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advised application method works great. No need to spread it.. do what it says, and it's all good.
Not sure what you used before this "magical" stuff, but I bet you can get some basic paste from Radio Shack, apply it correctly and get within 1 or 2 degrees of the same temps
Absolute rubbish. You could read some of the benchmarks or try some of it yourself.
IC diamond 24 gives me 5-6 degrees improvement over arctic ceramique on i7 930 @ 4Ghz. I had to use it to keep my temperatures stable because I liked the look of my Tuniq Tower over the (better performing) Mega Shadow.
Diamond is one of the best thermal conductors, much better than silver, and it's no surprise that it's very good as a thermal interface.
Not sure what you used before this "magical" stuff, but I bet you can get some basic paste from Radio Shack, apply it correctly and get within 1 or 2 degrees of the same temps
I've tried IC Diamond and I get just as good (if not better) results with Arctic Silver or OCZ Freeze.
I got myself a free sample of it but have not tested it yet. The whole evga forum swears by it. For my CPU I am currently on Indigo Xtreme which is a stunning compound but very sensitive to pressure. Basically once you screw in you heatsink, you better never move it again and it better not wiggle. I had mine not completely screwed in when I started an unintentional reflow (booted in to windows with the cores at 100C) Then screwed in the heatsink while it was still reflowing and bam! I get 10C less than with the best Shin Etsu paste I used. I am getting 22C-24C idle across 6 cores temp with 21C ambient with a coolit vantage I will test the ICD on a graphic card and see how it compares.
wow. quite a # of posts after mine, Yes it did lower the temps 10 C. It was not to hard to apply other than the fact you use a pea sized blob and have to warm it (the tube) in warm water first. other than that it was simple. I am going to apply it to my 930 next using corsair h50.
I got a free tube of it from someone on another forum so I could review it. I had been using Shin-Etsu compound up till now, with pretty good results. There were no contact issues with my Shin-Etsu, as I had seated and re-seated multiple times, and was sure of perfect contact.
With the IC Diamond I'm seeing temperature about 5-7*C less than with the Shin-Etsu. Also on my GTX 480 load temps decreased by around 4-5*C. Not to bad for just a TIM replacement. Also I don't think its that bad to clean up, I just let an alcohol pad sit on top of it while I do other things, by the time I'm ready it just wipes off.
Damn, I just built using Shin Etsu. I get about 25C at 4.4 GHz on my 2600k at idle.
i still use as5 but this diamond stuff interests me
IC Diamond FTW.
It really shows its power over 60-70C where AS5 and other lesser pastes give up and allow rapid increases in temperature. The performance IC Diamond delivers in the high end makes it the only suitable choice for GPU's imho.
LOL I don't doubt you but were you paid to say that on a commercial?
I thought it was just hype but i used it on my overclocked sandy bridge and it lowered my temps 10c - no lie. Running intel burn in on high - i went from 79c @ 5th run to 69c...
AS5 has been owned by the new stuff out, like the diamond or shin etsu. AS5 is outdated, but still performs ok. For any new build that you're planning to OC I wouldn't go AS5 anymore.
um going by google for computer hardware advice is like going by Richard Simmons on how to properly please a woman.
Try it on a GPU, its no bullshit.Dude, you have to Google it because Kyle decided he hates Benchmark Reviews, so we can't give you direct links because the forum software filters them. Just Google the phrase as-typed in his post, and it's the first result.
But I'll give you the important bits because you're obviously too lazy.
Core 2 Quad 2.66 OCed to 3.2.
Official installation/curing instructions were followed for all pastes that include them.
Results: top 40 TIMs all within 1 C of each other.
top 20 TIMs all within .7 C of each other.
Now, it's true that a Core 2 Quad at 3.2 does not represent a bleeding-edge overclocked load, but it is a good example of a moderate overclock (what the vast majority of people would attempt), so it is relevant. I certainly believe that a more heavily-overclocked system could spread things out a bit (perhaps as much as 3-5C), but I seriously doubt these magical 10C claims.
You're not going to improve temps 10 degrees just by using IC Diamond instead of Arctic Silver or any other thermal grease. You probably had mounting issues. I'm not a fan of the IC Diamond, it's very abrasive (erased the printing on an AMD 620) and it's a pia to remove. I've tried IC Diamond and I get just as good (if not better) results with Arctic Silver or OCZ Freeze.