Which thermal compound?

[shinzwei]

Any reccomendations for best thermal compound? Im replacing very old artic silver 5 on an overclocked Q6600 G0 at 3.6ghz.

 

[Cat1yst]

Shin Etsu, IC diamond

 

[AthlonXP]

I used AS5 but I also have MX-3 which of the 2 is better??

 

[Cat1yst]

mx 3

 

[AthlonXP]

How should I apply it??

 

[shinzwei]

Do you have a link from a reputable vendor for the Shin Etsu Catalyst? thanks a bunch.

 

[AthlonXP]

just tried the MX-3. Its about 3-4c better then AS5 with my chip.

 

[yenniedn]

Is MX4 better than MX3? Was planning to stop by svc.com to pick up some thermal compound but they have MX4 at a lower price than the MX3???

 

[pojut]

IC Diamond 7 is some great, great stuff. Personal experience here.

 

[AdvanSuper]

Shin Etsu

http://www.frys.com/search?search_t..._string=shin+etsu&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&cat=0

 

[Bad ConNecTioN]

MX-2 for ease of application!

 

[kirtar]

Is MX4 better than MX3? Was planning to stop by svc.com to pick up some thermal compound but they have MX4 at a lower price than the MX3???

MX4 was meant to provide similar performance to MX3 with a lower price (also they supposedly made it easier to work with).