Thermal Compound Question

[kubes]

Hey guys,

Question for you guys. Looking for people's thoughts on what's better AS5 or AS's ceramic? I am looking to plop on the cm v8 or the cm v10 on my i7 here in the near future. I'm just looking for the postives of both and the negatives. Anyone's thoughts would be greatly appericated.

 

[customisbetter]

its unlikely that there will be a nay drastic differnce in temps.

Ceramic is usually only used for aplications where there is no heat spreader. modern cpus have that cover over the resistors.

GPUS and older chips have suface mount resistors on the face that might be shorted by the silver in AS5. in those cases, you can use the non cunductive AS Ceramic.

 

[kubes]

Ahhh thanks a bunch for the reply. AS5 it is then.

 

[drippyfausett]

Just becareful not to get any AS5 on the motherboard it not only conducts heat but electricty which the ceramic one i don't think does.

 

[customisbetter]

thats what i just said man. 😛

 

[Jake_Barnes]

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