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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!

    Votes: 136 47.6%
  • No I don’t have any preferred or "trusted brand"

    Votes: 100 35.0%
  • If I could I would! not always have stock of the same products!

    Votes: 50 17.5%

  • Total voters
    286
I still have 2-3 tubes of Arctic silver 5 lying around. So unless those tubes are over I cant see myself using any other brand of thermal compound.
i do too, but i dont like it, have it as spare paste, or for those who like it, the curing time on that paste its ridiculous,



Regards,
 
wait, what? o_O



and i thought he wasn't on the forum ... oh well i guess with a 21.03.2010 as inscription date and only 1 message, you just roamed the forum here and then?

edit: :roll:

:D Actually downloaded a VGA BIOS from the mainpage and saw this thread on the right "new forum posts" and thought: hey thermal paste is always interesting, let's check that.



hi, another fella here claimed you to know pretty much about Thermal Grizzly, could you explain us about it, what di you know about this TIM?


thanks for the mention mate!

Regards,

Well from my testing it's pretty much the best paste on the market as long as you use it between IHS and cooler (talking about kryonaut). Between die and ihs I'd rather use some liquid metal compound tho.
 
Well from my testing it's pretty much the best paste on the market as long as you use it between IHS and cooler (talking about kryonaut). Between die and ihs I'd rather use some liquid metal compound tho.
well... i was expecting moar information about the paste and crap... not obvious stuff, but thanks any way ...

Regards,
 
well... i was expecting moar information about the paste and crap... not obvious stuff, but thanks any way ...

Regards,
what more ... you are expecting too much ... it's the best. that's all folks :D ;)

MasterGel Maker Nano does fine too ... aRRRGHHH i am tied ...
 
Well what exactly? I can't start writing a book on here :D
OOOHHH YES YOU CAN!

errr ... for me the youtube channel is enough ..... :p
 
AS5 for years works well (and yes I know about the curing time) I use it on EVERYTHING CPU/GPU/Chipset anything that has an HS gets the AS5 treatment except for those parts that use a thermal pad because of gap issues

I use the spread method.... thin layer is best
 
The old fav when it came to thermal paste where Artic Silver 5, but after trying out thermal grizzly kryonaut i think i just found a new fav. Testet it on the I7 980X i got two weeks a go and i am very satisfied with the temp i have when thinking on this is an old cpu and the old X58 chips is known to run hot.

These are the temp i have with this CPU with and Noctua NH-D14 aircooler with 3 Silverstone FM121 120 MM fans mounted and thermal grizzly kryonaut paste between CPU and cooler. Cpu is not delidded.

Just to set it clear. This is what i used to clean the CPU from old paste and prepare cpu and cooler for new paste.

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Load temp. Every thing stock and max fan speed.

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Ilde temp with 4.3 GHz oc and 1.35 Vcore. Lowest fan speed.

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Load temp 4.3 GHz oc and 1.35 Vcore. Max fan speed

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For when i Run benchmark. 4.5 GHz oc and 1.418 Vcore. Max fan speed.

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what more ... you are expecting too much ... it's the best. that's all folks :D ;)

MasterGel Maker Nano does fine too ... aRRRGHHH i am tied ...
dude with all rescpect its a topic about paste, you claimed that dude to be expert on this product and them an extranger came and post what we already know? after you said paste is designed with Ln2 and sh*t on mind... come on bro...

Well what exactly? I can't start writing a book on here :D
what ever... thanks...

AS5 for years works well (and yes I know about the curing time) I use it on EVERYTHING CPU/GPU/Chipset anything that has an HS gets the AS5 treatment except for those parts that use a thermal pad because of gap issues

I use the spread method.... thin layer is best
well as i stated before, i do use it if customers ask for it, always with the pea size, if the customer has a water cooler i'll "tint" a bit of it on the cooler base, if customer have air cooler i usually just apply a pea size on CPU IHS and not tinting Cooler base, worked fine but curing time its always noticeable no matter waht {despite arctic silver instructions claim the curing time being almost erased when tinting,} also the most hated thing about Arctic Silver 5 is that some times paste divides, you are about to spread and there comes from the tube like 3 different parts from the paste...
Arctic clean its a pretty interesting product that i like to use!

The old fav when it came to thermal paste where Artic Silver 5, but after trying out thermal grizzly kryonaut i think i just found a new fav. Testet it on the I7 980X i got two weeks a go and i am very satisfied with the temp i have when thinking on this is an old cpu and the old X58 chips is known to run hot.

These are the temp i have with this CPU with and Noctua NH-D14 aircooler with 3 Silverstone FM121 120 MM fans mounted and thermal grizzly kryonaut paste between CPU and cooler. Cpu is not delidded.

Just to set it clear. This is what i used to clean the CPU from old paste and prepare cpu and cooler for new paste.
thanks for sharing such a great info, i like to ask about the paste itself, how difficult to apply is it? which application metho did you used there? also, the spreading? its harder to spread when sitting the cooler?

Regards,
 
Is diamond-matter even a good conductor or is that a ball of fabricated shit as well? I think I remember reading somewhere in chemistry that carbon (what diamonds are made of) is more of an insulator...

If you were looking for the perfect thermal conductor and had mounds of money you would want your HS made of of diamond and nothing else (or if you're looking to go slightly cheaper Carbon Nano tubes)
 
dude with all rescpect its a topic about paste, you claimed that dude to be expert on this product and them an extranger came and post what we already know? after you said paste is designed with Ln2 and sh*t on mind... come on bro...


what ever... thanks...


well as i stated before, i do use it if customers ask for it, always with the pea size, if the customer has a water cooler i'll "tint" a bit of it on the cooler base, if customer have air cooler i usually just apply a pea size on CPU IHS and not tinting Cooler base, worked fine but curing time its always noticeable no matter waht {despite arctic silver instructions claim the curing time being almost erased when tinting,} also the most hated thing about Arctic Silver 5 is that some times paste divides, you are about to spread and there comes from the tube like 3 different parts from the paste...
Arctic clean its a pretty interesting product that i like to use!


thanks for sharing such a great info, i like to ask about the paste itself, how difficult to apply is it? which application metho did you used there? also, the spreading? its harder to spread when sitting the cooler?

Regards,


Hmm a Pea size is way to much I don't even use half that of the IHS of my FX8320 ... remember the whole point of thermal paste is to fill the micro pits and valleys in between the surface of the HS and IHS so don't need a poo load of paste to do that less is best
 
Hmm a Pea size is way to much I don't even use half that of the IHS of my FX8320 ... remember the whole point of thermal paste is to fill the micro pits and valleys in between the surface of the HS and IHS so don't need a poo load of paste to do that less is best
you are completely in the point, i said that cuz its the popular name, but the application might be something like a rice grain maybe?

Regards,
 
thanks for sharing such a great info, i like to ask about the paste itself, how difficult to apply is it? which application metho did you used there? also, the spreading? its harder to spread when sitting the cooler?

Regards,[/QUOTE]

It is not much harder than other thermal paste to put on. Its a little bit stiffer than other paste like artic silver 5, so it take a bit more patiens to put on. I used the method i have always used. A drop or two on the middle of the cpu and then spread it out whit that spartel that came with the thermal paste se image below, but using a MasterCard or something like that is just as good. When done mounted the cooler and bang i got the temp you see in the screenshots above. Dit i say before i putted this thermal paste on the cpu, its like 8 years a go i last puttet on thermal paste back when i got my I7 920 brand new and shinny. So if i can do it 8 years after last try, you can do it to.

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It is not much harder than other thermal paste to put on. Its a little bit stiffer than other paste like artic silver 5, so it take a bit more patiens to put on. I used the method i have always used. A drop or two on the middle of the cpu and then spread it out whit that spartel that came with the thermal paste se image below, but using a MasterCard or something like that is just as good. When done mounted the cooler and bang i got the temp you see in the screenshots above. Dit i say before i putted this thermal paste on the cpu, its like 8 years a go i last puttet on thermal paste back when i got my I7 920 brand new and shinny. So if i can do it 8 years after last try, you can do it to.
Great, i find arctic MX2 harder to apply than MX4 variant, for example, i dont like to spread TIM, i rather the cooler to do all the job, little pressure and call it done, my coolermaster ice fusion 20G flask came with a spartel but i lost it...

Thanks for the input dude!

Regards,
 
Great, i find arctic MX2 harder to apply than MX4 variant, for example, i dont like to spread TIM, i rather the cooler to do all the job, little pressure and call it done, my coolermaster ice fusion 20G flask came with a spartel but i lost it...

Thanks for the input dude!

Regards,

I cant say much about other thermal paste since i only used artic silver 5 before thermal grizzly kryonaut. I dont belive in the cooler to do the job for you. Well atleast not if you want to be 100 % sure that all of the cpu heatspreader is covered.

Can only say i stick to the method of spread it out manuel.

And you are welcome.
 
How is this thread still going?
 
what ever... thanks...

I wouldn't be so dismissive of him. He's a highly respected OC'er, and helped engineer kryonaut paste IIRC.

How is this thread still going?

Because people like to make their goop preferences known. It's just like condiments, only for computers.
 
I take mustard on my pastrami
 
I cant say much about other thermal paste since i only used artic silver 5 before thermal grizzly kryonaut. I dont belive in the cooler to do the job for you. Well atleast not if you want to be 100 % sure that all of the cpu heatspreader is covered.

Can only say i stick to the method of spread it out manuel.

And you are welcome.
i havent tried all the pastes, but have tried a few!, thanks indeed for your input, and also i do share and respect the opinion about coolers, thermalpaste its a pretty important thing to consider, and also application method and mount too,

I take mustard on my pastrami
interesting! so if you want to come up with some opinions and comments aboutt just feel free to post it, also if tried or changed your always used or loved TIM share it !

I wouldn't be so dismissive of him. He's a highly respected OC'er, and helped engineer kryonaut paste IIRC.
i truly apreciate inputs over the post, no matter if they come fron a beginner or the highest OCer or engineer, but a comment like " Cant write down a book here about it" or so means i'm not opened to share my knowledge here, so ... thanks anyway dude, i like to share and help...

Regards,
 
Add another vote for MX4. Never gave me a reason not to use it. I usually reapply every few months when doing routine dust cleanings.
 
Add another vote for MX4. Never gave me a reason not to use it. I usually reapply every few months when doing routine dust cleanings.
Great! welcome, also, did you use it on CPU only or also repaste GPU?

Regards,
 
Great! welcome, also, did you use it on CPU only or also repaste GPU?

Regards,

CPU for now, GPU has a "warranty void" sticker stopping me from tearing into it........

Just kidding, Both were applied from day one :)
 
CPU for now, GPU has a "warranty void" sticker stopping me from tearing into it........

Just kidding, Both were applied from day one :)
so do i, always replace the tim with mx4, !
 
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