Thermal paste

[roncpem]

Don't know if this is the right place but here go's. Just bought a Thermaltake V1. It came with unlabeled thermal paste. Should I give it a try or get artic sivler, ect. Anyone have a V1? Good results I hope. Thanks for the replies.

 

[jjnguy13]

Use the stuff that came with it.

I will do just fine.*


*Unless you are hardcore overclocking and need every degree that you can get.

 

[chuckshissle]

Well getting AS5 or Shin Etzu will get you 2-4c lower. But if you're running you cpu at default frequency the generic thermal paster that comes with the cooler will do just fine. So what are the temps?

 

[roncpem]

Is artic silver 5 that much better. I'm running my e6300 at 2.8 with a stock cooler. No load 50c, 100% load 67c. Got the V1 in the hopes of getting to 3.2.

 

[Spanki]

TIM Review

A reply from an AS rep on the difference between AS5 and ASC.

 

[mrmez]

IMHO... AS5 is the most OVER rated thermal goo around
...results from the 'thermal compound shootout' prove it is pretty much mid range.

 

[Pax2All]

Depending on how much fun you have tinkering with your rig, try the stock TIM first and see where it gets you. If you need more, artic silver ceramique is usually easy to get and works very well as the TIM shootout shows. I too agree that AS5 is very overhyped.

 

[roncpem]

Thanks

 

[WestWarrior]

I think AS5 is good, but very hard to get a good consistency. Dump your stock TIM. Order something good, usually a little tube of Shin-Etsu costs less than 10$ shipped and it will last you for quite a while, while decreasing your temps alot. I wouldnt ever put that ole' white stuff that came with it on my CPU, but maybe thats just me...

 

[goldragon_70]

*Unless you are hardcore overclocking and need every degree that you can get.

Probably wouldn't be posting in this forum, and wouldn't be asking just about Thermal Compound. 😛

 

[disposablehero]

A reply from an AS rep on the difference between AS5 and ASC.

huh, interesting reading. thanks!

 

[I]

Use the stuff that came with it.

I will do just fine.*


*Unless you are hardcore overclocking and need every degree that you can get.

Exactly, wheres the idiot thats been arguing with me that 2c is not worth worrying about. If your serious overclocker, 2c is huge!

No, if you're a reckless overclocker, you would have only left 2C margin. Anyone else won't benefit from 2C nearly as much as they would the longevity of the synthetic base stock in some greases like Arctic Alumina, Silver, and other brands.

Even then, it's far less important on today's die with head spreaders on them to decrease the thermal density.

Funny how I and many others have been able to o'c fine without worrying about 2C. You seem to have more trouble and this is some advanced insight? Hardly. Maybe you can squeeze a couple dozen MHz more out of a 3+Ghz chip, woohoo for you. You can't keep it though, with margins that thin you will have problems sooner or later.

When you have to go through a lot of bullsh!t just to get a speed you can't even maintain for the life of the system (10 years?), it's nothing but a hobby. Set-it-and-forget-it is a successful overclock, I've been where you are and tried the fancy greases. I bought AS5 too, and I do use it merely because I might as well since it's sitting there, but to buy it pretending 2C is important for some elite overclocker? Sorry but it's the last thing that matters and in many cases you won't even get 2C difference, unless you were only contrasting with a poor alternative grease or as I wrote previously, you had two terribly interfacing parts in which case the problem isn't the grease it's the crap parts' surface and we know how to fix that.