AC Freezer 7 Pro

[tofumonster]

Hey I was just wondering if the stock paste on the AC Freezer 7 Pro was worth using. I've heard some good things about MX-1. So is it worth replacing with AS5/Ceramique?

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: tofumonster
Hey I was just wondering if the stock paste on the AC Freezer 7 Pro was worth using. I've heard some good things about MX-1. So is it worth replacing with AS5/Ceramique?

that paste that comes with that heatsink is a high quality thermal paste!!
AC heatsinks ship with high quality thermal paste as do most heastsinks now a days!!!

No need to buy a dfifferent paste for possibly miniscue improvenebt in temp!!

Unless you want to waste your money! There will not be that musch difference in temps!!

 

[tofumonster]

Thank GOD. I don't want to reseat the damn thing again. heheh

How long will the paste need to settle? Is it the standard 200hours?

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: tofumonster
Thank GOD. I don't want to reseat the damn thing again. heheh

How long will the paste need to settle? Is it the standard 200hours?

Heh! Good choice!

Burn-in is about a week... but only if you turn off your machine when you're not using it...

It's the number of CYCLES that counts!

If you leave your machine on 24/7 during burn-in, it will take forever...

 

[mervin338]

I've installed the Freezer Pro 7 heatsink on 3 systems in the last year and all of them run great! I'd recommend having other airflow in your case too if you want to get maximum performance out of it though. Yes, the cpu paste is high quality. Don't replace it. It takes about 100 hours or so to fully break in the cpu paste (at least that is what the manufacturer says).

 

[Navid]

It is a good paste.
But, there is too much of it on the base of the Freezer.

So, you will not get direct metal to metal contact. Specially because how thick MX-1 is.

http://www.arctic-cooling.com/...hp?idx=60&data=6&disc=
The consitency of the MX-1 paste has to be very thick and dry. This makes the application more difficult but increases the perfomance and long term reliability.

Thermal paste is better than air, for thermal conduction. But, it is much worse than direct metal contact.

Too much paste is better than too little paste. That, I suspect, is why all sinks that come with paste applied come with too much of it.

 

[tofumonster]

Thanks guys. I'm seeing temps around 40C from Coretemp Idling..But it still has some to go for the breaking in. (I took OFF the OC i have in my sig.)

 

[JPB]

When I first got my XP-90 I applied Arctic Silver 5. And my idle temps were an average of 49c. Now since that was over 9 months ago...The temps are now 29c. And has been that way for a LONG time.

 

[WT]

Running mine with an e6600 in an Antec P180 case and I could overclock it to 3.6, but not Orthos stable. I'm sitting comfy and 100% stable at 3.2 34c idle temps. Great buy for only $25 shipped as well.

 

[tofumonster]

I hope i'll eventually have my temps settle to a nice 35-37C (right now i'm in the 44C range with 22C ambients)
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I've taken off the OC in my Sig.

 

[*kjm]

Originally posted by: Navid
It is a good paste.
But, there is too much of it on the base of the Freezer.

So, you will not get direct metal to metal contact. Specially because how thick MX-1 is.

http://www.arctic-cooling.com/...hp?idx=60&data=6&disc=
The consitency of the MX-1 paste has to be very thick and dry. This makes the application more difficult but increases the perfomance and long term reliability.

Thermal paste is better than air, for thermal conduction. But, it is much worse than direct metal contact.

Too much paste is better than too little paste. That, I suspect, is why all sinks that come with paste applied come with too much of it.

Navid too much is Worse than none.

This is a good read for anyone wanting to know about thermal paste/grease.
http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/134

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: *kjm
Navid too much is Worse than none.

This is a good read for anyone wanting to know about thermal paste/grease.
http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/134

All that link says is that too much paste hinders a heatsink's ability to cool properly, which is absolutely correct.
But, that is very different than saying no paste is better than too much paste, which is incorrect.

 

[VinDSL]

I *think* he meant, "A little bit is better than too much!"

 

[tofumonster]

Originally posted by: VinDSL
I *think* he meant, "A little bit is better than too much!"

>.< no kidding..