ceramique or as5

[ShadowBlade]

Whats the difference?

 

[Texun]

Difference in performance or what??? AS has the edge in performance but very slightly. Cermique is still excellent and if I had to guess I would say there probably isn't more than 1-2C difference at most with either one when applied properly, and Ceramique is about as goof proof as they come. Using Ceramique on an XP-90 with my 3800 Newcastle my temps are usually in the 30C's under load so I don't bother with AS now.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

To answer your question, very little differance between the two, Ceramique is easyer to
apply properly. AS5*might* give 1C better delta after 200 hours of use.

The paste provided by ThermalRight and Zalman are very good. They are even with the
CoolerMaster Premium tested here. I have seen the links for several sites testing that shows
this to be true. Last months Maximum PC had a short article covering testing of different TIM.

http://www.madshrimps.be/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20474

The Coollaboritories Liquid Metal is not avalible State side yet and iirc is not friendly when
in contact with aluminum.


...Galvanized

 

[Ike0069]

I use ceramique. It's probably a little easier to appy, but not really a big difference either way. If I was to buy some again, I'd just get which ever one was cheaper at the time.

 

[Cruise51]

I prefer the ceramique since it is easier to work with and is usually a little cheaper.

 

[fire400]

Artic Silver 5. Personally it sounds much "cooler" to me than ceramic stuff does. Both seem to work the same, but I mean, think about which one sounds cooler to you.

 

[Spike]

I use ceramique here as it is easier to clean and completly non conductive or capacitive unlike AS 5 (though AS 5 is only capactive slightly).

-spike

 

[CalamitySymphony]

ceramique. No risks no worries.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Depends...AS5 will give you slightly better resistance, but I think both are easy to clean. I've cleaned AS5 off a CPU easily.

AS5 for CPU.

Ceramique for GPU cuz you don't want spark spark pop pop zap zap + black smoke....

 

[w00t]

ceramique

AS5 has problems sticking to the processor acting as an adhesive.

 

[wraith3k]

What about arctic alumina? Is that ok to use on a GPU?

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Originally posted by: theslug
What about arctic alumina? Is that ok to use on a GPU?

Yes, it's neck&neck with Ceramique.



...Galvanized

 

[Texun]

Originally posted by: GalvanizedYankee
To answer your question, very little difference between the two, Ceramique is easier to
apply properly. AS5*might* give 1C better delta after 200 hours of use.

The paste provided by ThermalRight and Zalman are very good.
...Galvanized

Absolutely. I ran out of Ceramique and used the Zalman compound on my Zalman 7000 C\Au (or whatever it's called) and my temps are in the dirt. I'm only using it on a 3100 Sempron64 which doesn't need any serious cooling, but my temps average 24C idle and may hit 30C while encoding video. It's good enough that I don't have any plans to change it.

I have another very similar rig with a 3400 Sempron and Ceramique with the same Zalman and the temps are too close to tell which is which.

 

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