peche
Thermaltake fanboy
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System Name | Athenna |
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Processor | intel i7 3770 *Dellided* |
Motherboard | GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Rev. 1.1 |
Cooling | Thermaltake Water 3.0 Pro + Tt Riing12 x2 / Tt ThunderBlade / Gelid Slim 120UV fans |
Memory | 16GB DRR3 Kingoston with Custom Tt spreaders + HyperX Fan |
Video Card(s) | GeForce GTX 980 4GB Nvidia Sample |
Storage | Crucial M4 SSD 64GB's / Seagate Barracuda 2TB / Seagate Barracuda 320GB's |
Display(s) | 22" LG FLATRON 1920 x 1280p |
Case | Thermaltake Commander G42 Window |
Audio Device(s) | On-board Dolby 5.1+ Kingston HyperX Cloud 1 |
Power Supply | Themaltake TR2 700W 80plus bronce & APC Pro backup 1000Va |
Mouse | Tt eSports Level 10M Rev 1.0 Diamond Black & Tt Conkor "L" mouse pad |
Keyboard | Tt eSports KNUCKER |
Software | windows 10x64Pro |
Benchmark Scores | well I've fried a 775' P4 12 years ago, that counts? |
There is nothing at all wrong with AS5, it can be expensive, but its only a couple degrees away from the liquid metals that eat aluminum and can run out.
Tint means to apply a small amount and spread it across the surface, like applying a film of the product, essentially it does some of the work filling in the surface defects first.
I agree there is nothing WRONG with AS5, but you can get stuff that performs as good in most if not all circumstances for far cheaper.
It's also in my experience a little harder to apply, but again I am a really poor example due to poor hand coordination.
Nothing wrong with 66C peak during daytime. Given the higher idle seems like that's even with the ambient up a little bit.
I had nothing against AS5, the thing here is that compound its overpriced for me…
why?
Arctic Cooling MX2&4 beat it, pretty much better compound, no curing time, you can spread it as you want, arctic silver gets affected with application method, and AS5 is a way ticker than MX compound, removing the old burned paste from you cooler may be a nightmare, the unique advantage I have found so far is the time it last… like 3 years…!
I have to recognize that AS5 is a great compound, it’s a matter of personal opinion, but if arctic will offer a 4G tube and a little lower price will be excellent.. that’s my opinion
Regards,