ekovalsky
03-22-03, 11:26 PM
I decided to try the Shin Etsu G-751 since some have had great results with it. I had been using Artic Silver 3. Since I live in the Phoenix, AZ area and summer is coming, I figured a few degrees difference may mean 100 mhz extra on my overclocked AMD system.
On Day 1 the Shin Etsu was 1-2 degrees warmer than AS3 as reported by MBM5 from the socket thermister. Temps dropped about 1-2 degrees for both over the next 2 days, and the AS3 remained better.
I measured temps as a differential between the reported system temperature and the CPU temperature, which should essentially eliminate small ambient temperature fluctuations.
So, don't bother trying to find the Shin Etsu G-751. One area where it might do better is on northbridge coolers and video coolers where there may not be as good contact between the processor and the heatsink -- the G-751 is thick like putty so it may fill in bigger gaps more efficiently. The AS3 is much thinner and much easier to spread, particularly for thin layers.
On Day 1 the Shin Etsu was 1-2 degrees warmer than AS3 as reported by MBM5 from the socket thermister. Temps dropped about 1-2 degrees for both over the next 2 days, and the AS3 remained better.
I measured temps as a differential between the reported system temperature and the CPU temperature, which should essentially eliminate small ambient temperature fluctuations.
So, don't bother trying to find the Shin Etsu G-751. One area where it might do better is on northbridge coolers and video coolers where there may not be as good contact between the processor and the heatsink -- the G-751 is thick like putty so it may fill in bigger gaps more efficiently. The AS3 is much thinner and much easier to spread, particularly for thin layers.