If you test the Liquid Metal TIMs, test those last they are a pain to get off.
Believe it or not after all the testing I did, I returned to using Old Faithful, "Artic Silver 5".
Because of it's long curing time, it did not perform as well as the TIMs that require zero cure in time, but actually tested within 1c to 2c of the best of the best.
However once the Artic Silver 5 was fully cured, it's cooling performance improved as much as 3c ~ 5c actually beating the best of the best that required zero cure in time.
Since TIM is not something I change daily it just made more sense to use the AS5 as it is a fantastic product, and one of the only TIMs that actually contain Silver, (Ag).
Silver is one of the highest conductive elements when it comes to thermal conductivity.
http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/periodic/thermal.html
AS5 is okay about on par pretty close to NT-H1, still think I got the best with MX-4, IC diamond 7 this tube is absolutely awful and about same as Antec Formula like no joke 5-10c hotter....about all I've used.
Just to share this information with you I had an interesting experience with the owner of Innovation Cooling regarding their submitting a test sample of IC Diamond.
He refused to submit a test sample unless I agreed to guarantee testing his product using 50lbs of clamping pressure, he told me he would supply test pressure paper that I would use, and then send back to him to be laboratory tested to see if I was using enough clamping pressure. This was already becoming an inconvenience as submitting to his demands was going to extend the testing time waiting on the pressure verification. After much consideration I decided I would agree to his terms to assure a 50lb clamping pressure on one condition.
That condition was that if his product was required to be tested at 50lbs of clamping pressure, I was also going to test the other submitted samples at the same 50lbs of pressure. He argued the other TIMs did not need 50lbs of pressure and that much pressure would thin them to literally a micro layer, I responded, "That's exactly right!, but it is only fair to the other products to test everything exactly the same.".
He refused to submit a testing sample and even though I already had a tube of IC Diamond 24, he would not give me permission to include it in the Thermal Roundup.
http://www.innovationcooling.com/application.html