Is there anything better than Arctic Silver 5 for near the same price?
I prefer Zalman STG-1 because it is easier to apply/remove. Both have same performance.
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I found Arctic Cooling MX-2, which had 90% favorable review on Newegg. Anyone have experience with this?
MX-2 is awesome stuff.
What about Tuniq TX-2?
Why you need anything better?
not reallynukchebi0 wrote:
Is there anything better than Arctic Silver 5 for near the same price?

how much do you need? 5.99 isnt that expensive
ebay is selling some for .99 cents
Last edited by Locoloki (2008-02-04 08:49:36)
I use AC5 and it works fine...just spread with an old credit card
Won't that damage the CPU? I don't know shit about applying thermal paste and still wanna learn the best method :pkylef wrote:
I use AC5 and it works fine...just spread with an old credit card
I use AS5 and my health insurance cardkylef wrote:
I use AC5 and it works fine...just spread with an old credit card
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can you really ruin anything by spreading it? i thought the whole point was the paste was a conductor, therefore, it doesnt matter how much you use, it still going to conduct the heat towards the sink.
I do it like that...xGj wrote:
Won't that damage the CPU? I don't know shit about applying thermal paste and still wanna learn the best method :pkylef wrote:
I use AC5 and it works fine...just spread with an old credit card

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2008-02-04 09:07:40)
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Youre able to spread it well with that?GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
I do it like that...xGj wrote:
Won't that damage the CPU? I don't know shit about applying thermal paste and still wanna learn the best method :pkylef wrote:
I use AC5 and it works fine...just spread with an old credit card
http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/zalman … /img/8.jpg
very well.... easy to get an extremely thin layerxGj wrote:
Youre able to spread it well with that?GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
I do it like that...xGj wrote:
Won't that damage the CPU? I don't know shit about applying thermal paste and still wanna learn the best method :p
http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/zalman … /img/8.jpg

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2008-02-04 09:10:47)
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Thanks for that I'll remember itGC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
very well.... easy to get an extremely thin layerxGj wrote:
Youre able to spread it well with that?
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I decided to go with the MX-2.
I didn't want something metal based, if possible.
I didn't want something metal based, if possible.