how many days?

[nokiaXP]

after we apply the thermal paste,in how many days the thermal paste got effect?

[BoB NaPaLm]

i believe it should work straight away....if you have as3 then it may take 2/3 days for it to settle in properly and thats when you shall get best cooling...apparently.

[rustymaitland]

this is right from the arctic silver site.

"Due to the unique shape and sizes of the silver particles in Arctic Silver 3, it will take a minimum of 72 hours, and as many as 200 hours to achieve maximum particle to particle thermal conduction and for the heatsink to CPU interface to reach maximum conductivity. (This period will be longer in a system without a fan on the heatsink.) The CPU's temperature will drop as much as 2C to 5C over this "break-in" period."

[rb26dett]

for maximum performance I think it says 20 to 200 hours ...

[maxima88]

Originally posted by rb26dett
for maximum performance I think it says 20 to 200 hours ...

It's well worth the wait.:)