Liquid metal

[Cheesetogo]

The IHS's of cpus are made of aluminum, correct? Wouldn't that mean you'd have to remove it in order to use this stuff?

 

[996GT2]

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo
The IHS's of cpus are made of aluminum, correct? Wouldn't that mean you'd have to remove it in order to use this stuff?

If I remember correctly some IHSes are polished copper?

 

[Snerp]

Originally posted by: Kakumba
yes, but have you seen how HARD it is to apply it? that is testing done by THEM. so take it with a grain of salt. but yeah, seriously, every review I have read says its nigh on impossible to apply. they manage in the end, but its not easy.

Shin Etsu is also an impossible thermal paste to apply and that's what I've been using. I had stuff to do last night and I have more stuff to do tonight, but I will apply it to my chip and let you guys know.

Originally posted by: Navid

Originally posted by: Snerp

AS5 is conductive and you don't see everyone and their uncle burning stuff up.

No, AS5 is NOT conductive.

Then put some on your motherboard and let's see what happens.

Originally posted by: 996GT2

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo
The IHS's of cpus are made of aluminum, correct? Wouldn't that mean you'd have to remove it in order to use this stuff?

If I remember correctly some IHSes are polished copper?

An IHS is zinc plated copper. If you sand down past the zinc you will see the copper.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Snerp

Originally posted by: Kakumba
yes, but have you seen how HARD it is to apply it? that is testing done by THEM. so take it with a grain of salt. but yeah, seriously, every review I have read says its nigh on impossible to apply. they manage in the end, but its not easy.

Shin Etsu is also an impossible thermal paste to apply and that's what I've been using. I had stuff to do last night and I have more stuff to do tonight, but I will apply it to my chip and let you guys know.

Originally posted by: Navid

Originally posted by: Snerp

AS5 is conductive and you don't see everyone and their uncle burning stuff up.

No, AS5 is NOT conductive.

Then put some on your motherboard and let's see what happens.

Originally posted by: 996GT2

Originally posted by: Cheesetogo
The IHS's of cpus are made of aluminum, correct? Wouldn't that mean you'd have to remove it in order to use this stuff?

If I remember correctly some IHSes are polished copper?

An IHS is zinc plated copper. If you sand down past the zinc you will see the copper.

uhh snerp, AS5 isnt conductive. It acts like a capacitor however. This was discussed previously in the thread. People have drawn lines with it and placed a voltmeter on the ends and tested conductivity. It doesnt conduct a electrical charge but it does act like a capacitor holding the charge and releasing it slowly. That is why if you get some on your resistors and crap, you could have failer, but with a good qtip and some rubbing alcohol, you could just wipe it clean.

Personally i love AS5. Just put a grain size drop in the middle and MASH your Heat Sink over it. Remember when applying on the IHS, it doesnt need to be all over but just over the center where your cores are located. People commonly make the mistake of applying too much, but when applied right, i wouldnt expect to see more then a 1-2C difference with liquid pro.

And to answer someone elses comment about putting it on a aluminum heatsink to convince wifey or parents you need a new one, 😛 but WHY would you do that? if you dont have enough money to buy a decient HSF, then how did u fork over the money to buy liquid pro. :X it costs about 1/3rd the price of a SI-120 😱 But i see your humor and pun

 

[Snerp]

Ok, well the bottom line is that if you got AS5 anywhere it isn't supposed to be chances say it will screw something up. I've seen what capacitors can do 😉

If anyone feels like telling me I'm wrong, please randomly drop 5 BB sized blobs of AS5 on your motherboard, grab your video camera and then turn it on...prove me wrong. I am more than happy to be wrong here, but real world stuff always seems to be a lot different then the simulated test...especially when the guy testing it has been given free products.

 

[CP5670]

I ordered some of this and got it last week. I've been too lazy to disconnect my water-cooling in order to properly put this on. I opened the top of it and put some on a piece of paper. It's really liquid metal. I'll probably put it on tonight and I'll post what I think about it.

Cool, I would be interested to know how effective this stuff is.

From the comments I've seen on other forums, you need very smooth contact surfaces (usually requiring lapping; one guy even lapped the IHS) or it starts leaking out of the sides of the heatsink when it heats up, unless the motherboard is laid flat on a table.

 

[Kakumba]

Keen to see some results, and another opinion on how hard it is to apply.