanut butter & jelly. I'm not kidding. I can't seem to find it now. Anyways the test it and AC5 comes up on top. yeeyy.That's why I bought it at Newegg. 😛

 

[SuperFly03]

Yeah the diffrence in temps is minimal unless your OCD and have to have the lowest possible temps. I bought an AS5 tube for $4 or so 2 years ago *i think* and still haven't used it up lol 8O

 

[falsterbo]

I was looking for that Arctic Silver 5 on their website, but there is nothing that is called Silver 5!!! The closest is Silver 3, but then MX-1 is much better...