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Posted at 4:22 PM on Friday 11/28/08 by
Ben
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YesBuy.net has Arctic Silver 5 (3.5 gram) on sale for $5 with free shipping. Two for $9 shipped. The Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound can lower core temperatures by about 3 to 12 degrees. [Specs]
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    7thkey - Posted 11:59 am PST 11/29/08 (92 Posts)  Report Spam

    Thats what I use in my builds never had a cpu heating problem. Think it used to cost $8. So good deal if you are a rig builder.

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  • 42
    liutui - Posted 12:04 pm PST 11/29/08 (54 Posts)  Report Spam

    3.5g is a lot

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    tedtropy - Posted 1:10 pm PST 11/29/08 (76 Posts)  Report Spam

    It doesn't really make THAT much of a difference, but for those guys that like to overclock their systems to the maximum potential while playing the random reboot game, it's worth the few bucks. For the typical person, even the typical person that still cobbles their systems together, it's not really worth going out of your way versus the compound that comes with a heatsink.

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    tedtropy - Posted 1:11 pm PST 11/29/08 (76 Posts)  Report Spam

    "Thats what I use in my builds never had a cpu heating problem. Think it used to cost $8. So good deal if you are a rig builder."

    I can say similar things of my Tiger Insurance Protection Plan. Get it on it now while policies are cheap.

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    twikoff - Posted 2:31 pm PST 11/29/08 (1288 Posts)  Report Spam

    always have a tube or 2 of arctic silver handy.. definity worth it to have when doing any work on your cpu

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    uncool - Posted 3:58 pm PST 11/29/08 (348 Posts)  Report Spam

    The best CPU goo on the market. Great heat transfer. Excellent price. No reason to get anything else.

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    Oio - Posted 1:22 am PST 11/30/08 (1382 Posts)  Report Spam

    #43 though this might offer a small improvement in initial thermal conduction, the big advantage is this stuff doesn't dry as quickly as the cheap white paste. Once that cheap white stuff cakes out, it inhibits thermal conduction and makes things worse than having nothing there. The AS goo stays viable alot longer.

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    emuc64 - Posted 7:14 am PST 11/30/08 (94 Posts)  Report Spam

    I still have AS3, should I use that for my next build or move onto AS5?

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    WangeR - Posted 9:43 am PST 11/30/08 (140 Posts)  Report Spam

    Awesome product. Really works as is intended. I'd buy this name brand over another generic brand.

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