thermal compound

hey hexus :)

just wanted to know what is the best thermal compound i can use, at the moment i am using the stuff supplied with my heat seat, (silverstone nt06) and basically i think it could be the compound that is the cause of the high temps.

it just feels a bit "crap".

i have some artic silver ceramic which i have used on the gpu and that seems to be doing well . i know artic silver as5 is good, but i think there has got to be something better now surely?

any help will be appreciated

AS5 and AS Ceramic are still the two best thermal compounds on the market.

had a quick browse on xs and it appears that mx-1 is better by 3c

Another vote for AS5.... I've seen praise for the MX-1 as well and the AS ceramique along with some other more exotic ones, but personally AS5 has always done best for me.

AS5 here

I have as5, ceramique and ocz ultra 5+ and the as5 seems the best for me.

I've used MX-1 & AS5 on my cpu and personally I've found MX-1 cools much better about 3-5oC. It does take about a week or so to set in though as the temps were initially higher than the AS5 when I first changed over.

AS5 is the way to go, non of the others i tried have shown results

Not much in it really, I use AS5 and ceramique generally.

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Originally Posted by Mithrandir

I've used MX-1 & AS5 on my cpu and personally I've found MX-1 cools much better about 3-5oC. It does take about a week or so to set in though as the temps were initially higher than the AS5 when I first changed over.

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I've noticed this also, the MX-1 does have high temps to start with but with start/stop cycles, there seems to be a considerable drop of about 3-5 degrees.

ah so mx1 is good but takes a week or so to get good, as5 seems to be quite popular. i need the best i can get , so maybe mx1 is for me. i think i shall change to ceramic and see if thats anybetter, before i buy mx1

AS5 takes some time to set properly as well.

I've got MX1 on both my computers and i thinks it's great but as others have said it takes time to get to its optimum!

I've been using MX-1 for a while now, seems to do the job really well.

add my vote for Zalman STG1
4-5 degree drop from AS5

I use AS5. Heard good reviews on it and stuck with it since my first build.

Artic silver 5 and Ceramic versions are best .

cheers, well its good to hear what everybody thinks, as5 is good i have to admit. im up for trying something different, so will look into some of the recommendations made

Arctic Silver 5, waiting to go on my Q6600 G0 when it arrives. :rolleyes:

I also use AS5 - a little tube last for quite a while. But I must admit I am curious about the product mentioned here: http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=109262&page=7

Shin-Etsu MicroSi or Coollaboratory Liquid Pro.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ight=shin+etsu

Im going to be using Shin-Etsu MicroSi when i get my case back. :)

AS5 is good, though there are several compounds that seem to match it's performance.

Still, untill somthing decively beats AS5, without bothersome side effects, I'm going to stick with it, as I know it's properties.

Generic ceramic thermal grease. More than good enough for the job.

Depends on the job.