thermal compound choice

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Hi, Just bought a Noctura NH-C12P CPU cooler and some Artic silver 5
thermal compound. I just saw that the NH-C12P comes with a NT-H1
(supposed to be high-end) compound. I was wondering if I should use
the Artic silver 5 compound, because it's the most used and
recommended compound. Is the NT-H1 compound any good? better than
Artic silver 5?

Thanks in advance.
 
Hi, Just bought a Noctura NH-C12P CPU cooler and some Artic silver 5
thermal compound. I just saw that the NH-C12P comes with a NT-H1
(supposed to be high-end) compound. I was wondering if I should use
the Artic silver 5 compound, because it's the most used and
recommended compound. Is the NT-H1 compound any good? better than
Artic silver 5?

Thanks in advance.
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You can use the provided material, for your first application. If
the heatsink is removed, and the material is scratched up or
fits unevenly, then change to the Arctic Silver.

The kinds of materials that are not recommended, are the ones
where the carrier material (the "grease") can easily flow
out of the gap. Something like a white zinc paste, is an example of
a material I couldn't leave on an installation. Many of the
other materials provided, are plenty good enough. And since
they need replacing after a couple tries at installation
anyway, you'll be using your tube of AS5 before you know it.
(I've had my heatsink off three times, since my build, so
any original material is long gone.)

Paul
 
Hi, Just bought a Noctura NH-C12P CPU cooler and some Artic silver 5
thermal compound. I just saw that the NH-C12P comes with a NT-H1
(supposed to be high-end) compound. I was wondering if I should use
the Artic silver 5 compound, because it's the most used and
recommended compound. Is the NT-H1 compound any good? better than
Artic silver 5?

Thanks in advance.
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Works great. Use a length extending out of a regular snap-off razor
setup, a box opener, except with a thiner width of blade, maybe
between 3/8" and 1/2". More along a "precision" or shirt-pocket type
box cutter, in other words, with enough blade stuck out, aways, to
work the whole processor. A super-thin application being the
objective from laying the blade almost flat, layering up a finish to
what's effectively no more than it takes to hide the surface of the
CPU from sight. That's not much of a theoretical opaqueness, probably
beyond mere moral hand-to-eye cordination. There's differences
between different goops -- the obvious being silicon and lesser tape-
type stock adhesives (take it off without scratching the surface and
clean thoroughly with alcohol). Beyond which, there's not enough to
justify, at least for me, prices among the latest roundabout of
miracle goop, when they're all sufficient to do the job. Arctic I'd
include in "all" for a mainstream among better names among goops,
maybe last year's promotion rave, for a bargain -- $1.99 a tube.
That's what I paid for the tubes of Arctic I have -- guess it would
back to Arctic's "generation" 2 or 3 (6, wow...). Most important
factor, aside from they all effectively work alike at a minimum
proficiency, is they're keep in a plastic bag, forgotten over time,
should the oil separate out (should be fine if retained to remix), or
seep into a nasty stain over a cabinet's woodwork.
 
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