Thermal Paste Roundup: AS5 vs MX1 vs CM Prem

jmke · 5th January 2006, 01:33

These pastes were tested:

- Arctic Cooling MX1
- Arctic Silver AS 5
- Arctic Silver Ceramique
- Coolermaster CM Premium (Ptk-001)
- Titanium Nano Blue
- Coollaboratories liquid metal

On this sytem:

- Abit AG8 - 3 RD Eye
- Pentium 4 - 630
- Speeze EE507B7 ChillMax

the results are interesting... or not at all depending on what interests you

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Source: http://translate.google.com/translat...%2Fbericht.htm

5th January 2006, 01:52

the results of the liquid metal look

want to test it, too bad I got an alu heatsink

5th January 2006, 09:44

no burn in time, which is required for all pastes, so the results are not real world ones

5th January 2006, 11:22

Quote:

Originally posted by Rutar
no burn in time, which is required for all pastes, so the results are not real world ones

yes they are for overclockers. Most ppl don't have time to let there thermal past burn in after they apllied there heatsink.

5th January 2006, 11:33

Maybe if you shuffle your heatsinks and CPUS all the time, but a lot of users just want good thermal paste because it's still a quite cheap way of reducing temps.

jmke · 5th January 2006, 12:43

Rutar, feel free to do some tests?

5th January 2006, 12:52

the way that liquid metal performs without burn-in (dunno if it needs a burn-in) cant be beaten be the other thermal pastes, even with burn-in.

BTW, burn-in is overrated I think? Got CM premium here and I don't notice a difference between fresh applied thermal paste or the one that is on the cpu for more then a year

jmke · 5th January 2006, 13:04

2-3°C is overrated after burn-in

but when the margin between the pastes is 1-2°C.. it might be something to test after all.

and how long will that Liquid Metal work?

5th January 2006, 13:49

Considering the materials used in it, probably forever.

5th January 2006, 14:22

Quote:

Originally posted by Rutar
Considering the materials used in it, probably forever.

till it has found his way true your IHS I guess.

5th January 2006, 01:33	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Thermal Paste Roundup: AS5 vs MX1 vs CM Prem These pastes were tested: - Arctic Cooling MX1 - Arctic Silver AS 5 - Arctic Silver Ceramique - Coolermaster CM Premium (Ptk-001) - Titanium Nano Blue - Coollaboratories liquid metal On this sytem: - Abit AG8 - 3 RD Eye - Pentium 4 - 630 - Speeze EE507B7 ChillMax the results are interesting... or not at all depending on what interests you [attachment] Source: http://translate.google.com/translat...%2Fbericht.htm __________________

5th January 2006, 12:43	#6
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Rutar, feel free to do some tests? __________________

5th January 2006, 13:04	#8
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	2-3°C is overrated after burn-in but when the margin between the pastes is 1-2°C.. it might be something to test after all. and how long will that Liquid Metal work? __________________

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5th January 2006, 01:52	#2
kr15t0f Posts: n/a	the results of the liquid metal look want to test it, too bad I got an alu heatsink

5th January 2006, 09:44	#3
Rutar Posts: n/a	no burn in time, which is required for all pastes, so the results are not real world ones

5th January 2006, 11:33	#5
Rutar Posts: n/a	Maybe if you shuffle your heatsinks and CPUS all the time, but a lot of users just want good thermal paste because it's still a quite cheap way of reducing temps.

5th January 2006, 12:52	#7
kr15t0f Posts: n/a	the way that liquid metal performs without burn-in (dunno if it needs a burn-in) cant be beaten be the other thermal pastes, even with burn-in. BTW, burn-in is overrated I think? Got CM premium here and I don't notice a difference between fresh applied thermal paste or the one that is on the cpu for more then a year

5th January 2006, 13:49	#9
Rutar Posts: n/a	Considering the materials used in it, probably forever.