Is this the right stuff? Seen any better price/shipping on Arctic Silver?

[fbrdphreak]

Hey all,
My good ol' AS3 is running low & I don't want to have to get AS5 (I hear its quite sticky ), so I'm going to order some AS3 while I can. I'm also going to install an nV silencer and soon a replacement Northbridge heatsink on my K8N Neo Platinum. I've heard that Arctic Silver Ceramique is the best for the RAM on the 6800's and northbridge as well, but I didn't see any "Ceramique." I did find this though:
https://www.bestbyteinc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=TIM-ARS-A17
Is this it?

And now for the second question, prices:
I can get a 6-gram tube of AS3 for $8.49.
Arctic Silver Alumina Thermal Compound - 14g - $4.90
Arctic Silver Alumina Thermal Compound - 1.75g - $2.75

Will doing my video card and northbridge use enough "Alumina" to make it worth getting the 14g for such a small price difference?

UPS Ground shipping is $6 for the two of them. Does anyone know of a place with better prices or better shipping? Total comes to about $20 total. Thanks!!

 

[Mucker]

AS5....$6 shipped here: http://store.yahoo.com/svcompucycle/as5-3g.html

Don't worry about its' sticky properties. Just apply it like the instructions and it will perform well. You can wipe it off very easily too if you let the CPU run hard for a short period. I had the same hesitation as you after using AS3, but 5 is pretty easy to work with, especially when warmed up a bit.

AS3 alternative: http://www.bestbyteinc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=TIM-ARS-303

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[G Q]

Here's a few choices:

http://store.yahoo.com/svcompucycle/aral17syr.html">Arctic Alumina 1.5g for $2.75 + Free Shipping</a>
http://store.yahoo.com/svcompucycle/aral30gsyrfr.html">Arctic Alumina 3.5g for $3.99 + Free Shipping</a>
http://store.yahoo.com/svcompucycle/as5-3g.html">Arctic Silver 5: 3.5 for $5.99 + Free Shipping</a>
Arctic Ceramique High Density 2.5g for $3.99 + Free Shipping
You can thank me by sending me a free tube of AS5 ^^.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Thanks for all the links guys! But I still would like to know: should I order the Ceramique or Alumina stuff? Thanks!

 

[fbrdphreak]

Did some googling and found that Ceramique cools better than Alumina. Thanks for the links guys! I would send you a tube, but then you would have to pay my shipping costs Thanks again!

 

[zakee00]

plus ceramique is "less conductive" then alumina. just so you dont have to worry about that. i put AS5 on all of my videocard's ram and gpu about two weeks ago, and it hasnt fried yet. i think most of that is BS
Nick

 

[G Q]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
Thanks for all the links guys! But I still would like to know: should I order the Ceramique or Alumina stuff? Thanks!

You could buy and test them both to see which one gives better temperature results for the silencer/ramsinks/video card...

...and then you can send the one of the leftover you don't need to me^^

I used the last of my Arctic Alumina onto my Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 HS. It lowered my CPU idle temp to 42-44C, and 52-55C at Load. Good Luck!