Rakehellion
Lifer
So why do they put lids on these things if it makes your temperatures so horrible?
There is an Ido?
But what I'm worried about is after couple of months if I have to re apply it or not, if I'm using arctic silver that I have.
You are referring to the "pump out effect" and yes you should avoid AS5, NT-H1, MX-4, etc based on this concern.
IC Diamond and liquid pro/ultra don't have this issue.
Does the amount of hold down pressure have a large effect on the "pump out effect".