So I was running out of this 2-3 year old AS2 tube and decided to pick up some ceramique I saw at fry's. I was weary about my purchase since the tube was small and pricey compared to my old as2. I just took off my waterblock (which is real annoying ) and applied this thick taffy-like ceramique . Lo and behold my load temps are 7c lower (same ambient temps~). Pretty amazed and satisfied with my purchase. Although, while cleaning off my AS2 I noticed that bits of as2 hardened onto the core of my chip and became like silver flakes which took a bit of effort to "pick" off. So maybe it wasn't only the ceramique that attributed to such a big temp drop