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What TIM (Thermal Material) is everyone using

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What TIM is everyone using ?

 

im going to water cool my CPU and my GTX 780 and just looking for the best TIM to use  :unsure: 

Will be using EK Blocks for CPU and GPU

 

Thanks for any suggestion   :)

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I prefer Arctic Silver 5. It's the cheapest and best one I can get from our local etailer within a day.

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I prefer Arctic Silver 5. It's the cheapest and best one I can get from our local etailer within a day.

same here :P

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OK thanks for all the suggestions  i have been told that ic diamond is good ill try that for the CPU and if the ek stuff is good ill use that on the gpu is it all none conductive 

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No poll?

 

I'm using artic mx-4

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how do u start a poll

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Hardware secrets have a table of their test results with many thermal compounds. Keep in mind, the error margin for their test result is 2 degrees (so difference of 2 degrees is negligible). 

 

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Thermal-Compound-Roundup-January-2012/1468/5

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I use Noctua NT-H1

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I have the Arctic silver 5, but debating if I should buy a IC diamond.

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I have the Arctic silver 5, but debating if I should buy a IC diamond.

Not worth it.

Feel free to PM for any water-cooling questions. Check out my profile for more ways to contact me.

 

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I use Noctua NT-H1

<p>PC Spec: Fractal Design R4, Asus Maximus V Gene, Intel i7 3770, BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 2 CPU Cooler, 16GB Mushkin Silverline RAM, MSI GTX 660, Corsair AX860i PSU, OCZ 120GB SSD, 2x 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA III HDD's.

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I have the Arctic silver 5, but debating if I should buy a IC diamond

I would give it a bash,it's good stuff

 

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/member-reviews/47771-ic-diamond-thermal-compound-review.html

 

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/printpage/Thermal-Compound-Roundup-December-2011/1445

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AS5 did better in the link in your second test by 1C.

Feel free to PM for any water-cooling questions. Check out my profile for more ways to contact me.

 

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how do u start a poll

To start a poll, go to your original post and click Edit. Then click Full Editor. To the right, you should see options to add a poll.

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