Thermal paste applied on your GPU / CPU, survey!

GreiverBlade · Oct 14, 2016

9700 Pro said:
Thanks, I just popped it with a razor, since getting a delid tool for a CPU which costs about the same as the tool felt kinda stupid...

well even a G3258 can be fun with a delid .... BTW nice Catherine avatar :laugh:

TheoneandonlyMrK · Oct 14, 2016

I'm willing to mix it up a bit , EK provided some good stuff and I've a tube for another time ,I'd recommend visiting it.

Keullo-e · Oct 14, 2016

GreiverBlade said:
well even a G3258 can be fun with a delid .... BTW nice Catherine avatar

It would be cool to get this chip to even POST @ 5GHz but haven't successed yet.. Catherine was one of the best previous-gen console games! :toast:

gupsterg · Oct 14, 2016

Only ever done GPU TIM swap if cooler swapped, otherwise rolled with as factory. Go for good branded non electrically conductive, based on what is cheapest to buy at the time.

CPUs rolled with AS5 for far too long, not had an issue and find it easy to use. I spread a small grain size thinly using slice of plastic card. Never found an old tube of AS5 has shown separation either, so only buy when depleted. Don't have regime of swapping TIM every so often, only swap if temps are issue or cooler swapped.

When I got my i5 4690K was thinking shall I get some newer branded TIM, but rolled with AS5. Again just used an old tube I had, surprisingly on a 2nd hand TR Archon SB-E X2 gained nice temps with 4.9GHz@1.255V with AS5

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peche · Oct 14, 2016

theoneandonlymrk said:
I'm willing to mix it up a bit , EK provided some good stuff and I've a tube for another time ,I'd recommend visiting it.

wondering to mix TIM?

gupsterg said:
Only ever done GPU TIM swap if cooler swapped, otherwise rolled with as factory. Go for good branded non electrically conductive, based on what is cheapest to buy at the time.

CPUs rolled with AS5 for far too long, not had an issue and find it easy to use. I spread a small grain size thinly using slice of plastic card. Never found an old tube of AS5 has shown separation either, so only buy when depleted. Don't have regime of swapping TIM every so often, only swap if temps are issue or cooler swapped.

When I got my i5 4690K was thinking shall I get some newer branded TIM, but rolled with AS5. Again just used an old tube I had, surprisingly on a 2nd hand TR Archon SB-E X2 gained nice temps with 4.9GHz@1.255V with AS5 .

i guess artic silver 5 is the most overrated thermal-paste outhere, also the most known for most people and stores... unfortunately not the best out there...

Regards,

gupsterg · Oct 14, 2016

peche said:
i guess artic silver 5 is the most overrated thermal-paste outhere, also the most known for most people and stores... unfortunately not the best out there...

Regards,

When I built the i5 rig back in Mar 15, I did do some research as should I really use the AS5 with new CPU (besides other things). The conclusion I came to was for the cost of a new TIM and what I may gain from it, it was not worth it.

Der8auer has an interesting site, besides viewing his Haswell/DC OC guide and Asus M7 Ranger guide I viewed this.

Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut delta 7.88°C

Artic Silver 5 delta 9.43°C

To me out laying say £5.80 for 1g or £14.11 for 5.5g vs using the tube I had or say £6.17 AS5 3.5g it was not worth it, perhaps it is for others

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peche · Oct 14, 2016

Thermal Grizzly is one of the most expensive TIM's, i like to try it out, maybe soon!

Regards,

INSTG8R · Oct 14, 2016

MX-4 on both.

Keullo-e · Oct 15, 2016

I'll always clean the old paste with toilet paper... from Pentium III ages.

INSTG8R · Oct 15, 2016

9700 Pro said:
I'll always clean the old paste with toilet paper... from Pentium III ages.

Pro-Tip, Coffee Filters are the perfect lint free cleaner

Recon-UK · Oct 15, 2016

I use whatever i have around.

Keullo-e · Oct 15, 2016

INSTG8R said:
Pro-Tip, Coffee Filters are the perfect lint free cleaner

I've heard that but I'll still stick with TP

Recon-UK · Oct 15, 2016

9700 Pro said:
I've heard that but I'll still stick with TP

That stuff stinks lol.

Keullo-e · Oct 15, 2016

Recon-UK said:
That stuff stinks lol.

I prefer having some non-used when cleaning my old pastes from my HW

peche · Oct 15, 2016

INSTG8R said:
MX-4 on both.

delidded i7?

9700 Pro said:
I'll always clean the old paste with toilet paper... from Pentium III ages.

i have used toilet paper too, but ...

INSTG8R said:
Pro-Tip, Coffee Filters are the perfect lint free cleaner

this !

Recon-UK said:
I use whatever i have around.

since its a survey, what do you have right now?

Regards,

Recon-UK · Oct 15, 2016

I have absolutely none left actually i need get some in for my next PC tear down for cleaning.

MX-4 though is most common for me.

INSTG8R · Oct 15, 2016

peche said:
delidded i7?

Nah, not even OC'd either.

Keullo-e · Oct 15, 2016

I should get some more CLU since I'm thinking of another 780Ti.. :rolleyes:

peche · Oct 15, 2016

Recon-UK said:
I have absolutely none left actually i need get some in for my next PC tear down for cleaning.

MX-4 though is most common for me.

gonna use arctic again ? cause Thermal Grizzly its another option, but a little bit expensive compared to other brands!

Regards,

Recon-UK · Oct 15, 2016

I keep hearing about grizzly bears on this site, is it that good?

peche · Oct 15, 2016

Recon-UK said:
I keep hearing about grizzly bears on this site, is it that good?

one of the best rated products out there bro ...

Keullo-e · Oct 15, 2016

Here in Finland they also recommend the bear paste.

Recon-UK · Oct 15, 2016

About 7 quid in UK, will consider it next time

peche · Oct 15, 2016

9700 Pro said:
Here in Finland they also recommend the bear paste.

yeah its everywhere! except costa rica....

Recon-UK said:
About 7 quid in UK, will consider it next time

let us know!

hat · Nov 9, 2016

Well, I just sort of revived a PS3 with a re-pasting job. I used some of that infamous IC Diamond they were handing out here a while back for the job. I have a tube of MX-4, but I didn't really want to use it on a PS3... and I have lots of IC Diamond still and I figured the PS3 could handle it. The heatsink base isn't all the great to begin with anyways and the chips have heatspreaders on them so I went ahead with the IC Diamond. So far it's working great. Before I got my hands on it they used to have to have a house fan blowing on it just to use the system and it would supposedly still have overheating problems... now there's no fan blowing on it at all and it ran The Last Of Us for over an hour like a champ.

I'll save the MX-4 for applications that I think demand better performance and reliability... like applying to bare dies, preserving nice (or fragile) heatsink bases, or situations where I just want lower temps. When the application isn't critical, I'll use the IC Diamond... until I run out (if ever). At which point I'll just buy more MX-4, or whatever the current leading paste is.

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Thermal paste applied on your GPU / CPU, survey!

Did you always use the same TIM on your hardware?

Yes I do use the same one…Always!

No I don’t have any preferred or "trusted brand"

If I could I would! not always have stock of the same products!

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