YesBuy.net has Arctic Silver 5 (3.5 gram) on sale for $6 with free shipping. Two for $10 shipped. The Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound can lower core temperatures by about 3 to 12 degrees. [Specs]
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#1
ralphk917 - Posted 4:10 pm PDT 05/13/08 (816 Posts)
Oh... this is for your COMPUTER. I thought this was used to lower your body's core temperature and, my, the thing looked HUGE. But it only has 3.5 grams of goo for your CPU. ...guess it might fit after all.
#2
mitda - Posted 4:12 pm PDT 05/13/08 (880 Posts)
Overrated. This stuff does NOTHING above and beyond any other thermal compound.
#3
Towncivilian - Posted 4:28 pm PDT 05/13/08 (1199 Posts)
#2 agreed; whether you mounted the heatsink properly makes much more difference than the thermal paste
#4
fluke420 - Posted 4:32 pm PDT 05/13/08 (147 Posts)
Spend the extra buck and get the better stuff.
http://www.yesbuy.net/arctic-cooling-mx-2-thermal-compound.html
http://www.yesbuy.net/arctic-cooling-mx-2-thermal-compound.html
#5
Ghost Rider - Posted 4:32 pm PDT 05/13/08 (1871 Posts)
So that means it is very useful for someone cannot mount the heatsink propely?
#6
heddy_lamar - Posted 5:36 pm PDT 05/13/08 (665 Posts)
This has been proven to work wel on Man vs. Wild, in the arid Saraha desert. Eaten with cow dung, it's proven thermal efficiency will reduce the full of crap factor by 3-5 degrees celcius.
#7
dizzum - Posted 6:01 pm PDT 05/13/08 (797 Posts)
Interesting, As this lowered temps on all our PC's by up to 12 degrees replacing the 3 strip Intel OEM silver compound that comes with their copper core coolers. Wow, I must have had all 4 not mounted correctly! Amazing info there guys, really!
#8
Philster - Posted 6:01 pm PDT 05/13/08 (802 Posts)
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Come on, he squeezed and drank the juice out of fresh elephant dung on Man vs Wild. But I assume that if the dung were not fresh, adding this might give you a better yield.
Mummm, elephant dung juice, my favorite! Now at Costco!
#9
dizzum - Posted 6:09 pm PDT 05/13/08 (797 Posts)
One note: You do not apply this in a dab in the middle or a thick clump, apply in a very thin layer 9you don't need much at all) across the chip. If you want to lower temps a few degrees more than lightly sand down the top layer of the IHS to the copper. If you want even lower temps then remove the IHS completely and use an aftermarket cooler with tension screws and place feet on the corners like the older socket A AMD chips. (Last method not recommended unless you know what your doing!)
#10
woodbutt - Posted 7:37 pm PDT 05/13/08 (163 Posts)
Looks like a plug.
WB
#11
nuisance_ - Posted 7:43 pm PDT 05/13/08 (216 Posts)
Oink
#12
The_Real_Deal - Posted 7:46 pm PDT 05/13/08 (103 Posts)
Waste of money, much like the taxes we paid so that there would be special ed classes for #11.
#13
nuisance_ - Posted 8:04 pm PDT 05/13/08 (216 Posts)
Oink
#14
benwahzx - Posted 9:35 pm PDT 05/13/08 (12 Posts)
again... ?
#15
Samuri2k - Posted 6:20 am PDT 05/14/08 (158 Posts)
"I don't even know what this is! This sort of thing ain't my bag, baby"
LMAO.
#16
Starrbuck - Posted 9:09 am PDT 05/14/08 (51 Posts)
You just need a BB-sized drop of this and it performs better than any stock cooling compound.
Ignore the silly kiddie comments.
Ignore the silly kiddie comments.
#17
clickwir - Posted 9:43 am PDT 05/14/08 (72 Posts)
#2 and #3 either had a bad experience or know nothing.
I've tested this myself and found cooler temps when used. I've used this on at least 15 computers and there was a difference. This stuff works and works well.
I've tested this myself and found cooler temps when used. I've used this on at least 15 computers and there was a difference. This stuff works and works well.
#18
the lawyer - Posted 9:55 am PDT 05/14/08 (3858 Posts)
I wonder if the real bacon is back at BB but with a different username.
#19
Chrisman - Posted 11:00 am PDT 05/14/08 (2783 Posts)
#15, AKA Austin "Danger" Powers is friggin' hilarious!!
#20
dave_c - Posted 2:01 am PDT 05/15/08 (8430 Posts)
How much of a difference you see depends on what you're contrasting it with. Generally, it doesn't make enough of a difference to bother with unless you're building enough systems that you needed to buy more compound anyway and in which case the #1 thing it has going for it is the synthetic base stock formulation which unlike silicone formulations, resists separating over time and the large number of thermal cyclings a system may see if turned off once or several times a day.
Back in the open flipchip era ,P3 and Athlon XP this made a difference within 2 years or so of use. Today it's more applicable to chipsets and video cards.
The other bigger difference is convenience, some factory applied thermal material heat sets so you have a harder time getting the heatsink off later, while that should never be a problem with this.
So basically all those citing initial minor temp differences when first used are missing the things that make it significant. Even so, plenty of people manage to get by without it and you can too if you can't put aside the $6 out of your milk money.
Back in the open flipchip era ,P3 and Athlon XP this made a difference within 2 years or so of use. Today it's more applicable to chipsets and video cards.
The other bigger difference is convenience, some factory applied thermal material heat sets so you have a harder time getting the heatsink off later, while that should never be a problem with this.
So basically all those citing initial minor temp differences when first used are missing the things that make it significant. Even so, plenty of people manage to get by without it and you can too if you can't put aside the $6 out of your milk money.
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