Author Topic: thermal paste. is brand really important? (Read 5394 times)

Xerotolerant · « **on:** August 17, 2007, 10:17:57 PM »

i see reviews for cooling systems like some kind of water/air cooling hybrid on toms hardware. and the reviewer say he scraped off the stock paste and applied some special brand(can't remember the brand) paste. so my question is does brand really matter? and what brand do you recommend?

Carigamers · « **on:** August 17, 2007, 10:17:57 PM »

Arcmanov · « **Reply #1 on:** August 17, 2007, 10:32:49 PM »

You made two of the same topic. I removed one.

To answer your question: Hell yes. Arctic Silver 5. Nuff said. Google dat shiznit...

Spazosaurus · « **Reply #2 on:** August 17, 2007, 10:48:50 PM »

Hell yeah it's important. Google it indeed!!!

Nephilim · « **Reply #3 on:** August 17, 2007, 11:10:38 PM »

thermal paste is a MUST, and as arc said AS5 is the asus of that product genre.

If you cant afford that, it can be had at most electronics or electrical stores. It usually comes in a small packet, Electricians sometimes wrongly refer to it as thermal adhesive.

Notice I said electronics or electrical stores not BS radio shack, radio shack here is a joke, and their prices ludicrous.

Saxito Pau · « **Reply #4 on:** August 18, 2007, 08:12:00 AM »

I have used Acrtic Silver 5 and Arctic Ceramique, and I personally prefer the Ceramique.

Technically using Ceramique -shouldn't- void the warranty on your boxed AMd processor as it isn't grease.

and I'll immediately mention that if you need to clean off either from you CPU or HSF, use acetone or my favorite, Articlean.

Carigamers · « **Reply #4 on:** August 18, 2007, 08:12:00 AM »

Xerotolerant · « **Reply #5 on:** August 18, 2007, 09:18:30 AM »

local electronics stores? like where? i saw some on amazon for less than 20 usd arctic silver i think. and it isnt for my processor it's for my gpu x1950xt i took off the heatsink to clean it cause it was overheating and i saw less thermal paste than i've come to expect, with gaps in it and what not. and while i was looking for paste i came across the accelero x2 which supposed to fit my gpu and be quiter, ask anyone who has one the x1950xt sounds like a vaccum when the fan on 100%. anyone know a store/site accesible to trinis? cause amazon does not seem to have it and the official site is sadly ebay.

Spazosaurus · « **Reply #6 on:** August 18, 2007, 10:07:53 AM »

Video cards don't usually come with a whole lot of thermal paste pre applied. Some people clean off the gpu & hsf and apply regular AS5. I'm not sure about special paste for video cards since i've never heard about it before, but if it does exist, its not absolutely necessary.

woodyear99 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 18, 2007, 10:19:24 AM »

Arctic Silver 5 = Saved my xbox 360 from red rings of death ....nuff said lol

disciple · « **Reply #8 on:** August 18, 2007, 10:29:43 AM »

anybody uses anything besides Artic products?

.:Jedi:. · « **Reply #9 on:** August 18, 2007, 04:28:24 PM »

there is one from Zalman, ZM-STG1 super thermal grease. from reviews this is very good as well. also, there is OCZ ultra thermal grease or somn so. i personally use AS5. i even used it on my GPU......dropped a few deg. too.

daniboy79 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 18, 2007, 04:50:19 PM »

fuh real using AS5 in other-than-CPU applications! after fixing my crooked chipset heat-sink, i seated it with the AS5. i cannot tell if it made a difference cuz i spotted the flaw during first assembly, good thing! lol

Xerotolerant · « **Reply #11 on:** August 19, 2007, 10:55:00 PM »

can i buy some of this arctic sliver stuff from one of allyuh?

Spazosaurus · « **Reply #12 on:** August 19, 2007, 11:12:19 PM »

PM Saxman. He should still have some left.

Arcmanov · « **Reply #13 on:** August 19, 2007, 11:19:08 PM »

Or, you can check Caveman Computing (not a plug) in Valpark. They usually have em for $75 per syringe.

Saxito Pau · « **Reply #14 on:** August 20, 2007, 03:01:53 AM »

Netizen1 and a guy from The Wizz get the last of my spare AS5 and Ceramique, sorry.

Xerotolerant · « **Reply #15 on:** August 20, 2007, 12:31:21 PM »

aight i'll check them people in valpark and thanks anyway saxman.

anybody know the phone number to this place? i not seeing it in the directory and 6411 givin the usual level of service.

forget it i got the number and went already
all they had was something silver or sliver something(not arctic silver) but i took it anyway. how much is too much paste when applying?

Redfish · « **Reply #16 on:** May 21, 2008, 01:19:15 PM »

Where can I buy acetone or arcticlean that was mentioned in this thread?

W1nTry · « **Reply #17 on:** May 21, 2008, 02:01:57 PM »

Like men eh read the review in Cooling Solutions Forum? AC5 is NOT THE ONLY AND BEST there is out there. Albeit a defacto standard in the PC Biz. As for where to get AC5 and Articlean, check ur friendly neighbourhood Saxman

Redfish · « **Reply #18 on:** May 21, 2008, 02:10:06 PM »

Maybe I was not clear enough. I wanted to find out where you can get acetone or articlean to use to clean off thermal paste from a heat sink and cpu..

e.g if it's in a electronic store etc

Saxito Pau · « **Reply #19 on:** May 21, 2008, 02:17:25 PM »

Quote from: Redfish on May 21, 2008, 02:10:06 PM

Maybe I was not clear enough. I wanted to find out where you can get acetone or articlean to use to clean off thermal paste from a heat sink and cpu..

e.g if it's in a electronic store etc

Answer #1:

Quote from: W1nTry on May 21, 2008, 02:01:57 PM

As for where to get AC5 and Articlean, check ur friendly neighbourhood Saxman

Answer #2:
They claim I am the guy to check for ArtiClean (and AS5). I'll send you a PM with price and contact info.

Carigamers · « **Reply #19 on:** May 21, 2008, 02:17:25 PM »

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