MX-1 thermal paste application on C2D?

[nealh]

I saw at Artic cooling site they suggest a dab in the center...

but the instruction "look" old

are you guys using a thin line i nthe center on C2D ala AS5

[NaeKuh]

I saw at Artic cooling site they suggest a dab in the center...

but the instruction "look" old

are you guys using a thin line i nthe center on C2D ala AS5

thicker line down the center as per AS5. You need a bit more then AS5.

[nealh]

thicker line down the center as per AS5. You need a bit more then AS5.

thanks

BTW..what are you going to do with your Fuzion block now...since you going to a GTX

[Vice]

I heard from previous accounts that if you just put a dab in the center, it will not spread out far enough to cover the whole block.

So when I put mine on, I spread a thin layer over the whole cpu, and I can't complain, temps dropped a lot from as5

[NaeKuh]

thanks

BTW..what are you going to do with your Fuzion block now...since you going to a GTX

its on my E6600. My secondary rig which im making into my NAS.

My AMD X2 will probably go off at a church auction end of this month. And it will be watercooled.

All proceeds will go to the sunday school which i teach at every sunday. :clap:


So who says all my toys dont get recycled??

[situman]

a big blob in the middle will do. put about twice as much as you would with as5. the excess will just get squished out on the sides. no worries since its non conductive.

[nealh]

thanks

[nealh]

well I tried the line down the middle...and my temps suck 1-2C higher than AS5....(running 10 hrs or so)

So will need to tinker..I setup and aircooled 120 Ultra E(piece of junk, but dont get me started)..on that one I placed a dab in the middle and spread it around to a thin layer...spreads weirs, not eve nlike AS5....not sure this better or worse

[situman]

a big blob in the middle will do. put about twice as much as you would with as5. the excess will just get squished out on the sides. no worries since its non conductive.

i thought we agrred on this method:shrug:

[NaeKuh]

well I tried the line down the middle...and my temps suck 1-2C higher than AS5....(running 10 hrs or so)

So will need to tinker..I setup and aircooled 120 Ultra E(piece of junk, but dont get me started)..on that one I placed a dab in the middle and spread it around to a thin layer...spreads weirs, not eve nlike AS5....not sure this better or worse

neal. then apply it like shin etsu.

i dont use mx-1, i use shin etsu. But its suposed to be the same thing. I use this method for it, and gotten pretty good results.

http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=230649

[hoax]

+ 1 for the method suggested by situman

I have wasted almost half a syringe of mx-1 trying to get used to it... The last mount was without a doubt the best one so far.. pretty much twice the ammount I would use with AS5, blob in center, plonk it and rotate a few degrees if possible... (some users spin it 360 degrees with mx1 to make sure its more evenly spread)

gl

[nealh]

i thought we agrred on this method:shrug:

I should have listenend..but no

well i reapplied like you said:up:

much better temps

[Grinch]

I put a blob on mine about 1/2 the size of a jelly bean...works great and temps are about 6C lower than using AS5

[nealh]

I put a blob on mine about 1/2 the size of a jelly bean...works great and temps are about 6C lower than using AS5

I need to reapply to my storm as my temps are actually higher ...I used a thin line down center ala AS5..but a thicker amount...

need tot retry with the blob method

w/ith TR Ultra 120 E
So far I tried very thin layer over entire IHS..this was a disaster..
then a thin line on my storm ..temps were 1-2C higher than AS5

Blob method looks to be best approach..once I did this with TR 120 Ultra E..temps were few C lower at idle but load were 10C better

[ranker]

Sorry to thread jack, but what performs better out of the four:

Shin-Etsu X23-7783D

Shin-Etsu G751

MX-1

Arctic Ceramique

[nealh]

Sorry to thread jack, but what performs better out of the four:

Shin-Etsu X23-7783D

Shin-Etsu G751

MX-1

Arctic Ceramique

according to sticky thread...
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=135359

MX-1>G751>Ceramique
not sure yet on X23-7783D

[Pen3]

i beleive the x23 is similar to Shin-Etsu MicroSi MPU-3.7

[Jedda]

Sorry to thread jack, but what performs better out of the four:

Shin-Etsu X23-7783D

Shin-Etsu G751

MX-1

Arctic Ceramique

They're all so well performing I'd rate them on ease of application rather than Thermal efficiency.

[ranker]

They're all so well performing I'd rate them on ease of application rather than Thermal efficiency.

How do they rank in terms of ease of application?

[Jedda]

How do they rank in terms of ease of application?

I should've seen that coming. :D
I've only used Shin X23 and Ceramique from that list and they were about equal.
Ceramique slightly tackier to deal with.
I've found first-timers (not you obviously) often get best results from the Zalman STG-1 because they find the brush on easy to get a good application with. I'm getting a bit OT now though.

[nealh]

MX-1
is very easy..large blob in the center of the IHS..about twice the size used with AS5