"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
05/03/2020 at 12:07 • Filed to: None
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"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
05/03/2020 at 12:07 • Filed to: None | 1
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Most of us know about the goo interface between hot processors and cooling systems. Considering how car companies sell you something new with a set of probably round and probably rubber tires with little grip and short lifespan, is there any reason to believe an electronics maker wont do the same with its products? The bare minimum to get things working? We can do better on the consumer end. A great thermal paste is a set of aftermarket performance tires for your computer.
Arctic Silver 5 used to be my go to. It took 200 hours to settle in and then needed a new layer after two years. Enthusiast grade stuff needs maintenance and today it’s considered mid-grade.
I’m using the pictured MX-4. It is carbon nanotube based, has eight years between applications , takes zero hours to set up, and is within 3 degrees of todays best Kryonaut stuff out there, which still needs a new layer every eighteen months of hard use. I think the mx 4 is the best deal out there. I can’t imagine how much cooler a notebook would run with this stuff. That eight years thing sold me on it. I always hated re-applying paste.
My 1070 folding card is friggin’ silent now. It sits at 76 degrees, fans spinning 42%.. The last time I put new paste on it was two years ago, some average to decent Gelid OC paste. It failed in the last month with my card fans making lots of noise, temps 83.
So consider your paste options! Shop around. For me It’s been the difference in peaceful tech co-existence or fans hitting that one frequency where you just can’t stand it anymore.
PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
> Grindintosecond
05/03/2020 at 12:18 |
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Great writeup, you’ve convinced me to reconsider my thermal interfaces. The peanut butter I’ve been using is probably ready for replacement.
66P1800inpieces
> Grindintosecond
05/03/2020 at 12:26 |
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Huh, I always thought it was MX-5, I guess less is better and in this case MX-4 is the answer. I may actually need some paste soon to swap out the CPU fan on my media PC.
Wacko
> Grindintosecond
05/03/2020 at 12:34 |
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So miata was almost the answer
facw
> Grindintosecond
05/03/2020 at 12:44 |
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Hmm, I’m just using the stuff that came with the (expensive) cooler for my (non-delidded) CPU, and stock stuff on my 1070. I’m honestly surprised it makes much of a difference...
On the other hand, I once swapped the cooler on a work machine and discovered that the white box shop that built them for us hadn’t bothered with any thermal paste on the flaming ball of processor that was the Pentium D. S hockingly it did run cooler after we replacing the cooler and adding paste.
jimz
> facw
05/03/2020 at 12:47 |
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it only really makes a difference if you’re trying to eke out that last couple of MHz of overclock. For the most part, the fact that you have any TIM applied is what matters more than which specific one.
chaozbandit
> Grindintosecond
05/03/2020 at 13:51 |
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I used to swear by AS5 and I still have a tube or two from ye old NCIX days. I’ve since moved to NTH1/H2. As good as it gets before getting to IC diamond hell.
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Grindintosecond
> chaozbandit
05/03/2020 at 19:55 |
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I have an IC carbon pad. It’s good. It’s average. Somewhere I’ll put it in play again.