Pre-Applied Thermal Paste

[thehum]

I bought an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro which already has preapplied thermal paste. I have some arctic silver 3 though. Would it be worth it to put the arctic silver on instead? Anyone know what the temp diff would be? Thanks

 

[solobaricsrock]

yes, remove existing thermal paste with Isopropyl alcohol, and then apply AS3 to cleaned surface. Why not if you have it, right???

 

[Viramor]

The arctic cooling preapplied paste isnt bad either

 

[Retsam]

I am not sure why he told you to remove that paste and apply as3 but.... The paste the comes applied already is MX-1, which is far better than as5 or the old as3. You shouldnt remove it at all. Your temps may go up if you use as3 instead.

 

[annaconda]

I am not sure why he told you to remove that paste and apply as3 but.... The paste the comes applied already is MX-1, which is far better than as5 or the old as3. You shouldnt remove it at all. Your temps may go up if you use as3 instead.

You must be joking right?

 

[merlin87]

I had this same question when i got my AC Freezer. After googling and searching, many people highly recommend the stock stuff on there. I would suggest to leave it and instead of using AS3.

 

[alik4041]

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[da killa]

Leave it on, it is definitely better than AS3. Check here: Link1 and here Link2

Both show MX-1 having 1-2 c lower than AS5 which is obviously better than AS3.

 

[Arcygenical]

You must be joking right?

Nope... he's not. It's the truth. Plan and simple .

 

[Crash425]

I run a freezer 64 on my x2 3800, it's the same paste on there pre applied. When I had to replace the compound my temps went up about 2c and I used AS5. Hope that helps.

 

[joemama]

The arctic cooling preapplied paste isnt bad either

It's more than "not bad"...it's AC MX-1 and in some tests it actually outperforms cured AS5. There is absolutely no reason to use anything else for the first install.

edit- beaten by a few posts above.

 

[thehum]

'doh! I removed the paste on my arctic cooling vga cooler and applied AS3 before I got a chance to check back on this thread. Anyway I still haven't installed my freezer 7 yet so thanks for letting me know.