Thermal paste for SLK900A

BDRBDR
edited November 2003 in Hardware
I'm going to be switching some hardware around and building a new rig today.

Should I use the thermal paste that came with the SLK900 on it, or AS3?

Comments

  • hypermoodhypermood Smyrna, GA New
    edited November 2003
    AS3, no question about it.
  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited November 2003
    hypermood had this to say
    AS3, no question about it.
    :thumbsup:
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    AS3 No Questions asked!
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    as3=creamique
    right?
  • ketoketo Occupied. Or is it preoccupied? Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    No, Ceramique is just Ceramique (I think this is what you mean). AS3 is still silver based paste. Personally, I have found no significant difference going to ceramique from AS3.
  • pseudonympseudonym Michigan Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    keto had this to say
    No, Ceramique is just Ceramique (I think this is what you mean). AS3 is still silver based paste. Personally, I have found no significant difference going to ceramique from AS3.

    Correct, but the new AS5 is supposed to be better than both.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited November 2003
    AS3 < Ceramique. And I would guess Ceramique < AS5.
  • PirateNinjaPirateNinja Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Ive tried the following things:

    no thermel paste (doh, that wasnt good)
    standard thermel paste (doh, that was hot)
    as3 (cool much better, but consistency is lost extremely quick)
    as5 (thicker than molasses, keeps chip freezing cold. im all bout it)

    go with as5 if ya can :D
  • seversphereseversphere
    edited November 2003
    throw the generic paste away so you are never tempted to use it on anything.
  • BDRBDR
    edited November 2003
    Why would they even bother to send white grease with it, if most people are never going to use it?

    It's not like the SLK is a cheap sink. :scratch:
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited November 2003
    Throw it away? I use that stuff all the time... just not on MY cpus :D

    It's great for slot 1 P3s, P2s, Celerons, Cyrix/C3s, K6s, Pentiums, etc... basically any totally worthless chip. I don't see the need to waste perfectly good (and comparatively expensive) arctic silver stuff on a POS chip.
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