IC Diamond 24 Giveaway/ Reliability Survey

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Thanks to those that have posted updates much appreciated, encouraging to see the 1.5 year to 2 year reports with little change but we need a larger sample size to be confident of the trend.

I would not expect in to see the catastrophic failures as noted in the first test round on this forum where some of the stock white compounds had degraded temps of 10 to 30 C.

 

I would, but my crappy overheating notebook is being replaced with a new one, which, coincidentally, already uses IC diamond. So... can't. Also, my overheating notebook is being held together by duct tape, so it isn't really a good test subject to begin with.

 

Was the first round using IC 24? Did you change the formulation?

 

Icd 7 and 24 only differs on the amount of paste in the tube.

 

no formula change I was noting the white generic comparison stock pastes that had experienced rather spectacular failures, a couple were + 30 C

 

1 carat = .2 grams

 

"ON MY HONOR IN EXCHANGE FOR FREE COMPOUND I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TEST AND POST MY RESULTS and to AND TO UPDATE THOSE RESULTS EVERY 3 MONTHS"

 

Ahhh, gotchya, thanks.

 

I bought some ICD 7 before this thread was made and I just wanted to post my results. Sadly, I don't have a good before screenshot, but my average was 40*C Idle (30 mins w/ only firefox minimzed)/75*C loaded on stock HP goo applied in early 2009 and undervolted to 1.075,

Now (ICD7), after 2 hours w/ 2 threads of orthos and 1.075 undervolt:


ETA: The laptop was in on warranty for a new base enclosure (VLCM, Salt Lake City) and I asked them to use my tube of ICD 7 instead of the HP compound. That way I keep my warranty but could stil open it up and reapply ICD7 w/o arousing suspicion . But in typical HP-certified fashion, they put tons on as can be seen here. The gfx card was running about ~2*C higher at idle than before. Any reason for this? I re-applied correctly before running this test and it's still hotter. Could it just be because the BIOS is sensing lower cpu temps and isn't running the fan as much? (CPU and GPU share a heatpipe)

 

Hi,

I emailed support yesterday regarding the giveaway. What would you say is the expected delivery date of the sample (if we qualify)?

Thank you! I'm really looking forward to a repaste cuz it's getting hotter down here in SoCal.

 

Thanks Andrew for the ICD which I received this morning, I'm waiting for my thermal pad for the IGP, once I received that I'll apply and post the results.

 

Got mine today! (took like 4 business days from emailing)
Will install it on the T420 Thursday or Friday after midterms are over.

 

ON MY HONOR IN EXCHANGE FOR FREE COMPOUND I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TEST AND POST MY RESULTS and to AND TO UPDATE THOSE RESULTS EVERY 3 MONTHS

 

ON MY HONOR IN EXCHANGE FOR FREE COMPOUND I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TEST AND POST MY RESULTS and to AND TO UPDATE THOSE RESULTS EVERY 3 MONTHS

 

I have applied ICD24 today and these are the results before and after applying(after running Orthos for 10mins)
I found it easier to apply, first applied a small amount and put the heatsink back and tightened the screws, then removed and checked the die and the heatsink to see how the compound had spread, cleaned them again and put the right amount of ICD24 and let the heatsink spread it for me. For laptops the size of a grain of rice is all you need.

 

got my paste today... once i deal with my a/c in my house fixed I should have benchmarks half way done this weekend...new job is a big-itch minus the ig in big

 

Ughh this sucks, Canada Post is still on strike, I don't even know if I'll receive mine .

 

Hmm, haven't received mine yet.

 

I'm in the same boat as you man. When i subscribed, they hadn't started the strike yet and it's uncertain whether we'll ever see the tube due to the strike. It will depend on when the tube makes it to customs and if it can get through. I can't find ICD at NCIX either and i can't find another place to order from in Canada.

 

Thank you Andrew L. President of Innovation Cooling
For the ICD .
Just found out that it have arrived my neighbor has it since i wasent home when it arrive my small prob is hes not home until Sat evening and i go on shift Sat morning in Norway for 14 days so i will repaste when i get back to Poland together with installing the Copper shims

 

Glad to see that Innovation Cooling indeed does ships overseas.
Cant wait for my tube.

 

det holler jag med om

 

Well lucky you, because you don't fulfill the eligibility criteria as you've only been a member for 4 months

 

Got my heatsink mod done and dont plan on needing to unmount my heatsink for a long time now.

I got some load temps lastnight with a screen shot. ill post back later tonight after i get some idle temps too.

Thanks again for the Free TIM.

 

haha... 45c at load... you dog.

 

ummmmmmm I have a problem. My EC temp sensor is fine most the time........... until it spikes to 146 degrees Celsius, which I know is impossible. All I can say is that the actual max temp I saw under load was 58 degrees Celsius on a monstrously inefficient and hot Core 2 Quad, which is a HUGE improvement over AS5 which used to routinely get to 75 C

overclocked to 3.0 ghz, under full load on all for cores, it only gets to 72 degrees Celsius

 

Hey guys, i'm not sure if you shipped the thermal paste to canada, i signed up the day you opened the survey but CanadaPost in on strike and in lockout and there has been no mail for the past week, also no one knows when this will end. So i am asking for an extentions pls

 

ON MY HONOR IN EXCHANGE FOR FREE COMPOUND I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TEST AND POST MY RESULTS and to AND TO UPDATE THOSE RESULTS EVERY 3 MONTHS

I didn't read, all 13 pages, if the 50 is already full I am sorry for posting. I am looking forward to doing this, I already save all my results anyway, check out my G73 repaste guide in my signature.

 

wall of shame for all of us because of canada post

 

Well, i'm already on IC Diamond hehe. I did want that tube though since i have pastes job in the near future.

 

Well the IC Diamond has not reached South East Asia yet. *sad face*

 

CPU full load : 56.5c
GFX (enabled) idle : 44c
ambient: 24c / 50% humidity





CPU idle : 38c
GFX (enabled) idle : 41c
ambient: 25c / 44% humidity




GPU load : 46c playing TF2
ambient: 25c / humidity 50%


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Dang, still haven't received anything in the mail yet. I wonder, do they go and make sure you're an NBR member and cross-reference with your email or something? Cuz my email doesn't have the same name as this account, nor did I put in my NBR account name (forgot).

 

I have been traveling all week and neglecting the thread here but mailings have continued in my absence.

For Canada people it's in the mail and at some point I assume they will resolve the strike.

Over the next few days I will organize the results into a spreadsheet that will be updated as updates are added.

Much appreciation for those who have taken the time to update and post data, thanks.

 

Just finished putting this on the i5-2540m in my Thinkpad T420 with integrated graphics.
Ran Prime95 and recorded max temps at 86 C for the CPU.
Ignore the GPU temps in the screen shot, AIDA64 recorded that from my external GTX 460.




Edit: Idle temps pretty much the same, low 40s.

 

Just got my tube. I'll post benchmarks on Monday.

 

read all the pages, and didn't see them say it ended yet, so...

ON MY HONOR IN EXCHANGE FOR FREE COMPOUND I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TEST AND POST MY RESULTS and to AND TO UPDATE THOSE RESULTS EVERY 3 MONTHS

I've wanted to repaste my xps 15 r2, if you send a tube I'll post before and after results as well as updates. thank you.

edit: getting a new cpu soon, so will probably just have first impressions with 3 mo. updates

 

Totally a believer in this stuff now....Lowered my temps considerabily!!!

30min run prime32
cpu before with arctic sliver: 47/41c idle, 89/91c load
cpu After with IC Diamond 24: 34/29c idle, 85/80c load

1st pic (left to right) is after
2nd pic is before

Will be buying more as soon as this massive container i have runs out

 

How old was the original AS5 mount?

 

I think I did it about midway through February... at first the temps were better then stock... then about a few weeks before I got my desktop the temps were getting higher then normal... same thing happened in my friends laptop (studio xps 1647 i think...one with the i5 refresh)

and even my gpu idle went down.... damn.... I think my laptop was getting to hot is the reason why I was getting studdering in games

 

I'm ready. What benchmark program should I use?

 

i think for cpu they want people to use prime95 for a decent length of time.... as for gpu the only thing i can think of to stress the gpu enough to generate heat is either occt or bitcoin mining

 

Can I get a legit link for prime32? Can't find one/ I'm getting mixed results on google.

 

Free Software - GIMPS

pick your OS version and your off!

 

Thanks.

Pre -- Idling at 92C and it's pretty much holding there.

Time to apply.

edit: Post-IC is idling at 88. That's pretty significant imo.

 

Well, the Canadian gov passed a law forcing the post workers back to work. I can say i feel sorry for them, but at least that means we'll get our ICD hopefully. Expect an update on my temps soon.

 

Pwn3d? xD

Still waiting for my tube, leaving for a 2 week vacation at the start of July so i was hoping i could get it before me leaving, but no biggie. ;d

 

You could say that. The problem lies with the fact that Canada Post is essentially a governmental agency. The staff went on a rotating strike, which slowed things somewhat then the management went into lock out essentially paralyzing the service. After that if the conflict wasn't resolved it was only a matter of time before the gov went with a special law since all negotiations stopped.

I won't go into the political discussion, against the forum rules if i recall, but yeah, Canada Post's staff ended up getting pwned in the end. Well, at least we'll get our paste, getting ICD in Canada is a pain. I did find a replacement store for NCIX since they don't have it in stock, but i'll have to order it from BC, i'm in Québec which means that it's at the other end of the country. If i order, it's still gonna take a week to arrive.

 

Do I need to store in a cool dry place or keep in the refrigerator once I opened the tube? If anyone knows please let me know.