Thermal Grease for permanent use ?

[rfruth]

I'm getting some thermal grease (not silver) from newegg for my AMD x2 (4200+, no OC) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835100301 is it okay for permanent use ?

 

[dragonsprayer]

get artic silver dont buy that crap you can get that stuff free with heatsinks and all kinds of other stuff

 

[cfvh600]

Yes rather get this Artic Silver like dragonsprayer says:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007

 

[cnumartyr]

MX-2 or Shin Etsu X23

 

[CompuTronix]

rfruth, Arctic Silver 5 is far more popular than it is effective. The first link shown below is to a very in-depth Thermal Interface Material (TIM) comparison which was conducted 2/2/07 on Tom's Forums by DaSickNinja. This 6 page thread is very revealing, however, the review itself has been moved to the second link shown below, Xtreme CPU. The bottom line? The best TIM is Masscoll Shin-Etsu X23, which can decrease your CPU's temperatures by about 4c compared to AS5.

DaClan Review: Thermal Interface Shootout: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/221751-29-daclan-review-thermal-interface-shootout#t1653411

Note: Due to Tom's servers forcing asterisks in the link below, when you click, it will cause "This page cannot be displayed". Simply backspace the 3 asterisks and type x-c-p-u-s without hyphens, then press enter.

Thermal Interface Material Comparison: http://www.***.com/forums/case-psu-cooling/3902-thermal-interface-material-comparison.html

Comp

 

[killz86]

I agree with CompuTronix. he knows what his talking about.



just my 2 cents
Brian

 

[cfvh600]

Lol.Sorry for recommending the wrong stuff guys. Oops!

 

[aBg_rOnGak]

That happens all the time cfvh600...Perhaps you could say misinformation, or it's just you didn't happen to come across something better than what you have/ use.

Lol, how I miss Ninja, Tacos, JumpingJack, plus Sharikou and MadModMike

 

[Plekto]

Arctic MX-2 is their top end product and has been tested to be a little bit better(2-5%), AND non-conductive as well, which is a huge plus.

http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/arcticcoolingMX2/index.php

Very nice stuff for only a couple of dollars more(and a tiny tube IME lasts a dozen installs)

It appears to be only a little worse than the X23, but tons easier to find.(in any case, worlds better than the OEM stuff)

http://amdforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=230649&highlight=Application
This is a great guide to most any paste application. Uber-thin after a light staining of the cpu and HS. Think microns instead of mm With a non-exposed core, the same thing applies, just a bigger area is all.