thermal paste , price is a crock of ****, But are they equal in performance?

it's a crock of **** when ordering a barebones computer you have the choice of thermal paste at an outragest price IMO ,

But anyway, do you believe the difference's in these compounds that are offered that are that much of a difference in cpu cooling or do you believe that they all could do the same without buying the higher end compound, what i'm saying is can you buy the lower end compound and still be OK with running games without any problems, are the specs between all these compounds made up? , will any do? I have paste in the house here thats got to be over 12 years old and I'd bet it could hold up on any CPU today and run without any problems, whats your thoughts on these paste?

 

The artic paste I believe gives you an improvement of 1C to 2C on CPU temperature. So calculate the $/C and decide if you have enough money

 

justbrake,

Do not bypass the language filter.

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Also you have factor in labor and maybe testing into the price that resellers/OEM charges for paste.

 

i think if your an overclocker, you would go with the "expensive" artic silver as it does provide a decrease in stock temperatures over the generic thermal paste (which is not to say you can't use the generic stuff, since it will do the job). any decrease you get in your CPU temperature is a benefit, especially if you have a good heatsink to back it up. that means the OC's are more stable and those summer temperatures don't seem as hot

 

Once again, unless some one brings up his personal experience, most thermal pastes are fine, the artic silver paste gives you an improvement of 1C to 2C on CPU temperature.

The laptop will shut off when the temperature reaches the threshold, 1 or 2 degrees C below that mark won't buy you much, now if you would tell me that an special paste can give you a 10 to 15 degree C advantage then I would say go for it (and don't forget to tell me what paste, please), otherwise use that money for something else.

 

There are links to several technical reviews of Arctic Silver 5 listed on the right hand column at http://www.arcticsilver.com/as5.htm

It costs about $6-7 per syringe.

 

The thermal paste doesn't makes much difference with laptop cooling system, since it is to weak and becomes as hot as it can get (~CPU temperature) in a nick of time. I changed standard thermal compound to Liquid Metal and hardly noticed at least one degree change on CPU. A bit more worthy to change thermal paste on VGA chip thought, since it can heat up till 90 degrees (C) and large delta may require better thermal paste performance.

 

My HEL80 from Powernotebooks came with Arctic Silver. I have a Core Duo 1.86GHz And my temperatures fluctuate between 25 C and 30 C on average, which is like 10 C less than my friend's Vaio (with the same CPU), and what I've seen here from other people. So I think it does make a difference *IF* it's done right (just the right amount and perfectly spread)

 

What CPU type is your friend's laptop?

Sorry, I talked too fast, like a monkey Your friend has the same CPU.

What type of paste do your friend's laptop has?

 

Wirelessman,

Please use the edit button instead of continuously replying...this isnt an IM.

Thx
Kdawgca

 

I appreciate your insightful suggestion, I didn't know how to use the edit button, thanks.

Wirelessman.