Machstorm Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Hey, guys I am buying a Q6600 and was wondering about the right thermal paste. I do have a tube of Arctic Silver 3, but I thought about buying a new tube of Arctic Silver 5 or Shin-Etsu X23-7783D. The question is will the Arctic silver 3 do the job or should I purchase some new compound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr0p Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Personally, I've never used anything but Arctic Silver 5, and it has never let me down, so I can't say anything about 3 or the other brand, but I know 5 will do the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machstorm Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 I was looking into the version jump from 3 to 5 and the reason is, is that Acrtic Silver is made in Japan and because 4 is synonymous with death, so they named it Arctic Silver 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflux Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Honestly the ceramic based thermal paste that comes with the cpu cooler will be fine. Unless you plan on overclocking the stock fan and thermal paste that comes with intel cpus will be fine. And if you do plan on overclocking the stock thermal paste that comes with aftermarket coolers will be fine also. It is more effective if you keep the air around your computer cool. Also cpu are built very resilient and all now have safety measures to prevent overheating. But if you insist on getting thermal paste why not bling out your pc with some IC Diamond 7 carat :P. No seriously carbon has very good thermal conductivity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machstorm Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 Well, I am ordering an OEM Q6600 so it's not going to come with the crappy heatsink. Although the thermal paste has net set on it I still have my Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro. Which is not the best but it keeps the idle and the load temps down. I have never seen the need to overclock. With my luck I would probably fry the sucker and that would be $192 down the drain. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article285-page1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflux Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 What im trying to say is just get any old thermal paste. Arctic Silver 3 will be fine though I don't think they sell them anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machstorm Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 I went ahead and tried Arctic Silver 3 and now I am enjoying Quad Core goodness :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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