18-way TIM Comparison

MJOMJO Denmark New
edited December 2003 in Hardware
A few excerpts
After 3 months of testing, I present this TIM (thermal interface material) comparison featuring 18 different materials in paste, liquid, "stick", pad and foil forms.

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I am dissapointed that AS3 and AS5 are not tested.
Arctic Ceramique is tested though.

Comments

  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Pretty much useless without AS3 and 5. So much so that it isn't worth reading. Oh, your sig has reached its daily transfer limit btw.
  • MJOMJO Denmark New
    edited December 2003
    I have noticed that as well.
    I didn't know there was a daily limit? ;D

    But you have to give the guy some credit.
    3 months with a bunch of thermal interface material.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Well, Ceramique wants up to 200 hours settle to reach best performance-- per Arctic Silver mfr and a couple reviews that followed AS recommendations. But there are lots of articles about the AS3 and other AS products, so maybe he also chose those that had not been reviewed as often??? Also, if he bought the stuff three months ago, AS5 AFAIK was not out then.... Thanks for the link, it was interesting in several ways, especially the PCM idea. That might be the most stable, but looks like not the best performing for aggressive cooling.

    I would expect AS5 to be maybe a bit better than Ceramique after a week's solid heavy load runtime, but do not have another Barton box to test it on for that timeframe right now. I will tell you how much Ceramique dropped, from about 10-12 days after install, once the Barton box gets online on broadband (Monday or Tuesday, 22nd or 23rd of December 2003) and I grab some tools for that kind of test and log stuff. I have the old temp logs as I still have all of 98 SE on a HD on a shelf.

    John.
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