artic silver 5 vs. stock dell cooling

Hey guys, i did some tests before and after applying artic silver to both my cpu and my gpu, here are the results:

Stock cooling temps :

GPU max: 81C
CPU0 max: 75C
CPU1 max: 76C

( the photo was actually incorrect, as i found it was from when i was testing overclocking setups )

then i opened up my lappy and applied some AS5:




and finally my temps are with the new AS5:


( wut? them CPUs are the only ones feelin it )

now the air that goes out of the vent is really hot, this did not happen with the stock dell cooling paste.

i just applied it, so should take 200 hours to take full effect

*Update*

After about 190 or 200 hours of use, my temps are really the same... i dont know if it could be winter, because in winter my house gets a bit warmer.. i will, however, try to get to the same room temperatures i had back then and do the stress test

*Update (again )*

After removing and re-applying the AS5, i found out what i was doing wrong:

1- i did not put enough AS5, it needed a bit more for the heat assembly to have perfect contact

2- i did not put enough pressure on the GPUs screws because i was afraid of breaking it

After doing this i find that on the first stress test i get 3 or 4 C lower temps ( from 82 to 79 C ) il do some more stress tests and update the temps.

 

The ~8C drop is significant. How long did you wait after applying AS5 to take the new temperatures?

 

A 200 burn in period is required.
After that you`ll see better results...

 

yeah, il keep this updated when i reach the 200 hours, but for now, this "upgrade" seems very significant.

 

Did you clean the dust when taking appart the cooling system? If you did, it probably affected the temperature changes aswell.

 

nope, the assembly is brand new

i did check for dust, it was completely clean.

 

i await ur good news Koer =P, im kinda scare to try it on my m1530 XD sadly i noticed new games now-a-day ...the 8600m isnt up to the task =(

 

It is if you do some overclocking and want a mid-high graphics quality in newest games. Tweaking vista helps also.

It isn't if you want to play 2009 most demanding games in highest settings.

Depends on what you expect really.

 

well if this artic silver 5 gets my temps even lower when it reaches 200 hours of use, i will have some more range to overclock, because having a powerful processor and an overclocked gpu stressed at 100% both made the gpu go to 90C and eventually shut off ....
that was before artic silver, lets wait and see how it goes

 

Hotter exhaust air means its dissipating more internal heat and exhausting it out.

Its a good thing.

 

I just applied Tuniq TX-2 for my M1530.
I did stress tests with ATI Tool and Orthos for 10 minutes, the temp is 5 C lower.

My place ambient temperature is about 30 C

 

I added AS5 to my Studio 15 more than 5 days ago, but my CPU temps are the same.

 

Are those numbers stressing the CPU?

Cuz mine are a LOOTTT lower


Like right now here is what it says:

THM_ 25c

Core 0 32c
Core 1 32c


GPU Core 43c


HDD 31c


but mine are not stressed just had it on for a while played WoW for a little while and right now just surfing the web

BTW: i have the AS5 too

 

^ No, they're idle temps. But, the maximum temps are just the same (topping out at a maximum of 65C). A bit disappointing, but the Core 2 is a surprisingly cool CPU all the same.

 

It worked for me! I still have to take apart the video card assembly on my 1520 and see what I can do in there. It doesn't overheat now but maybe I can get it to cool a bit better.

 

yep, that was what i was trying to say

you wont get instant results with AS5, you just gotta wait a bit ... like 2 months, depending on how much you use it.

 

by the way, here is a photo i forgot to put in on the first post, its how i applied the AS5, is it too little ?



cause i would think the less you put in, the more conductive it is...

 

So has anyone tried this on an m1730? Curious to see if it has the same dramatic result.

 

I think that looks pretty good. I usually use a razor blade to get it as thin and smooth as possible. you want to use the least amount possible and not have any air pockets.

Arctic's website has instructions on how to apply the paste, although they don't go into detail for mobile cpu's.

I just disassembled my M170 and put AS5 on the CPU and GPU. I don't have "before" temps, but the temps are pretty good now. I can't believe the crap they use for thermal conductors. It was like a thin piece of tin with paste on both sides. I guess its faster to assemble them that way.

I would also recommend using the dell fan control utility, so you can have active fan control and set your own temp levels at which your fans come on. I use a similar program on each of my laptops.

 

Thanks man, il try this fan control out, see if it helps.

 

Just a quick question, Could it be possible to make your cpu keep more of its heat by applying a crappy thermal paste, and giving your GPU a bit of AS5, to make more of a balace, because my cpu runs so cool, and my GPU runs so hot...

Anyways, just another crazy idea

 

nah, you don't want that. An increase in CPU temps will probably keep the general case warmer, which will also keep the GPU warmer.

 

Hehe, right, guess il stick with my original application of AS5, altho i dont see any results, even after about 180 hours of use and cool-hot cycles, its still the same ( in the first post i put in an incorrect photo, that was actually OCing ) so my temps are still the same

 

Here is a shot at my temps after the second application of AS5, since the first one had bad results.

What i did on the second one was to apply more AS5 and put on much more pressure on the screws.