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Current best thermal paste?

peche said:
Can you tell more about it?
Does it really damage Coolers aluminium coolers..?:confused:
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Correct - Collaboratory Liquid Ultra is not recommendable for aluminium.
By a fault, I once put some on an GPU cooler where the copper heatpipes where "level polished"
with the alu heatsink.
After a couple of days i removed the heatsink to check - and the aluminium was gone totally black
and had tiny little craters.....
 
I have heard about this product and how it damages many coolers included some aluminum ones, also have heard about issues with some nickel heat pipes on some coolers

how about copper? does it not damage copper?

**sorry for asking so much by the way :toast:

Regards,
 
peche said:
I have heard about this product and how it damages many coolers included some aluminum ones, also have heard about issues with some nickel heat pipes on some coolers

how about copper? does it not damage copper?

**sorry for asking so much by the way :toast:

Regards,
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I have it on 3 water cooled and one air cooled copper sink. NO it does not harm them. but as a side once you use it you stick with it. The Ultra comes off fine but the pro does not, it bonds to the copper and is hard to get off. then again the only time i took the water block off was to change the cpu and then a tiny bit renewed it for replacement on the new cpu. It does NOT degrade so you dont have to reapply in 3 years or whatever. Use the least that covers the block and a touch scrubed into the water block or copper HSF unit.
 
Well - from asking we are learning :-)

On copper and nickel-plated it works great - without any issues and without damage to the metal.
From the manual:
Warning: Please note that you can’t use the Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra with a contact area of aluminum, as it corrodes aluminum.
The heatspreader of actual processors consists of nickel-plated copper, not of aluminum.
Advice: The application on copper surfaces is a bit easier than on nickel-plated ones, but possible is both.
Link to manual: http://www.coollaboratory.com/pdf/manual_liquid_ultra_englisch.pdf
 
fullinfusion said:
Look on the interweb and it says all over it will react with aluminum.

@VulkanBros now you need some Gelid Extreme to add to your collection.

I love MX-4 but Geild has it beat by a few degrees C
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yep! i did the switch too, first victim is my 290 the 4690K will follow (unless i try the Phobya HE Grease bundled with the UC-2 LT ...)
 
GreiverBlade said:
yep! i did the switch too, first victim is my 290 the 4690K will follow (unless i try the Phobya HE Grease bundled with the UC-2 LT ...)
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DONT lol, I just switched my MX-4 paste on the 4790K to the Gelid, and had a 10c drop in temps on the hottest core and 4c drop on the lowest core!

This paste just blows my mind.. :confused: GG Gield :respect:
 
fullinfusion said:
This paste just blows my mind.. :confused: GG Gield :respect:
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IKR... i ordered it from my favorit etailer and when i got it at home ... i laughed so hard at the "TPU Recommended" logo on the package :D that was really the icing on the cake!:lovetpu:
 
Sounds silly, but the best paste I've used is Cooler Master thermal paste. My 290 was hitting 95c. Redid the paste and I'm OCed and the highest I've seen is 75c
 
fullinfusion said:
Look on the interweb and it says all over it will react with aluminum.

@VulkanBros now you need some Gelid Extreme to add to your collection.

I love MX-4 but Geild has it beat by a few degrees C
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Hmmm....I live in Denmark and cant find Gelid Extreme......Do you buy it at a local shop or on the web??
 
VulkanBros said:
Hmmm....I live in Denmark and cant find Gelid Extreme......Do you buy it at a local shop or on the web??
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well i should say local e-tailer (like Digitec.ch or StegComputer ) also on Aquatunning.de (.ch) i received a whole pack from them with various pieces needed for my WCLoop (over 8kg) without any custom taxes (dunno if they have a danish site)
 
i'm surprised danish isn't so hard to "understand" (after browsing that website a bit) well ... since i'm Swiss maybe the Swiss German dialect help me to understand it :roll: (tho my mother-language is french)

back on topic strange i can run any bench without comp hanging, tho 3DMark Firestrike crash at 1st graphical test ... hum might be the update that i did not download ... i wonder ... wrong topic tho /facepalm
 
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Champ said:
Sounds silly, but the best paste I've used is Cooler Master thermal paste. My 290 was hitting 95c. Redid the paste and I'm OCed and the highest I've seen is 75c
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@Champ , which CM thermal product are you currently using?
 
Champ said:
Sounds silly, but the best paste I've used is Cooler Master thermal paste. My 290 was hitting 95c. Redid the paste and I'm OCed and the highest I've seen is 75c
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That does sound silly...what other pastes have you tried on that same GPU? Or did you just put this on and it dropped that much? Usually htat is a sign of an improper application and not a function of the TIM itself. ;)
 
The paste came with a 212 Evo cooler I brought. I imagine I didn't over due it compared to the ceramic like paste that was on it before. I'll see as it cures. I've only played about a hour worth since I've done it.

From what I've read, users say it's as good as any other paste
 
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Where it came from is not relevent. What is though is what other pastes your tried on the same card. As you likely have seen the difference between the best and worst pastes are only a couple of degrees C. So clearly, it was the existing application and not the TIM itself. ;)
 
thanks. this weekend i have to checkout some computers and maybe replace TIM, so i would stick to cooler master's Ice fusion flask i got many time ago, if i could i would make a post about it,

Regards,
 
IC Diamond is garbage! Do not buy it!
 
It works well, but the company behind it is... well... someone link that debacle...
 
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So yesterday Gelid Extreme and Collaboratory Liquid Copper arrived......

Tested and conclusion:

Gelid Extreme - like chewing gum ..... hard to spread ..... but is overwhelming in performance. Idle temps dropped 2c
and an average drop of 5c-6c pr core in CPU stress-test. Thumbs up! (in comparison to Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra)

Liquid Copper - like butter - very easy to spread - performance like MX-4 - good paste.

But - I have cleaned all up and gone back to .... Gelid :-)

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VulkanBros said:
So yesterday Gelid Extreme and Collaboratory Liquid Copper arrived......

Tested and conclusion:

Gelid Extreme - like chewing gum ..... hard to spread ..... but is overwhelming in performance. Idle temps dropped 2c
and an average drop of 5c-6c pr core in CPU stress-test. Thumbs up! (in comparison to Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra)

Liquid Copper - like butter - very easy to spread - performance like MX-4 - good paste.

But - I have cleaned all up and gone back to .... Gelid :)

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see: GC Extreme FTW :rockout:
 
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