ARCTIC Launches New MX-5 Thermal Compound
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cucaulay malkin
I'm on mx-2 should I upgrade ?
CoreyPL
I hope it will be at least as good as MX-2 and MX-4. My top choice for building standard PCs. For OC intended PCs or as a GPU TIM swap I still prefer Thermal Grizzly, but customers expect and pay for the best in those cases.
Jawnys
im done with thermal paste on cpu since i discovered grizzly carbonaut, easy, clean, durable, you get maybe 1-2 more degree on your temps, but the ease of use and the fact that you dont need to reapply after a while make it worth it to me, its also very practicle on am4 socket
Venix
Raserian
fry178
@Jawnys
after i started using liquid metal, it shows how little material you actually need between the block/HS,
never gonna happen with a pad, even at 0.01
maybe when its pounded into thin leaves, like they do with gold, but that wont be reusable..
would love to have some spare change to waste on having someone do this with copper,
and see how much that will help, even if its one-time-use only.
Ripcord
Who is going to buy this without knowing the performance? it cant be good if they are keeping it a secret.
buhehe
fry178
@Ripcord
not saying its going to be the best paste, but arctic does make decent stuff, even if it might not take the 1st place.
who else offers 8y warranty on their TP?
https://www.arctic.de/en/MX-5/ACTCP00047A
i pay 30-50% less for arctic fans compared to noctua or noiseblocker, they are within 10% of the performance, and even offer 10y warranty.
cucaulay malkin
cucaulay malkin
CoreyPL
anticupidon
Will buy a syringe and test it myself. I always have a spare TIM tube for quick work. As it happens I almost finished a MX4 tube.
How bad could be?
fry178
@CoreyPL
always twist block to remove, dont pull upwards, or you end up pulling cpu from socket like i did 1st time. 🙄
did you treat/clean HS/block a few times?
they usually soak up some of the metals and "dry" it out, making it harder to remove later.
if you apply/remove it about 3 times within couple weeks/month, it will not dry out (as in get hard),
and removable of cooler is much easier, even after years.
one reason i will go back to using it (after i decided if i keep the 5800), as it is great as a permanent solution.
CoreyPL
JiveTurkey
Glad the focus has begun shifting from a 1 degree advantage, to a focus on long term reliability. A lot of gpu that die from mining actually died from gpu paste drying out and then cooking the chip. Reading a thermal paste test the other day, and one thermal paste from a slightly older tube, did much worse then the fresh sample.
Andy Watson
From the website it seems to be less viscous than MX4, so easier to spread. There is no indication of better thermal transfer so I guess it is the same.
Being more "runny" should be easier to spread thinly and uniformly I guess.
Venix
fry178
if you apply/remove/reapply it a few of times, it shouldnt.
i removed the block after 6 month an it was still a liquid in the areas where block/HS have contact, the only time it doesnt is if i got a new cpu and didnt care to treat it.
LC maintance isnt something i worry about, as i dont use hadr tubing for that reason
(cpu block is off in 1min) and distilled water and biocide reduce it to 2-3y.
it was even able to remove the bio growth on a used resorator i had in the past.
then again all my loops use clear tubing/res/block,
so i wont do anything until i actually see stuff in the water...
Silva
Why make a news article about a product that gives no info about performance?
I have MX-4 and I love it, in the box says: thermal conductivity 8.5 W/mK, viscosity 870 Poise and density 2.5 g/cm3.
Why no info on MX-5, is it just marketing?