Arctic Silver 5 3.5g Thermal Paste
Posted by Notcot on Oct 16, 2010 in Peripherals & Accessories |
Product Description
Introducing Arctic Silver 5 With its unique high-density filling of micronised silver and enhanced thermally conductive ceramic particles, Arctic Silver 5 provides a new level of performance and stability. Now available at Arctic Silver dealers worldwide, Arctic Silver 5 is definitely The New Reference. Arctic Silver 5 is optimized for use between modern high-power CPUs and high performance heatsinks or water-cooling solutions.
- Thermal Conductance: 350,000W/m2 °C (0.001 inch layer)
- Thermal Resistance: 0.0045°C-in2/Watt (0.001 inch layer)
- Average Particle Size: 0.49 microns 0.000020 inch
- Extended Temperature Limits: Peak: -50°C to 180°C Long-Term: -50°C to 130°C
- Performance: 3 to 12 degrees centigrade lower CPU full load core temperatures than standard thermal compounds or thermal pads when measured with a calibrated thermal diode imbedded in the CPU core.
If your laptop is overheating and cutting out or the fans are on at 100% the majority of the time I would recommend this product. After installing the latest graphics drivers for my Dell XPS M1710 and buying the game Mass Effect, my laptop suffered with frequent overheats and noisy performance from the fans running at maximum. As a temporary solution I used ice blocks underneath the laptop to provide cooling which proved rather effetive. However these were inconvenient, awkward and only delayed overheating.
To carry out maintenance on the cooling system on my laptop I used the following:
- Can of Compressed air
- Solvent to clean off old thermal compount (rubbing alcohol is fine)
- Arctic silver to replace old thermal compound
- Lint free cloth (the same you would use to clean your glasses with)
After thoroughly blowing out all of the dust on the radiator fins of the cooling assembly I cleaned off the old thermal compound on the CPU, GPU and coprocessor and replaced it with arctic silver (the coprocessor uses a praffin wax pad as the thermal compound, I replaced it with arctic silver). After this I put it all back together and not only did it stop overheating when playing Mass Effect, the fans didn’t even go to 100% speed. A huge improvement. My laptop was 2 years old when I did this and the old thermal compound on the CPU and GPU was definitely in need of replacement as it seemed to be breaking up. When applying this make sure you follow the instructions from Arctic Silver’s site as applying it incorrectly will dramatically reduce its effectiveness.
Rating: 5 / 5
I have the exact same laptop as the previous reviewer which I have been dealing with its constant overheating for the two years that I have had it.
Tons of call outs to have parts constantly replaced to try and resolve the issue, none of which where any help at all. In the end I just decided to try and solve the issue myself, using the Arctic thermal material remover to get rid of the old rubbish that had been used, and then the Arctic area purifier to prepare the surfaces for the new thermal paste.
After applying just a thin layer of Arctic Silver 5 to both the CPU and the GPU chips my laptop has worked perfectly since. From 80 degrees on my CPU and 97 degrees on my GPU on low graphics settings, I now run at 55 on my CPU and a maximum of 70 on the GPU on flat out graphics settings, I cannot believe what a difference it has made. I am finally able to use my laptop for what I paid for after all this time. Best purchase I could have ever made, would recommend to anyone.
Rating: 5 / 5
Having never bought thermal paste before, I was a bit worried, especially reading that this could cause a short circuit if applied wrong.
I bought this to help fix an xbox 360 with RROD and so far its working perfectly since applying this thermal paste! I also used some on my older pentium 4 computer and saw a drop in temperature around 20degrees (though looking at the stuff that was there, I don’t think the manufacturer applied their paste correctly in first place).
Just a note to those new to thermal pastes, don’t use too much! Also make sure you remove all the previous thermal paste on the item you’re applying this to (if any), using cotton buds and alcohol (or in my case, paint thinner).
Rating: 5 / 5
I found Artic Silver lives up to its reputation by reducing my Coolers by 6 Celsius. However to achieve this with direct-touch heat pipe designed coolers such as the OCZ Gladiator Max and Xigmatek’s Dark Knight I found contrary to Artic Silver’s instructions, you need to apply the paste to the Cooler and the CPU.
Rating: 5 / 5
Simple to use and does it’s job well – so long as you read the complete instruction via the internet. Make sure you clean off all the old paste first. I use Sterets swabs from the chemist, brilliant and saves money.
Rating: 4 / 5