Thermal Compound

[OD-Church]

im lookin for a good thermal compund can anyone tell me some good ones?

[PyroX1040]

I hear:
http://www.petrastechshop.com/icdi7cathco.html
Is pretty decent from reading and from friend's experiences

[choppy]

arctic cooling mx1 /mx2

or

arctic silver 5 / ceramique

[OD-Church]

i use arctic silver 5 its not very good at all
hows the ceramic?

[Random Murderer]

i use arctic silver 5 its not very good at all
hows the ceramic?

are you kidding me? as5 is some of the best stuff you can get! you must not be applying it correctly.

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

I hear:
http://www.petrastechshop.com/icdi7cathco.html
Is pretty decent from reading and from friend's experiences

I can attest to this. I just dropped 10C from my temps using this stuff!

[Paulieg]

i use arctic silver 5 its not very good at all
hows the ceramic?
Ceramique is not quite as good as AS5. MX-2 is where it's at....

[Paulieg]

I can attest to this. I just dropped 10C from my temps using this stuff!

Crash, I keep hearing it's difficult to apply. How did it work for you?

[OD-Church]

idk the artic silver didnt do anything for my temps

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

Crash, I keep hearing it's difficult to apply. How did it work for you?

Its a bit difficult but its not as hard as it sounds. You do have to go slower and use more of a force trying to get it out of the syringe than AS5.

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

idk the artic silver didnt do anything for my temps

It did for me for a while, but as of late, it doesnt do shit. Especially for my Q6600.

[OD-Church]

so is this MX-2 better how good is it

[Paulieg]

so is this MX-2 better how good is it

Best available right now, non conductive and 5-6c better than AS5

[OD-Church]

ok i will go witgh the MX-2 and get rid of the as5

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

ok i will go witgh the MX-2 and get rid of the as5

This is NOT MX-2. This is IC DIAMOND 7 carat thermal paste. At least not in my case.

[wiak]

This is NOT MX-2. This is IC DIAMOND 7 carat thermal paste. At least not in my case.
we know
but MX-2 is a diffrent product, and wont fry anything and is silver free, and i bet that ic diamond will fry the motherboard components if it comes close!

[wiak]

http://www.arctic-cooling.com/further_prod1.php
:)

[btarunr]

I'd say Zalman ZM STG-1

Paired with my CNPS9700 it's cooling pretty good to its level with my OC'ing. My Q6600 is of the B3 revision that runs slightly hotter than G0 and doesn't go too far with the OC's. This compound is doing a good job.

Product page (http://www.zalman.co.kr/usa/product/view.asp?idx=198&code=027)
Buy From Newegg (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118010)

[zCexVe]

Arctic cooling MX-2 is known as best.Its green(not the damn colour) non-conductive,no settling time,company says it can stay upto 8 years without re applying,easy applying and needs a little.If you have a Zalman cooler stick with the zalman ZTG.Its a close call.

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

we know
but MX-2 is a diffrent product, and wont fry anything and is silver free, and i bet that ic diamond will fry the motherboard components if it comes close!

They claim that it is bleed proof.

[ntdouglas]

we know
but MX-2 is a diffrent product, and wont fry anything and is silver free, and i bet that ic diamond will fry the motherboard components if it comes close!

Ic diamond is non-conductive.