Went from MX-5 to Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut. While I had the block off, I figured I'd clean it up and go old-school a bit. Lapped it all the way up to 5000 grit. Applied a thin layer of liquid metal with the included gothic q-tips to both the IHS and coldplate. Put it all back together and the result?
Nothing. Literally not 1 single degree difference over MX-5 with the exact same ambient conditions between tests. Gaming it likes to sit in the mid 50s (Now sitting at 49C during gameplay and 50s while loading). But it's hard benchmarking I was interested in the results of.
Both TIMs with Prime95 small FFT test running for 30 minutes top out at and sustain a temperature of 91C with 5ghz PBO. 5800x in a custom loop.
I did notice that with the liquid metal, it does seem to buffer small/transient changes a little better but that's about it. Where are these guys you hear about claiming insane differences of 15-20C over top tier pastes getting their numbers from?
Nothing. Literally not 1 single degree difference over MX-5 with the exact same ambient conditions between tests. Gaming it likes to sit in the mid 50s (Now sitting at 49C during gameplay and 50s while loading). But it's hard benchmarking I was interested in the results of.
Both TIMs with Prime95 small FFT test running for 30 minutes top out at and sustain a temperature of 91C with 5ghz PBO. 5800x in a custom loop.
I did notice that with the liquid metal, it does seem to buffer small/transient changes a little better but that's about it. Where are these guys you hear about claiming insane differences of 15-20C over top tier pastes getting their numbers from?
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