ICD 7 Test Results

[ICD7]

An ICD7 review from the Greeks

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[ICD7]

Latest Beta test results coming in @ http://www.overclock.net/cooli...-thermal-compound.html"]Overclockers.net[/URL] for those that like paste comparisons

 

[PCTC2]

I would've finally posted my results, but alas, I lost my tube when I rebuild my computer and moved....

 

[ICD7]

How is this for ambitious? 44 pastes tested

http://www.hwreviewlabs.com/in...Itemid=47&limitstart=3"

 

[Assimilator1]

Wow!, that's a lot of paste! :Q, ICD7 does well then .

 

[ICD7]

Pretty comprehensive altogether - I am surprised at how congested the market is and he did not include many of the OEM brands. he would have pushed it over 50 different compounds if he had included those

It took me almost 2 years to generate 9 reviews, not like heat sinks that get reviewed almost daily - I have 7 of them up on the homepage. I have to make time to post the other two.

I get more traction on the giveaways, 232 IC Diamond user tests to date I have two more in process(MaximumPC & HardwareCanucks) and another 3 in the pipeline - should be breaking 3-400 users tests in the next month or so. Making progress in a rather chaotic process.

 

[ICD7]

As you guys were one of the early testers of IC Diamond I thought you would like to see an update on our progress

scroll down for test results and reviews

updated results

 

[petrusbroder]

Thanks for the update!
How is the development of the cooler going?

 

[ICD7]

Originally posted by: petrusbroder
Thanks for the update!
How is the development of the cooler going?

lol, our vaporware problem.

We are watching the economy closely and are cautious on taking on capital expenditures at this point. Basically the USA is in default, every pension fund in the country is underwater, commercial foreclosures are hitting the fan, Alt A's are close behind, U6 unemployment numbers are at 17% with 600,000 new unemployed every month....

So until we hit a bottom we continue to refine the product and reduce manufacturing costs until things start to turn around.

Andrew

 

[Assimilator1]

Thanks for the update

I meant to give you some more temp figures for my Sempron 3100 @2.5GHz which hasn't had it's HS removed since the test way back in this thread. Unfortunately I've already upgraded my 2nd PC & removed the S754 mbrd from the case it was in. I could give you figures for it in a different case but I don't know how useful that would be for you.
LMK if you do want temp figures from that setup.

 

[ICD7]

Originally posted by: Assimilator1
Thanks for the update

I meant to give you some more temp figures for my Sempron 3100 @2.5GHz which hasn't had it's HS removed since the test way back in this thread. Unfortunately I've already upgraded my 2nd PC & removed the S754 mbrd from the case it was in. I could give you figures for it in a different case but I don't know how useful that would be for you.
LMK if you do want temp figures from that setup.

Much appreciated but not needed at this point - I have other data points from other tests you performed.

I kinda have to finalize results as I go or I would be editing constantly as I have done about 10 of these to date and at some point I have to fix the data.

I am working on a break out of all forum tests to date - still need some editing but you might want to compare this forum tests to overall IC Diamond results so far

Multi forum test results

 

[petrusbroder]

Impressive! Thanks for all the work!

 

[Assimilator1]

Cool, thanks , & no probs. (Oh btw the same HS is still on that CPU if it makes any difference).

 

[ICD7]

391 user tests - thought you early testers would be interested in the multiforum breakout. Laptop stuff is new

Multiforum tests here

 

[ICD7]

Holy Moley, this is like going from blind to 3D color being able to post pics. Great improvement finally able to post your results

Stacks up pretty well to the overall averages within a couple tenth's

 

[petrusbroder]

Nice pics - but it seems hard to find ICD in Europe!

 

[ICD7]

Nice pics - but it seems hard to find ICD in Europe!

Europe is a mixed bag - Poland, England does well, Germany OK. Distributor we selected really was not doing his job, for instance they had the UK territory and had not shipped any product and after after a year and a half we ended up selling direct to the resellers with no problems. This has been our revised mode of operation in the last few months, a little more labor intensive but taking a layer of profit out of the mix provides a cheaper price to the consumer. Takes us a little longer but we are working on it.

 

[rabrittain]

I have an FX60 dual-boot machine that has the white paste from almost 4 years ago.

Normally I run Windows XP Pro (32 bit). I've noticed that over the last couple of months that the machine has been running a little too hot.

I'm running XP64 on that machine this month because I'm interested in the Prime Grid race on the 15th (64 bit OS required). The machines crunches for a while, and then it locks up - no keyboard/mouse action - no ctrl-alt-del - nothing. Prior to locking up the cpu is at 68 deg. C - core1 71 deg. C - core2 65 deg. C.

The T.I.M. is generic white past from almost 4 years ago. Tomorrow I will clean the cpu and heatsink and reconfigure with ICD7.

I will let you know how it does.

 

[rabrittain]

Thursday, 03/04/2010, ~0940 pst (1740 utc)

Good morning!

When I removed the heatsink from the FX60 I found that the paste was still somewhat gooey and it was easily removed with an old paper towel that I had in my pocket. I cleaned the heat sink and cpu with isopropyl alcohol (70&#37. The underside of the fins on the heatsink was covered with dust. I routinely vacuum the fins, but the vacuum doesn't reach the underside. While the heatsink was removed, I vacuumed and cleaned it completely.

I put a pea-sized ball of ICD7 in the middle of the cpu. I placed the heatsink on top of that and used the smush and twist method to spread the ICD7. Then I attached the spring clip to the bracket and secured the handle.

I returned the computer to service. I booted up to the XP64 os. The computer has been crunching 2 Leiden Classical work units for about 35 minutes, and there do not seem to be any problems.

The running temperature of the cpu at 100% has dropped quite a bit since yesterday. cpu: 57 deg. C.; core1: 63 deg. C.; core2: 54 deg. C.

Because there was dust on the heatsink fins it is difficult to say how much of the drop can be attributed to the ICD7. I feel better, however, knowing that there is a high quality product between the cpu and the heatsink. I have 3 other computers that I have used ICD7 on, and they all continue to run good. One of them is based on an Intel Pentium D 820+. That machine runs hot: often above 70 Deg. C. at the cpu. It is not as powerful as 3 of my other machines, but it's a tank. It just keeps on going with no instability issues whatsoever.

All temperature values are as reported by Everest Ultimate Edition 2006.

 

[ICD7]

Thursday, 03/04/2010, ~0940 pst (1740 utc)

Good morning!

When I removed the heatsink from the FX60 I found that the paste was still somewhat gooey and it was easily removed with an old paper towel that I had in my pocket. I cleaned the heat sink and cpu with isopropyl alcohol (70%). The underside of the fins on the heatsink was covered with dust. I routinely vacuum the fins, but the vacuum doesn't reach the underside. While the heatsink was removed, I vacuumed and cleaned it completely.

I put a pea-sized ball of ICD7 in the middle of the cpu. I placed the heatsink on top of that and used the smush and twist method to spread the ICD7. Then I attached the spring clip to the bracket and secured the handle.

I returned the computer to service. I booted up to the XP64 os. The computer has been crunching 2 Leiden Classical work units for about 35 minutes, and there do not seem to be any problems.

The running temperature of the cpu at 100% has dropped quite a bit since yesterday. cpu: 57 deg. C.; core1: 63 deg. C.; core2: 54 deg. C.

Because there was dust on the heatsink fins it is difficult to say how much of the drop can be attributed to the ICD7. I feel better, however, knowing that there is a high quality product between the cpu and the heatsink. I have 3 other computers that I have used ICD7 on, and they all continue to run good. One of them is based on an Intel Pentium D 820+. That machine runs hot: often above 70 Deg. C. at the cpu. It is not as powerful as 3 of my other machines, but it's a tank. It just keeps on going with no instability issues whatsoever.

All temperature values are as reported by Everest Ultimate Edition 2006.

How long have the 3 machines been running since ICD installation? I like to get longevity info

 

[ICD7]

We have incorporated a new label design on our syringes -tried to add on some racing stripes but they didn't fit

 

[Assimilator1]

Hmm, I wonder how long the ICD7's been on my Q6600? I know I replaced the Ultima90 with another HSF a while back......

 

[rabrittain]

I put the pentium D machine in service in February 2008.

I put an FX60 machine in service in October 2008.

I put a Phenom 940 machine into service in February 2010.

I replaced the TIM on another FX60 machine in March 2010.

I have had to de-tune the Phenom machine this week because I was experiencing errors on Primegrid. I had overclocked the machine slightly: it was running at 3.3 GHz. Stock is 3.0 GHz. I used the Torture Test from Prime95 to determine how low I should go. The machine is now running at 2.0 GHz, and I still have a bit of an overheating problem. I am running Primegrid on that machine, and the CPU temperature is around 64 degrees C. I suspect that I have an airflow problem in that case. I know that the fans are not up to par. Tomorrow is pay day, and I'm buying fans. I'll let you know how that works out.

 

[ICD7]

Haven't visited you people in awhile

Updating my charts this weekend and hit the 500+ user tests milestone. Raw data chart, haven't broken out he individual competition compounds yet, getting a little crowded

 

[ICD7]

Lots of notebook people on the re-paste track these days


http://forum.notebookreview.com/asu...600-my-repaste-experience-pics-success-2.html

From my post at notebookreview

In any event below chart is not final as all results are lumped together, GPU/CPU will be broken out on final.

What is interesting is I would categorize any improvements 10 C and over as catastrophic failure of the stock compound. I count 12 out of 42 roughly 25%

That's a real high number vs the standard PC which are more like 1-2%.

This would translate to early component failure, reduced life expectancy, increased returns/costs of owning a laptop etc.