stock or custom?

[LiLvi3tbOi69]

1. are thermal pads better than thermal paste/grease/compound?



2. which compound is better. arctic silver 5? or antec formula 5?

 

[v-zero]

1. No, they suck.

2. Arctic 5, it's the "shizzle"

 

[infrared]

Depends what it's being used on tbh... i'm assuming your talking about the cpu in which case AS5 would definatly be a good choice.

If though your talking about memory on a graphics card for example, you wouldn't want to get AS5 near the memory chips. If any gets under the chip, it instantly becomes a paperwieght. You need Ceramique for that job.

 

[KennyT772]

artic silver 5 is the best. equal in performance but higher price is artic silver ceramique
(sp?) which is nonconductive/noncapacitative

 

[POGE]

Depends what it's being used on tbh... i'm assuming your talking about the cpu in which case AS5 would definatly be a good choice.

If though your talking about memory on a graphics card for example, you wouldn't want to get AS5 near the memory chips. If any gets under the chip, it instantly becomes a paperwieght. You need Ceramique for that job.

Sorry, thats not true. While that can happen, chances are it wont. Arctic silver is supposedly non conductive, but it can still cause some conductivity problems, and does fry the ocasional chip if it gets into the pins/under the chip. Just keep the AS5 out of the pins/under the chip as much as you can (shouldnt be hard at all), and youll be fine.

 

[infrared]

that's fine. your right. I just don't recomend it on memory because it's easy to get some under the chips while your cleaning it off.

For those who don't know, AS5 isn't conductive, but it is slightly capacative (sp?) which is what can cause problems.

 

[KennyT772]

the silver in the paste holds a slightly magnetic charge and doesnt mix well with any sort of memory.

 

[LiLvi3tbOi69]

ok but is thermal pad better than antec compound?

 

[v-zero]

that's fine. your right. I just don't recomend it on memory because it's easy to get some under the chips while your cleaning it off.

For those who don't know, AS5 isn't conductive, but it is slightly capacative (sp?) which is what can cause problems.

Yep, that's right. Charge builds in the silver particles in AS5 and then once this builds high enough it jumps between particles until it eventually reaches the closest point that will complete a circuit... Nasty.

 

[KennyT772]

ok but is thermal pad better than antec compound?

nope

 

[trog100]

thermal pads are good if u have one big heatsink covering several ramchips like on a grfx card.. each chip is a slightly different height and the spongy pad makes sure they all touch the heatsink..

anywhere else they are crap thow.. they are toooo thick.. thin gives u the biggest gain when u take the stock sticky pads off..

trog

 

[D_o_S]

Ceramique is also good for Sub-Zero applications...