Innovation Cooling's Diamond 7 TIM test results

[annihilus]

I am not going to use ic diamond again, it left quite ugly pits in both the cpu and heatsink (both lapped). So after taking it off I had to lap them both again, could be because copper is quite soft and diamonds are ... well ... hard as diamonds. I don't understand the 44 tim round up, metalpad should, if applied correctly, perform on par with liquid pro. I just put in on my gpu, will report back with temps

[Movieman]

Got my tube today Whats general results for burn in time frame from you guys please?

Really none.. a slight decrease in temps after a few hours but basically what you see is what you get..
I noticed a almost standard 4c drop over AS5 across the board..I do a thin line vertically and another horizontally and then move HS back and forth gently as if seating a brick into cement. Gives me a nice spread on the TIM.

I am not going to use ic diamond again, it left quite ugly pits in both the cpu and heatsink (both lapped). So after taking it off I had to lap them both again, could be because copper is quite soft and diamonds are ... well ... hard as diamonds. I don't understand the 44 tim round up, metalpad should, if applied correctly, perform on par with liquid pro. I just put in on my gpu, will report back with temps

Surprised to hear this. I used this on one lapped cpu and saw no effect on the cpu itself.
Sorry this happenned to you.
Possibly something left on the cpu other than the TIM?