thermal compounds

desertstriker · 10-13-13, 12:16 AM

Hi all
I am looking for recommendations about thermal compounds. Going to be building a high end system and I am not going to cheap out... well not to much. i have heard things about IC diamond and Artic silver but other companies compounds also seem good enough and just cant seem to make up my mind

. please help me
I will post specs tomorrow of what is going inside if that will help.

Kaleun · 10-13-13, 04:47 AM

Hi,

Here is a thread, on another forum, giving an overview of Thermal pastes on the market (it's a few months old)

http://forum.hwbot.org/showthread.php?t=71658

I personally use Arctic Silver 5 and have done for years - some say it's a little dated and there is better out there, but it's cheap and highly efficient in my opinion (I'm an IT engineer in RL, if that counts for anything!!

) and it keeps my i5 2500K nice and cool!

CaptainHaplo · 10-13-13, 11:12 AM

I also am in IT and always use arctic silver.

Since you said your not going "cheap" - are you doing air or water cooling?

desertstriker · 10-13-13, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

I also am in IT and always use arctic silver.

Since you said your not going "cheap" - are you doing air or water cooling?

Water cooling, a Corsair H80. though now i am thinking about doing the water cooling by hand and not getting a prebuilt model

desertstriker · 10-13-13, 01:51 PM

So here are the build specs I promised
Case HAF XM
CPU:i7 3930k
MB: Gigabyte X79 UD3
PSU: thermaltake TPG 1050W
RAM: 4x G.skill Ripsaws2 4GB
SPU:Creative Soundblaster Recon3d
HDD: 2x Seagate Desktop 2 TB Solid State Hybrid Drive SATA 6 GB with NCQ 64 MB Cache 3.5 Inch (ST2000DX001)
GPU: EVGA GTX 670 ftw+

antikristuseke · 10-15-13, 02:46 AM

I have been using CoolLabs Liquid Pro for years with great result,s but it is a compount that I can't really recommend because it is a pain to work with and has to be kept out of contact with aluminium.

10-13-13, 12:16 AM	#1
desertstriker Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2012 Location: mod soup bar and grill Posts: 1,756 Downloads: 998 Uploads: 0	thermal compounds Hi all I am looking for recommendations about thermal compounds. Going to be building a high end system and I am not going to cheap out... well not to much. i have heard things about IC diamond and Artic silver but other companies compounds also seem good enough and just cant seem to make up my mind. please help me I will post specs tomorrow of what is going inside if that will help.

10-13-13, 04:47 AM	#2
Kaleun Chief Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 329 Downloads: 266 Uploads: 0	Hi, Here is a thread, on another forum, giving an overview of Thermal pastes on the market (it's a few months old) http://forum.hwbot.org/showthread.php?t=71658 I personally use Arctic Silver 5 and have done for years - some say it's a little dated and there is better out there, but it's cheap and highly efficient in my opinion (I'm an IT engineer in RL, if that counts for anything!! ) and it keeps my i5 2500K nice and cool! Last edited by Kaleun; 10-13-13 at 08:22 AM.

10-13-13, 11:12 AM	#3
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	I also am in IT and always use arctic silver. Since you said your not going "cheap" - are you doing air or water cooling? __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

10-13-13, 01:51 PM	#5
desertstriker Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2012 Location: mod soup bar and grill Posts: 1,756 Downloads: 998 Uploads: 0	So here are the build specs I promised Case HAF XM CPU:i7 3930k MB: Gigabyte X79 UD3 PSU: thermaltake TPG 1050W RAM: 4x G.skill Ripsaws2 4GB SPU:Creative Soundblaster Recon3d HDD: 2x Seagate Desktop 2 TB Solid State Hybrid Drive SATA 6 GB with NCQ 64 MB Cache 3.5 Inch (ST2000DX001) GPU: EVGA GTX 670 ftw+

10-15-13, 02:46 AM	#6
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I have been using CoolLabs Liquid Pro for years with great result,s but it is a compount that I can't really recommend because it is a pain to work with and has to be kept out of contact with aluminium.