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Windows 7: Geek Tested: 17 Thermal Pastes Face Off
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19 Jan 2012
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64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |
Geek Tested: 17 Thermal Pastes Face Off
Quote: Does thermal paste really matter? We applied, reapplied, reapplied some more, and turned up the heat on our testing CPU to find out.
Ask ten geeks about their preferred thermal interface material (TIM) and you’ll get six different answers. Five will go with Arctic Silver 5 and the others will have five totally different favorites. Ask a non-geek about their favorite thermal paste and you might get slapped.
But is Arctic Silver 5 really the best? Is the thermal testing compound we’ve been using in the lab really cutting the mustard? We gathered seventeen premium thermal pastes and an overclocked test bed and set about finding out whether thermal paste really makes a difference, and if so, which one is the best. Read more at: Maximum PC | Geek Tested: 17 Thermal Pastes Face Off | My System Specs |
| Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom
OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz)
Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11
Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz
Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB
Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip
Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
Cooling Corsair Hydro H100
Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA
Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload
Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
Netgear WNDR3800 Router
Motorola SBG6580 Cable Modem
2x APC Back-UPS XS 1500
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19 Jan 2012
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#2 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate Scotland |
I had to buy some thermal paste to fix my Toshiba TV, it was some unbranded stuff from Maplins, it's doing it's job though.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU DualCore Intel Pentium D 930, 3000 MHz (15 x 200)
Motherboard Asus P5LP-LE (Emery)
Memory 3x512MB DDR2
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Sound Card Realtek ALC882/D/M @ Intel 82801GB ICH7
Monitor(s) Displays Iiyama ProLite E2407HDS
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 70 Hz
Keyboard Hewlett Packard Wireless Ergo
Mouse Logitech USB Wheel Mouse
Hard Drives WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 ATA Device
Internet Speed 10mbps Download - 1mbps Upload
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19 Jan 2012
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#3 | |
W7 x64 3rd Rock from the Sun |
Why wasn't Arctic Céramique in the line up? I swear by the stuff...  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built machine
OS W7 x64
CPU Intel Q9300 2.5Ghz Quad LGA775 (Would like Q9650)
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3R (F6 Bios)
Memory 4Gb OCZ Gold 1,333Mhz
Graphics Card Palit HD4850 O/C Sonic 512Mb DDR3, Dual DViD's
Sound Card Azalia to twin Samson 50w Studio Monitors
Monitor(s) Displays Twin Dell (E-IPS) U2311H 23.6" Screens
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Cherry PS/2 custom model
Mouse Lenovo USB laser "Thinkpad" Mouse
PSU OCZ 600w
Case Lian-Li PC8 acoustifoamed' aluminium tower
Cooling Scythe 140mm Zipang
Hard Drives Crucial M4 SSD, archives on twin Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX, 2TB, 7200rpm HDD's, Samsung Ritemaster CD/DVD Burner...
Internet Speed ADSL2+ @14Mbps downstream & Cat6 Gigabit Ethernet
Antivirus NOD32
Browser Opera
Other Info Silicon Dust HD Homerun Dual FTA (Ethernet) TV Tuners, Dray Tek Vigor 2850Vn router and 8x HP Gigabit Switch. Lian-Li CR26 Card Reader, Canon MF4430 iSensys laser printer/scanner.
System Manufacturer/Model Number mickey megabyte 1234
OS ultimate 64 sp1
CPU i5 2500K 3.3@4.2GHz
Motherboard MSI P67A-GD53
Memory 8 gigs GSkill Ripjaws 1600
Graphics Card amd hd6950
Sound Card creative x-fi gamer
Monitor(s) Displays samsung 24"
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard saitek eclipse ii
Mouse logitech g3
PSU antec 550
Case antec three hundred
Cooling i'm a cooling fan
Hard Drives ocz vertex 2e 60 gig, samsung f3 1tb, buffalo 2tb ext
Internet Speed about 4 Mbps
Other Info i love win7
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19 Jan 2012
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#5 | |
W7 x64 3rd Rock from the Sun |
Not to mention chocolate or toothpaste, eh?  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built machine
OS W7 x64
CPU Intel Q9300 2.5Ghz Quad LGA775 (Would like Q9650)
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3R (F6 Bios)
Memory 4Gb OCZ Gold 1,333Mhz
Graphics Card Palit HD4850 O/C Sonic 512Mb DDR3, Dual DViD's
Sound Card Azalia to twin Samson 50w Studio Monitors
Monitor(s) Displays Twin Dell (E-IPS) U2311H 23.6" Screens
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Cherry PS/2 custom model
Mouse Lenovo USB laser "Thinkpad" Mouse
PSU OCZ 600w
Case Lian-Li PC8 acoustifoamed' aluminium tower
Cooling Scythe 140mm Zipang
Hard Drives Crucial M4 SSD, archives on twin Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX, 2TB, 7200rpm HDD's, Samsung Ritemaster CD/DVD Burner...
Internet Speed ADSL2+ @14Mbps downstream & Cat6 Gigabit Ethernet
Antivirus NOD32
Browser Opera
Other Info Silicon Dust HD Homerun Dual FTA (Ethernet) TV Tuners, Dray Tek Vigor 2850Vn router and 8x HP Gigabit Switch. Lian-Li CR26 Card Reader, Canon MF4430 iSensys laser printer/scanner.
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04 Apr 2012
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Windows 7 Professional SP1 - x64 Lost In Space, Vol 8-New Kind Of Kick |
What's about here:
It is dated from 2009, but looks renewed. 80-way Thermal Interface Material Performance Test
I'm using both Zalman ZM STG1 and Zalman ZM-STG2 Super Thermal Grease | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number [May-Dec-2012] - New Mid-tower - (is done!)
OS Windows 7 Professional SP1 - x64
CPU Ivy Bridge Core i5 K
Motherboard Asus H77 Chipset (ATX)
Memory G.Skill DDR3 PC3-12800 (16Gb)
Graphics Card Sapphire HD 7770 Vapor-X Oc
Sound Card SBXi-Fi Xtreme Audio (w/5.1 sound system)
Monitor(s) Displays Asus Led 21,5"
Screen Resolution 16/9
Keyboard Razer + Razer gamepad
Mouse Razer
PSU 700w 80+ Gold (ErP 6 ready)
Case Cooler Master Silencio 550-v2 (modded)
Cooling Gelid Solutions (PWM Push/pull Fans)
Hard Drives Internal:
500Go Sata 6Gb/s (x2)
500Go Sata 3Gb/s (x2)
SSD 60Go Sata 6Gb/s
Antivirus MSE 4.2
Browser IE10 Rtm
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05 Apr 2012
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Quote: Originally Posted by Qdos  Why wasn't Arctic Céramique in the line up? I swear by the stuff... There's quite a few not mentioned, like IC Diamond which is my new personal favourite.
Quote: Originally Posted by NoN What's about here:
It is dated from 2009, but looks renewed. Much more comprehensive and there really haven't been 'that many' new pastes in the last few years. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Computers by SmartEyeball
OS 8 Pro x64
CPU i7 3770K 4.6GHz
Motherboard ASUS P8Z77 WS
Memory 16GB G.Skill Trident X 2400mhz
Graphics Card 3x Gigabyte GTX 670 OC WindForce *TRI SLI*
Sound Card ALC898 / 5.1 receiver/ ATH-AD900 Headphones
Monitor(s) Displays x3 Dell U2410 / 58" Samsung / "40 Sony
Screen Resolution 5760*1200/ 1920*1200 / 1920*1080
Keyboard Topre Realforce // Ducky Shine MX Black // Filco Ninja TKL
Mouse Razer Imperator + Thermaltake Theron
PSU Corsair AX1200W
Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
Cooling Noctua NH-D14
Hard Drives 2x Intel 520 240GB (RAID 0) * 2x WD Caviar Blacks 2TB (RAID 0) * 2TB WD Caviar Black
Antivirus MSE
Browser IE, FF
Other Info GT Extreme V2 Sim Racing Cockpit + 40" LCD and K/B Mouse stand ▼
Fanatec CSR Elite Wheel + Clubsport Pedals + CSR shifter/7GS ▼
Buttkicker v2 Seat Rumbler with Dedicated 5.1 and Sub Woofer attached to frame ▼
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Bloody Big Grin
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05 Apr 2012
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Arctic Silver gets my vote. Especially for PS3's to prevent YLOD.  | | My System Specs | | Geek Tested: 17 Thermal Pastes Face Off problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:24 PM. |  |
