Be Quiet! Releases DC1 Thermal Paste
be quiet! is known for its power supplies, and thus it is surprising to see it enter the market for thermal compound.
The new DC1 thermal compound is a material with a particular mix which allows for a very wide range of operating temperatures. The compound has a working temperature that ranges from -50 °C to 150 °C. The theoretical thermal conductivity of the material is 7.5 W/ mK, and according to be quiet!, this should give its new thermal paste a thermal advantage over cheaper, conventional materials.
The material's composition is 10 percent silicone compound, 60 percent metal oxide, and 30 percent zinc oxide compounds.
The DC1 thermal paste comes in a tube syringe and carries 3 grams of material. Included with it is a small spatula so that users can spread the compound evenly if they believe that this is an effective method.
be quiet!'s DC1 thermal compound is already in stores for a price of €6.49.

I realize the article is just quoting, but since when is Zinc no longer considered a metal? Would like to know just what "metal" it is.
I realize the article is just quoting, but since when is Zinc no longer considered a metal? Would like to know just what "metal" it is.
Because there at least over two or three dozens of thermal paste brands, many of them having similar performance.
Zinc is a transition metal. Zinc Oxide behaves as a semiconductor in a similar fashion as Gallium Arsenide.
Still, for those looking to get a little extra out of their CPU, or just extend the life of their hot-running always-overclocked chip - good thermal compound is nice to have. Also I like goop that stays goopy and doesn't harden into some kind of concrete-like material over time.
which is why we use thermal paste, for the longevity, not the thermal conduction.
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Thermal-Compound-Roundup-January-2012/1468/5
It specifies that the Zinc is in oxide compounds. They probably have more than just Zinc and Oxygen in them, hence their separation from the other metal oxides.
I'd like to inform you that there is a data table which shows this: http://www.bequiet.com/en/accessories/369
Feeling dumb here... I'm going to go out on a limb here and say this dimensional analysis reads as "Watts per milli-Kelvin," or something similar. ... Assuming this, I'm having trouble making sense of that reading. So I am obviously mis-interpreting it...
OTOH, I just know there's a troll out there that wants to insert a pejorative about how stupid I am about not knowing what it means. THG has no trouble attracting them.
Don't do it.
http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100412190941AAxekZD
It's Watt per Kelvin per meter, not Watt per Milli-kelvin.