I recently bought an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro for my e8400... unfortunately the e8400 turned out to be faulty (didn't even get a chance to overclock) and I was forced to return it. Sadly, I used the Freezer 7 Pro instead of the stock cooler initially and used the thermal paste. It sucks that I have to buy new thermal paste now... especially when paste is less then the shipping is, but that's life.

What is the best thermal paste for my situation? I don't plan to overclock it past 4.0Ghz (I doubt my motherboard will go any higher, if that). I just don't want to buy crap, that's all.

Thanks!

I've heard really good things about tuniq tx-2 and it's really cheap. Some reviews I've seen of it have it beating artic 5.

You don't hear much about this but it is the sh*t. You need to apply it with a razor blade because it is thick and sticky. You decide.

Diamond Thermal Grease Testing

IC Diamond 7 Carat Thermal Compound

I've used AS3 and AS5 plus OEM pastes so far, and from my experiences AS5 is better, I've read good things about Zalman ZM - STG1 it comes in a bottle and is painted on

It all works fine..all this huge temperature drop crap is just as bad as bottled water, next you'll all be buying purified spring electricity in glass bottles. Even plain old radio shack crap works fine if you apply it properly.

33 way Thermal transference goo test!!

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index. [...] mitstart=6

TIM Consultants T-C Grease 0098 Is the best, supposedly. I have three tubes sitting right here that arrived today, since I was using formula 5, a poly silver compound. It was like 20th out of 33, so I decided to get the real deal.. read up and see.

My water cooling processor block comes tomorrow! Hopefully its better! The dimensions looked proper, and its a swift apogee GT. Looked excellent for the 30ish bucks.

--Lupi

The IC Diamond 7 was one degree off of T-C Grease 0098.

They said themselves that the testing was not accurate, certainly through no fault of theirs.

Take the identical results of the AS5 and IC Diamond 7 in that roundup and compare them to the more scientific testing between the same two in my link. I think the IC Diamond fairs better than your roundup indicates. Here is what they used.

What's your opinion?

AS-5 $6.99 Free Shipping ( when ordering check shipping method = USPS not UPS)
http://www.svc.com/other.html

Shin-Etsu

Zorg!

And yes, not off by much. Now remember when they tested, they allowed minimal burn in time. So I assume that the paste can only get better with time. I am not sure.

And if that isnt the case, then some may get better with time!

But that paste did squeeze out #1 slot, so hopefully it works. I look at it this way, The one I used was 3c hotter instantly, sooo... I'll pass on that and try the #1 seed!

Come on, water block!

--Lupi

Decision made. That's what I'm going for. Paying as much for shipping as the paste itself is gay .
Thanks.

I listened to DaSickNinja:
Shin-estu x23

He originally posted this on Tom's forums but doesn't come around here much anymore:
***.com/forums/power-supplies-cases-cooling/140-thermal-interface-material-comparison.html

EDIT: Toms won't let (x)(c)(p)(u)(s).com be linked! Automatic censor!

That's not what I'm talking about. There are a lot of variables, that can't be properly controlled, when testing on a CPU with a heatsink. The $75,000 calorimeter is designed to remove these variables. I would be more inclined to believe the results from the testing on the calorimeter. It doesn't really matter that much. Since you already bought your TIM, then I would let it eat anyway.

Speaking of which! That is the thickest and weirdest paste I have ever seen! It moves good... but when it comes to a pair of mirror surfaces, I dunno what to apply it with! Every bit of it would stick to your finger if you try to spread it with one!

Guess I will be able to test it myself! Calorimeter be damned! I want what works for me! And you know where that leaves the rest of you?

In my processors dust! Hahahaha!


Weeeee!

--Lupi