Arctic Silver 5 on video ram

[Hail The Brain Slug]

The search function isn't working, so I decided to make a new thread.

I've heard many times that it's a bad idea to use Arctic Silver 5 on video ram, and can lead to lower clocks and deam ram, but WHY does it do this? I'm looking for an in-depth technical explanation.

edit: hit enter too early

 

[moonboy403]

i don't have an indepth answer, but i heard that it's conductive...that's why it's dangerous to use on the ram

something along the line

but i personally used artic silver 5 on my video ram before without having any problem

 

[Megatomic]

Arctic Ceramique is less conductive and "stickier" than AS5 so it would work better for video RAM chips IMHO. It's my paste of choice so I use it for all my TIM needs.

 

[mwmorph]

ceramique is better. AS% is capacative so you shouldnt use it on any place it might touch leads since it can damage the circuits.

 

[AzNPinkTuv]

it leaks alittle.. like it runs and it is conductive and on your gpu ram, u will notice that its next to alot of circuts = badddd