Topic 'Thermal Grease' in forum 'PC Hardware Discussion/Reviews' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Thermal-Grease-23259835 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:47:17 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:47:17 EDT Re: Thermal Grease http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23304427
I am now using AS5 which I applied perhaps a year ago or less, but temps are signicantly higher, very much so. When I get the nerve up to do so, I am going to try applying the AS5 in some different way.
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I just installed an ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm with their stock MX-2 grease on it and the temps instantly nose-dived. It seems a complete surface coverage of the heatsink was the answer.
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Myself, I went from originally using Arctic Silver3 to currently using Arctic Cooling MX-2.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23274290 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:20:50 EDT Re: Thermal Grease http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23270777 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23270777 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:05:25 EDT Re: Thermal Grease http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23270554 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23270554 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:12:28 EDT Re: Thermal Grease http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23270210 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23270210 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:39:14 EDT Re: Thermal Grease http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23270076 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23270076 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:02:13 EDT Re: Thermal Grease http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23269290 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23269290 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:39:01 EDT Re: Thermal Grease http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23268310 said by Ray422:

said by Red Green:

Some of the 1156 boards allow you to use LGA775 CPU HSFs'.
How can you tell without a physical fit ?

More specifically, will an LGA775 fit this Gigabyte p55-ud3r?
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···13128401
No, that board does not support any LGA775 HSF's. The EVGA does. If you look at the pic it shows mounting holes for both 1156 and 775 HSF's.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23268310 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:44:56 EDT Re: Thermal Grease http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23268189
first of course is cleaning the CPU heatspreader with denatured alcohol

second I apply a very very thin coating of AS 5 covering the entire heatspreader. think thin to the point you can almost see through it.. it's done with a razor blade and it takes some practice..

third I apply the AS 5 in a cross pattern, making sure the bead is very thin. each line would be about 3/4 the length of the heat spreader, centered of course..

lastly, prior to installing the heatsink, clean that too with alcohol, and with a very soft cloth polishing the contact to a mirror finish (or as close to one as possible depending on the h/s)..

this has not failed me with dual core and quad core CPU's.. I currently have a Q6700 quad core overclocked to 3.4GHz.. these are my temps:

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IMO with the "hot" core at 30C idle and 53C under load is not bad at all with air cooling - using this cooler: »www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···35200026 which I think I paid $25 for..

Next week I'm upgrading to a Core i7 system, I plan to use the same method with that as well, so will post those results once done..
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It's a matter of trust. I've never had any problems with stock coolers in the past but I think these Intel ones they been using on the multi-cores are pretty shabby. Like I said in my first and second post I always use AS5 and have never used anything else and I think 44-46C is fine. Just any of you builders out there that decide to use this CPU beware that Arctic Silver's instructions are contradictory.
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However, if you are not OC'ing, there really is nothing intrinsically "wrong" with the stock HSF and supplied/applied compound. Keep in mind that this was developed and tested extensively to work with the CPU. Yes, it is meant to be a cost-effective HSF, but at the same time, Intel is not in the business of shooting themselves in the foot, by coupling a cpu with an inadequate cooling solution!

Remember, the vast majority of their cpus will never see anything but the stock HSF and attached thermal compound...for well over 95% of these cpus, there will be no other solution for the life of the unit!

IMHO, if you are not OC'ing, then the stock solution is quite sufficient.
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Some of the 1156 boards allow you to use LGA775 CPU HSFs'. How can you tell without a physical fit ?

More specifically, will an LGA775 fit this Gigabyte p55-ud3r?
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···13128401
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23264396 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:30:12 EDT Re: Thermal Grease http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23264103 said by kingdome74:

... any recommendations for an i5 heatsink? I don't trust this and want to reseat it with a good one. I've never bought an after market one before and size shouldn't be an issue (I have a full size case) but I don't have unlimited funds.
What mobo are you using? Some of the 1156 boards allow you to use LGA775 CPU HSFs'. I'm thinking of building another system using the EVGA P55 FTW mobo.
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... any recommendations for an i5 heatsink?
Not many out there yet for the i5. Lot of users are on this one with good results:

»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···35103065

I just ordered two this morning from Amazon. $25 delivered each. But, they won't be in stock for a couple weeks. But I am in no hurry.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23262542 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:40:51 EDT Re: Thermal Grease http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23261989
... any recommendations for an i5 heatsink? I don't trust this and want to reseat it with a good one. I've never bought an after market one before and size shouldn't be an issue (I have a full size case) but I don't have unlimited funds.
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I use AS5 in situations where there's little to no risk of the grease (since it's capacitive, unlike the generic "white thermal paste" you've seen elsewhere; I don't want to risk shorts). Mostly I use it on CPUs.

Otherwise I use Arctic Silver Ceramique, mostly on GPUs and chipsets. If I have any doubts using AS5, I choose Ceramique.

I haven't tried Arctic Alumina.
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BTW - anyone using AS5 on this particular CPU should be aware that you apply the grease using the i7 instructions NOT the i5. If you notice the notches on the core are aligned in the i7 fashion not the i5 even though it is, in fact, an i5.

»www.arcticsilver.com/ins_route_s···as5.html

If you applied the grease in the i5 fashion one would conclude you would probably not experience the best cooling.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23260068 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:55:15 EDT Re: Thermal Grease http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Thermal-Grease-23259945 I would (personally) use the AS5.
FYI...You dont Scrape the compound off.
Use 90% Iso Alchol to clean it and a soft lint free rag or coffee filters work well also.
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In the past I have always scraped off the grease that comes with a stock heatsink and used AS5. My question is - I don't OC so is the stock grease they use now OK for installation or should I continue to use AS5?
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