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Artic Silver 3 Consistently Drying Out/Creeping, etc?

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I glumped on some type 44 compound just to see if it would work. I put an overly thick layer of cpu thermal paste on the cpu in a very lackidasical manner. guess what? My computer was working fine even when the cpu was 51 degrees celsius! Artic silver would give me slow downs, etc @ 45 degrees celsius. This leads me to believe that ASIII boils, or somehow becomes unstable at those high temperatures. any other reasons?

-dejacky
 
why don't you contact Nevin and AS? It has been suggested above, and you obviously haven't tried. Why don't you give their customer service a chance to see whether your tube is bad or not.


Mike
 
i am pretty sure his tube is bad..cause my as3 never dry out or anything...even after months of usage with heavy loading...gamer/benchmarks testing...
 
I don't have time to wait for customer service regarding a product. I'm so busy these days, I just need something that works and Type 44 compound seems good so far. I'll do more extensive testing with the compound this weekend and let you all know. I've already sold my ASIII ($3) to another anandtech member, so customer service will most likely NOT send me any ASIII unless anyone knows of a way?

-dejacky
 
I dont' see the harm in e-mailing any one at arctic silver. Nor would it require a lot of effort or time on your part. A painless e-mail (preferably to Nevin), would at least open some line of communication. Who knows, maybe you will get a replacement tube, but if you dont' try, you wont' get anything.


Mike

P.S. Regarding AS boiling at high temperatures, have you seen the 8k3a+ heatsink tests with AS3 as the primary grease? With CPU die temps of 50-90C. No sign of AS boiling at "high" temps. SO once again, a quick e-mail will at least start some communication with the people at AS.
 
I'm emailing artic silver info...i don't see "Nevin's" email address on the site. Does artic silver III have silicone in it? Thanks.

BTW 308nato, This concept of out of balance cpu fans really interests me. How would my 7000rpm Delta Fan on my thermalright SK6 be "out of balance?" Also, what would be the best way to remedy this heatsink.


-dejacky
 
i fail to see how this make's AMD right about greases... cause I and hundreds of other people have used AS3 once adn never had to use it again. For example, my athlon XP ran the last 9 months of its use on AS3, and i never once had to reapply it. I recently took hte heatsink off, and so no signs of the grease beign pushed out.


Mike
 
I think this may be attributed to my 7000rpm delta fan. When I RE-LAP my heatsink and put on type 44 compound in the proper manner, I'll know for sure after a month.

-dejacky
 
Dejacky, did you read the instructions on how to apply arctic silver on the website? They have very detailed instructions there and it doesn't seem like you have used their methods. Just wanted to point that website out to you:
Arctic Silver


Extra thick layers don't help anybody. I can't see how thermal compound can leak, you're only supposed to use so little of it that you really shouldn't even be able to taste if you tried. Let alone leak.

Hellblast
 
HellBlast,
I was extremely careful in my ASIII applications. I never used thick glumps of ASIII. In fact, I even used a razor blade to straighten out the paste on the cpu, thus resulting in a thin layer. Like I said, ASIII was AWESOME at initially lowering my temperatures. But the low temperatures never lasted longer than a month.

-dejacky
 
Artic Silver company helped me out with my questions. Nevin was very informative and helpful & I'm currently trying some more thermal compound. I have 2 never opened vials of Type 44 compound if anyone's interested. Each vial has enough Type 44 compound for about 10 applications. cheers.

-dejacky
 
Originally posted by: dejacky
Artic Silver company helped me out with my questions. Nevin was very informative and helpful & I'm currently trying some more thermal compound. I have 2 never opened vials of Type 44 compound if anyone's interested. Each vial has enough Type 44 compound for about 10 applications. cheers.

-dejacky
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What was the solution to your problem? Was it the vibrations or what? I think this would be of interest to know for the rest of us.
 
My AS2 seems to wear down over time also. I have to re-apply it every 3 months...Sucks when you got an Alpha pal 8045 to unbolt 🙁
 
My as2 has been applied for 4 months plus now and the temps are about 3c better then the day I applied it. I usually don't go this long in between reapplication cause I usually have a new cpu every 3-4months...I should be reapplying in about 1m onth or so hopefully with a new GB mobo, but I have not doubts my AS2 will still be good and like mentioned above look as good as the day I applied it when I take off the alpha 8942 heatsink....
 
I think it was the "out of balance fan" but I really won't know for sure until a few more months. I'd really like to test these thermal compounds side by side in a financially cheap manner since reapplying it to my heatsink is cumbersome and time consuming. Any suggestions?

-dejacky
 
Any experience with Nanotherm ice/blue
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I've had great experiences with Nanotherm blue. I've never compared temps between AS3 and the Nanotherm, but I do know that the nanotherm worked well when I did use it. No overheating and no drying or creeping.
 
if you're gonna test grease's, you should definately use an internal diode reading and showing mb, ie the 8k3a+, 8k3e from epox or the a7v333 with a properly configured MBM.

As again evidenced in a recent review, teh socket-thermistor is total junk. It caught 1C of the total 12C internal diode temp movement from idle to full load. A case of 12X temperature compression due to using a socket-thermistor.


Mike
 
with my experience with AS3 i would have to say that its not the best AS made. I have 2 syringes of AS3 and both dont cool as well as the AS2. temps were up 5 C with AC3 hope this helps
 
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