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I have a tube of artic silver which I have had for a few years (3-4 years). As long as it does not dry up (which it hasn't) does it go bad? If not, is there a significant reason to buy a newer version?
It does separate when stored in the tube for a long time and it does tend to dry a bit when left out for a while. It is messy too.Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
Yep, the orginal AS seperates when stored for long periods, and it drys up in use after some time. Messy and capacitive as well, I hated that crap, one of the worst T.I.Ms I ever used.
Are you using the original AS? as I understand it, it is bad to get it on the exposed bridges of a non-lidded CPU because it is capacitive, and there have been some who have reported issues arising from this occuring. A few even claim it killed the CPU when running it with AS covering bridges *shorted?*. If you haven't tried Ceramique' you should give it a go. It can cause T.I.M lock with lidded CPUs though so it is good to remove it immediately after turning the system off while still warm, and not apply too much of course. It is uberEZ to apply and clean up and works great and it's neither conductive or capacitive. I have found it to be the best price per application and ease of use and clean up T.I.M of all I've tried.Originally posted by: pm
It does separate when stored in the tube for a long time and it does tend to dry a bit when left out for a while. It is messy too.Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
Yep, the orginal AS seperates when stored for long periods, and it drys up in use after some time. Messy and capacitive as well, I hated that crap, one of the worst T.I.Ms I ever used.
But capacitive? To what? The ground plane? Isn't that a good thing?
And as far as it being one of the worst TIM's, it can be a pain to clean up (believe me, I know), but it's got the best thermal properties that I have personally measured. We are using it almost exclusively in the testing labs in my group. Sometimes when we are doing a quick test, we use some zinc oxide based stuff that cleans up a bit easier, but for serious testing, it's AS.