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So I just ordered 20 carats worth of diamond powder, and I am awaiting an email about a tube of silicon grease.

I figured I'd give it a shot after reading this article a few days ago.

Has anyone else ever thought about giving this a shot?

I'd be very interested to see what it does to my Xeon (usually hovers around 80C during huge SupCom matches) and for my newly purchased 4870 VaporX.

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Give it a shot when you do please post the results this is pretty interesting.I maybe would try it but right now my system is pretty cool

Reply to AngeloR93

that's...strangely interesting and cool at the same time.

Reply to Kithzaru

Interesting. But the results seem pretty unbelievable. It supposedly idles 13C lower than AS5 and loads 16C lower. Even commercial diamond thermal paste doesn't perform that well. Most reviews I've seen say that Shin-etsu and other top of the line thermal pastes only perform about 5C better than AS5.

Reply to orangegator

I would think you're still limited by ambient temp and the surface area of the cooler itself... you're not going to drop your CPU lower than your house lol

Reply to Kithzaru

It's been done(sold) already: http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/ic- [...] 16605.html

And here are the results:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forum [...] p?t=232141

And post results!

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Reply to Shadow703793

Thanks for posting that, Shadow, it was a very good read.

I considered buying the IC diamond stuff, but I figured that I'd spend a little more just to be able to say that I mixed it up myself!

And I'll definitely post some results once I get it all here, mixed, and applied!

Reply to jedimasterben

I was going to post that same thing shadow, You beat me to it

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Reply to overshocked

Crazy. Let us know how it goes.

I found this while Googling around tonight (does that sound dirty to anyone else besides me?): 80-way Thermal Interface Material Performance Test

Reply to jedimasterben

Also, you're my new hero, overshocked.

Message edited by jedimasterben on 08-22-2009 at 02:32:24 AM

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