NV Silencer 5 bought

[McArra]

So I'm finally buying this nice cooler for 20?, and I've seen it comes with thermal paste, the AC MX1 "high performace" paste. Is it any good, or should I use Ceramique?

Thanks!!

 

[Mrvile]

Well rule of thumb here is Ceramique for the ram, Silver for the GPU. I use the AC MX stuff on the ram since I don't have Ceramique, and it works fine though.

 

[Icepick]

I've got that NV Silencer on my 6800GT. Originally, I used the paste that came with it and it was only adequate. I used that for about 6 months. Last week I removed the silencer, cleaned off the paste, and replaced it with Arctic Silver 5. My temps dropped by 5 degrees Celsius.

So I'd say that the Ceramique you referred to will most likely be better than the stuff that ships with the card.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Well rule of thumb here is Ceramique for the ram, Silver for the GPU. I use the AC MX stuff on the ram since I don't have Ceramique, and it works fine though.

^ Exactly right. I used this combo on my X800 Pro (now sold) and overclocked it like crazy.

If you're uncomfortable putting AS5 on the GPU (or just don't have any) then Ceramique is still WAY better than the generic paste they give you, though.

It's definitely not a good idea to put Arctic Silver 5 on the RAM though; if any goes off and onto the connecting pins it would need to be cleaned off since AS5 is mildly conductive.

 

[McArra]

The compound seems to have silver, is that the one you used?

Also the ram has same kind of thermal tape, do I remove it and put ceramique instead? Will it make contact correctly?

Thanks guys

 

[Deinonych]

I just used the thermal tape for the RAM. It seems to work fine. I found the included "MX-1" compound to be very difficult to work with, so I used AS5 on the GPU itself.

 

[imported_humey]

Silver is safe on the 6XXX range as there is no live legs around memory or live bridges on GPU, only the voltage mosfets are bit close together and to power to risk silver, i use ceramic there.

That a big DONT FORGET, you are doing this to overclock so cool the mosfets under little alu heatsink (not sure on layout on anything but my 6800Ultra though)

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: jiffylube1024

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Well rule of thumb here is Ceramique for the ram, Silver for the GPU. I use the AC MX stuff on the ram since I don't have Ceramique, and it works fine though.

^ Exactly right. I used this combo on my X800 Pro (now sold) and overclocked it like crazy.

If you're uncomfortable putting AS5 on the GPU (or just don't have any) then Ceramique is still WAY better than the generic paste they give you, though.

It's definitely not a good idea to put Arctic Silver 5 on the RAM though; if any goes off and onto the connecting pins it would need to be cleaned off since AS5 is mildly conductive.

According to AS, it's not mildly conductive... it's mildly capacitive. :roll: How can it be capacitive if it's not conductive? It has to conduct electricity in order to store it and release it, right?

 

[Xyclone]

I use AS5, I love it. :thumbsup:

However, once It's burned in it will stick to the GPU, so be sure to heat it while taking the heatsink off in the future, so it wont pull the GPU off with it. One way to do this is with a blowdryer.

Good luck!

 

[McArra]

Ok, will use Ceramique for the core, but still I'm not sure if the memory chips with ceramique will make proper contact.

Thanks guys, you are being very helpful

 

[Susquehannock]

Originally posted by: McArra
Ok, will use Ceramique for the core, but still I'm not sure if the memory chips with ceramique will make proper contact.

Thanks guys, you are being very helpful

I'd look at the card edge on to see how much the GPU sits above the RAM.
Just reworked my Leadtek 6800nu and the sink has raised areas so the
copper can make direct contact with the RAM.

From what I've seen, other brands only have a flat sink and use pads as a shim over
the RAM. If yours is the latter it may be too big a gap for paste.

 

[McArra]

Thanks a lot, will be installing it tomorrow at the Euskal Encounter Lanparty, you have al been really helpful

 

[imported_humey]

There is fitting issues with it on some cards, there was a site showed you to cut little part out so its sits flat, ans whats the guy smoking that said silver is hard to remove and needed a hairdryer, ceramic is the one like thick glue, he must have cooked whatever he had silver on to make it brick hard, ive had ceramic pull a cpu right out its scoket taking heatsinks of, normally on intels as there small.