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    Arctic Silver Comparison

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by soledadaztec18, Nov 18, 2007.

  1. soledadaztec18

    soledadaztec18 Notebook Consultant

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    Which one is better?? one is ceramic and the other is thermal?? ive used the thermal, but i was wondering if ceramic is better..

    Ceramic
    Thermal
     
    soledadaztec18, Nov 18, 2007
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    sp00n Notebook Deity

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    I use AS5 (thermal) for all my desktop computers.
     
    sp00n, Nov 18, 2007
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    tebore Notebook Evangelist

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    AS5 Silver or "Thermal" is better than Ceramic.

    They're both good doesn't matter which you use.
     
    tebore, Nov 18, 2007
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    soledadaztec18 Notebook Consultant

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    yea.. it seems like it would be about the same.. some claim to have significant temp drops with both..
     
    soledadaztec18, Nov 18, 2007
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