Which Thermal Compound?

[thesecond]

That is intense!! thank you for the info Topweasel. Sounds like way too much hassle and risk for ~5 degrees.

5-10 depending on setup. Thats the difference between HT on and HT off for some users.

 

[maw]

Wow! I believe THAT might be the textbook definition of [H]

Can't touch it without the gloves and you have to run your system really hot the first time you use it. Like 90 Celsius hot. At $20 a pop for about 5 degrees, not knowing what HSF configurations it will work with, keeping it imperfection free, and running your CPU without a fan to the point of throttling, doesn't seem like its worth the effort.

I mean read this.

http://indigo-xtreme.com/docs/indigoxtremeinstallation-1155-1156xtremeclean.pdf its a 20 step process.

 

[Samwiches]

Well, the Indigo stuff might be more like 1C better than MX-4.

For about $8.00 Diamond IC7 and Shin-Etsu X23-7783D both give you 2-4 applications per tube.

So MX-2 or 4 gets you the best value, cause it's about half the cost.

But that's not a big deal unless you test a lot.


http://www.overclock.net/t/1118758/indigo-xtreme-with-the-silver-arrow-review

http://skinneelabs.com/shin-etsu-g751-x23-7762-and-x23-7783d-review/4/

 

[cantonknees]

none of those links have data on the IC diamond? from the looks of that huge chart though, AS5 still works fine if you still have some (which i do lol)

mostly within 1-2 degrees difference between eachother is nothing to stress about.

 

[Tsumi]

none of those links have data on the IC diamond? from the looks of that huge chart though, AS5 still works fine if you still have some (which i do lol)

mostly within 1-2 degrees difference between eachother is nothing to stress about.

Part of the problem of that reasoning is:

It is very hard to get great contact. Skinneelabs used a modified waterblock to get the great contact, which represents virtually no real world scenarios. The moderate contact is a much better indication of real world scenarios. It's right in the review:

As for “Great” contact, I might have gone a little overboard; no block on the market has contact this great.

Moderate contact is where it's most likely to be, maybe between moderate and great for a person who spends a lot of time making sure that everything is seated correctly. Here, the gaps are more like 3-4 C.