Other Thermal Paste besides Arctic Silver

[uber_g]

Anyone use something Else Rather then Arctic Silver ?


i use some Arctic Cooling MX-1

 

[uber_g]

Athlon 64 3700+
Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLi
Jing Ting Forcetake NB cooler
1GB Patriot 2-3-2-5
Gigabyte 7300GT OC@475
Hiper 580W PSU
Kworld PVR-TV878 TV Card

I used that Mobo For my Friends Build, i like it alot, very Easy to use


i have a bunch of that white crap too, but when im overclocking or doing performance tests i try to use some of the "good" stuff

 

[sirheck]

i have tried as5 the white stuff and what comes on stock hsf
i am using what came with the acfreezer pro currently

the reason i had to use the white paste was on my
first socket939 build. everything was new but i had a bad mobo.
i switched and swapped parts trying to find the problem.

but i dont see any big diff in what paste is used.

is the mx-1 the same paste that come with arctic cooling heatsinks?

 

[jimw428]

is the mx-1 the same paste that come with arctic cooling heatsinks?

Yes.

 

[sirheck]

 

[ZOldDude]

They last batch of new computers here all used the same parts...and a Thermalright SI-120 cooler. I used the "gray goop" that came with the cooler and all the cpu's run the same 2-3C over room temps.

I really don't think it matters what brand of TIM your useing as long as you first clean the cpu AND cooler with Acetone and then Alcohol and apply the TIM correctly (rice sized amount and 1/4-1/3 of that is used to fill micro pits in cooler...use plastic wrap on finger).

A $1 pack of the generic "white goop" really has enough product to do up to 10 cpu's...a far cry from my first build so long ago when I thought you needed to use the whole tube! :roll: