Is Antec Formula 7 Nano Diamond electrically conductive?

[Devlafford]

I've heard in general that thermal paste is not electrically conductive, but I know some are, and I want to make sure that this isn't a conductive one. Maybe the nano diamonds conduct, who knows, I just want to make sure it isn't before I kill my 980.

[manikyath]

found a semi-reliable source that it isnt conductive, but if no one comes with a more defenitvive "its okay" i'd just say dont risk it and get a tube of MX-4.

[Devlafford]

Could you post the source?

 

[Wiflare]

I remember a video some years ago benchmarking thermal pastes and excluding IC-Diamond for potential electrical conductivity. I know Arctic Ceramique is not electrically conductive, and have used it many times on gpus.

[-rascal-]

The Antec Formula 7 Nano-diamond is not thermally conductive.

I have used it on my Radeon HD 4850 and HD 6870 graphics cards.

 

As mentioned, if you haven't bought the Antec Formula 7 yet, get a tube of Arctic Cooling MX-4 instead.

• Similar performance to the Antec Formula 7
• Easier to spread / apply (Formula 7 is very thick; people recommend that you dip it on warm-hot water before you use it)

 

Here is (was, some of them got too old) my thermal paste collection:

Spoiler

 

The "A50" paste...came with my Corsair A50 AIR COOLER (yes, Corsair did make CPU heatinks -- google search Corsair A50 and A70) .