Is OCZ ultra 2 themal paste good?

[Intelman07]

OCZ Ultra 2 Thermal paste Retail
OCZ Ultra 2 is a high-quality polysynthetic thermal compound designed to provide maximum thermal transfer between the CPU surface and the heatsink. OCZ Ultra 2 uses a blend of polysynthetic oils that ensure that the compound will not solidify or lose its thermal transfer properties over time. Ultra 2 thermal compound is not electrically conductive, meaning that it is completely safe for use on any surface that requires maximum thermal transfer.
Specifications:
Thermal paste 3 gram syringe
Thermal conductivity: 8.0 W/mK
Thermal Resistance:>.06 C-in/W
Made with 99.9% pure micronized silver
Not electrically conductive

I found this at newegg.....will this be a good paste (better than stock intel thermal pad stuff?) This will be for my 2.4b which is running around 55C under load.

 

[Corporate Thug]

IMO, all thermal pastes are more or less the same. i got the same temps using AS3 and the generic stuff that comes with slk800

 

[Intelman07]

But it is a good idea to use that instead of stock intel stuff

 

[bgeh]

it's better, but i'll get AS3 if the price is more or less the same

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Shady06,

There are numerous reasons why you got the results you did.

first and foremost, was it tested on an AMD system? They are notoriously bad at measuring temperature changes

secondly, how did you clean the cpu and heatsink?

thirdly, contamination with differetn greases can drastically altar results without showing any socket-thermistor temp change. Example? The void your warranty test where htey configured an internal diode reader versus a built in socket-thermistor. He used teh same grease application repeatedly, never actually reapplying grease during his initial testing. The result? once he cleaned and reapplied grease properly, he got an 8C internal diode drop, whereas he got no socket-thermistor temp change. So in this chase, an 8C tmep change went un-noticed by the stock temperature measurement device.

Hence why grease testing found on most websites is often inaccurate. Very few people have ever taken the time to do it right.

lastly, have you checked to see if the thermal delta between case and cpu temp has changed? There are numerous cases where people say their cpu temps haven't changed, but hteir case temp went up, therefore the cpu - case temp delta (the true indication of cpu temp) actually goes down a bit without them noticing. No, i'm not calling you stupid, but with summer approaching, this is a very real possibility.

Mike