Core i7 860 w00t! Is Arctic Silver still appropriate?

[benfinkel]

Hey all,

My i7 860 and MSI P55-GD80 are on their way.

Is scraping off the gunk on the heatsink and using Arctic Silver still the preferred methodology?

Thanks!

-Ben

 

[lucky777]

I switched to Shocktic Blue.

 

[wrangler]

If you have Arctic Silver on hand, then by all means use it. It is still good stuff.

BUT, if you are about to purchase new TIM, I think that the cool kids are using other stuff these days. Names escape me right now but if you check out the most recent [H] heatsink review, I'm sure you'll find a reccomendation.

OR, there is a cooling section here on the forums where I am sure you could get excellent guidance.

 

[lucky777]

I think it was some Japanese stuff. Shitzu or something like that.

 

[fss69]

Arctic Silver 5 is still good stuff, but the newer gloop run a couple degrees cooler with no curing time. If you already have it on hand and aren't in a rush, just use it. There isn't a monster difference.

I personally use Tuniq TX-2, and I have some Gelid GC-Extreme on hand that I'll use when I'm not so busy/lazy.

I think it was some Japanese stuff. Shitzu or something like that.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2009/04/07/thermal_paste_shootout_q209/4

Here's cheapest price I've seen for the winner of the shootout

http://www.svc.com/g-751.html

I've seen results of this stuff vary. Probably a bit difficult to apply correctly.

 

[LGabrielPhoto]

AS 5 is good still but yeah if you can get Gelid Extreme I would go with that one, just use the dot in the middle application no matter which of those you get...it works best.