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Saturday, June 28th, 2008“Psychiatry may not care about apathy, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t.”
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Archive for June, 2008
The Best TIMs (Thermal Interface Materials aka compound or paste)
Thursday, June 26th, 2008- TIM Consultants T-C Grease 0098 [aluminum oxide]
- Tuniq TX-2 [silicon oxide grease]
This is what I use. - OCZ Freeze [aluminum oxide]
- Arctic Cooling MX-2 [aluminum oxide]
- Noctua NT-H1 [silicon oxide grease]
I’ve seen this one recommended for those who have a phase-change cooling solution, as the Tuniq stuff apparently will not work with it. - Arctic Silver 5 [polysynthetic silver]
The disadvantage of this one is the 200-hour curing period necessary before it will perform at its best. I used to use this one.
Notes:
- For heatsinks with a copper base, it is advisable to avoid using silicon-oxide-based pastes for best results.
- I myself have done no testing, and these results are primarily for my own record, having read many reviews on different products. I saved the results of my (incomplete) research into a spreadsheet, and I have 3 different versions available for you to download: OpenOffice “.ods” (recommended - 20KB), Excel “.xls” (71KB), and CSV (6KB).
FYI: The lines highlighted in gray mean that my research is not complete for those particular brands.