Artic silver 5

[Lucaknol]

Can I use artic silver 5 for a laptop gpu its not conductive but I am still not sure

 

[jaslion]

Sure why not

[small guy64]

yeah you can use it, but AC5 is rather old and not all that worth using, your laptops stock TIM is likely just as good. Keep in mind AC5 as a long brake in time, temp will be higher at first.

[Lucaknol]

Well my laptop cpu is throttling at 97 and the gpu at 87 so I think he is in need for some new thermal paste already orders some artic silver 5 anything else I need to watch out for?

[Lucaknol]

4 minutes ago, small guy64 said:

yeah you can use it, but AC5 is rather old and not all that worth using, your laptops stock TIM is likely just as good. Keep in mind AC5 as a long brake in time, temp will be higher at first.

What do you mean with as a long brake in time

[small guy64]

2 minutes ago, Lucaknol said:

What do you mean with as a long brake in time

It takes time to brake in and preform the best it can. I'd get something better, nth1 and nano grease extreme come to mind.

whats your laptop BTW

[Lucaknol]

Just now, small guy64 said:

It takes time to brake in and preform the best it can. I'd get something better, nth1 and nano grease extreme come to mind.

Ah no I saw a guy with the same problem with my laptop and artic silvers worked perfect already not even after braking in so I think I don’t have to cancel my order or is it really really bad 

[freeagent]

Its fine. Specs are still better than MX4, barely 

 

200 hours until it settles. Its fine. Most paste's take a few days anyways, advertised or not.

[small guy64]

5 minutes ago, Lucaknol said:

Ah no I saw a guy with the same problem with my laptop and artic silvers worked perfect already not even after braking in so I think I don’t have to cancel my order or is it really really bad 

by today's standers its bad.   10 years a go it was  far from the best and today you never see it benched marked anymore. Most stock of AC5 is rather old too. Sure it was grate new but tech has moved on

 

 

[freeagent]

7 minutes ago, small guy64 said:

by today's standers its bad.   10 years a go it was  far from the best and today you never see it benched marked anymore. Most stock of AC5 is rather old too. Sure it was grate new but tech has moved on

 

 

 

 

Can you even buy 1/3 of those anymore?

I just ran out of Thermalright TFX, and I am using AS5 right now.. maybe 2-3c difference, big maybe.

I will letcha know when I get my new tube of TFX

[Lucaknol]

6 minutes ago, small guy64 said:

by today's standers its bad.   10 years a go it was  far from the best and today you never see it benched marked anymore. Most stock of AC5 is rather old too. Sure it was grate new but tech has moved on

 

 

Yes ok true I just put it on I already ordered it anyway and when my temps are too high in order

 

2 minutes ago, freeagent said:

Can you even buy 1/3 of those anymore?

I just ran out of Thermalright TFX, and I am using AS5 right now.. maybe 2-3c difference, big maybe.

I will letcha know when I get my new tube of TFX

  So it’s isn’t even that bad ?

[small guy64]

3 minutes ago, freeagent said:

Can you even buy 1/3 of those anymore?

I just ran out of Thermalright TFX, and I am using AS5 right now.. maybe 2-3c difference, big maybe.

I will letcha know when I get my new tube of TFX

that is beside the point, ac5 was bottom of the barrel 10 years ago and today its only gotten worse.No one even bothers to compare it to today's TIMs.

[freeagent]

Just now, small guy64 said:

that is beside the point, ac5 was bottom of the barrel 10 years ago and today its only gotten worse.Noone even bothers to compare it to todays TIMs.

I have used it on and off for more than a decade.. I just finished with TFX, one of the best on the market, and I am seeing literally 2-3c difference.

 

I know how to use it I guess. But when I get my new tube of TFX I will come back to this thread and post my findings.

[small guy64]

 

7 minutes ago, Lucaknol said:

Yes ok true I just put it on I already ordered it anyway and when my temps are too high in order

 

  So it’s isn’t even that bad ?

No its bad. it was bad 10 years ago when folks still compared it to other TIMs. Today the gap is so big no one even bothers to test it anymore.

Hopefully you get a latter production tube of it and not a old tube that been sitting for years.

[freeagent]

Its not bad, I'm just going to say you don't know what you are talking about and leave it at that

[Unhelpful]

It won't kill your components or anything, but at the price difference between that and something better I certainly wouldn't but it. FYI - thermal paste does have a shelf life of 3-5 years. I wouldn't recommend using an ancient tube.