also doubles as a tampon applicator.

Thanks, we are all very greatful for your sharing first hand experience with products like this.

Bullshit! #1 shoves this up his ass to lower his core temperature.

Get the MX-2 for only $1 more. It's better and it's non conductive.

http://www.yesbuy.net/arctic-cooling-mx-2-thermal-compound.html

naughty naughty idears.... ooh the possibilities

AS5 is also non conductive, #4.

OCZ FreeZe is also a good competitor to this - I personally have seen lower temps with it over AS5, but I'm sure performance varies from machine to machine.

#6 this is taken from the arctic silver website

I have tried this and normal thermal paste, switching back and forth ten times to test the difference. I never saw any lower temperatures with this vs normal thermal grease.

i wouldn't recommend buying from yesbuy.net, I've ordered the mx-2 a few weeks ago and it took them 10 days to ship the item. Get it from someplace else if you want to get it in less than 2 weeks

#9 did you wait the 200 recommended hours?

I have hear some prefer this as a lube

Its true AS5 wears quickly, after 1 year i open the cap and try to use it again, its no good now

#9 Are you sure you applied it correctly... you don't use a lot at all. And yes you do have to wait for a burn in period.

#13 I've had the same tube for 2-3 years.... I used it yesterday and it is perfectly fine still lol.

AS5 does not wear out in the tube, maybe you were thinking of the AS epoxy which does shelf rot in about a year. You can extend it's life a bit by sealing each tube in a separate airtight baggie (squeezing out excess air) and putting it in the refrigerator.

The difference in any fair quality grease is very small if each are properly applied, it's really not worth the bother to get anything special except to get something with a synthetic instead of silicone oil base to it so that it is less likely to separate out the solids. That's the main drawback to plain generic white grease, especially on open core flipchips where the heat density is high enough to accelerate the process. I've had to remove heatsink and reapply grease after Athlon XPs had ran fine for 2 or 3 years then started getting too hot, for example. Removing the 'sink you could see the compound had dried up and left the 'sink partially elevated on little islands of crusty compound.

#6 & #8 must have majored in poetry. Electrically non-conductive means electrically non-conductive. There's not an isolating substance that does not have a capacitive potential.

Whatever use this on your northbridge and southbridge if you want just be very careful. Also, MX-2 is Non-Capacitive.

Yes, I wated for the burn in period. Took me a year to complete the testing. The burn in period lowered it 2 degrees, which was the same as the thermal paste. Yes, I only used a small amount like a bb or pice of rice as they recommend.

$777.59 a pound. i'll pass.