[redsniper]

Arctic Silver seems to be pretty good, but some of these other kinds are non-conductive. What should I get?

[Knight Templar]

Colgate: 2-in-1 Whitener and Fresh Blast

[redsniper]

meh, I already ordered the Arctic Silver. I use Crest Multicare and it gives me nice teeth. See:

[spaceman spiff]

yeah! crest multicare all the way!

[Ashrak]

erm nonconductive ... id have to say MX-1 that what im gonna use with my artic freezer tomorrow

its sorta like cenment you put a large sploch in them iddle of the ship put the cooler on and then move it arround a bit

[Clave]

Whatever you use, remember not to apply too much:

http://www.neoseeker.com/Hardware/faqs/kb/5,62.html

[Bobboau]

I use pepsident it's anti-bacterial propertes are vastly superior to all other bands

[Nuke]

most stock hreatsinks come with the past pre- applied. both intel an amd retail boxed chips come with it pre applied to the cooling unit. i have used the goo before on servers but for a non-overclocked pc the stok fan works best.

id like to see a chip die with a bilt in liquid or gas cooling system. instead of straping on a heatsink with excessive force, you attach a couple tubes from the die to a refridgerator-esc device. ive seen liquid coolers but they still had to make the pass from chip to cooler. by machining the conduits directly through the chip casing it would really increase thermal transfer. you could run freon or some other gas coolant directly through the chip. perhaps liquid metal or liquid coolants could be used, though id ferfer a non electrically cunductable medium.

[phatosealpha]

Arctic silver 5 is technically very slightly capacitive, which means it's very very slightly conductive.  That said, I've been using it on my A64 and it's cause no trouble whatsoever.  Not recommended for things like RAM though.

If conductivity is a worry for you any way, go with arctic silver ceramique, as it's not even slightly conductive.  Pretty good stuff too.


Intel's stock thermal interface material is actually quite good.  AMDs I'm not sure sure about.  Either way, the real problem is that those pads are only good for 1 use.  If you have to remove the heatsink for any reason, they're no good anymore and need to be replaced.



Chips with internal liquid cooling would likely cost a fortune, taking up valuable die space You'd almost certainly find it more cost effective to just fill your case with mineral oil.

[Clave]

Of course if the chip and heatsink were perfectly flat, then all the gunk could be dispensed with.  There is no better conduction than direct contact....

[Nuke]

why not make the die casing and heatsink from the same piece of metal?