why bother buying / using as5 these days

[sobe]

Isn't she beautiful?

Take away that nasty silver goo and yesh it is xD

 

[GTXJackBauer]

Isn't she beautiful?

 

[MongGrel]

He he he.



Wait a minute that looks like my wife !

Seriously whats she doing in here.

Go get beer, dear.

 

[Silver_Pharaoh]

Isn't she beautiful?

TO THE SCRAPYARD!!!

Mmmmmm pure copper
KA-CHING!

 

[MongGrel]

My TRUE120 copper on my HTPC is offended sir

 

[Blaylock]

It wasn't my intention to thread jack with copper...but since we're here...

 

[Silver_Pharaoh]

My TRUE120 copper on my HTPC is offended sir

It wasn't my intention to thread jack with copper...but since we're here...

Offended or not, it's worth $$
lol, copper is my favourite metal, so that's why I love it so much
A shame my stock i5 cooler is aluminum

Anyways, that's enough off-topic
Thid would be upset

 

[JeremyCT]

Anyways, that's enough off-topic
Thid would be upset

Do you suppose anybody makes a TIM with copper content?

 

[Silver_Pharaoh]

Do you suppose anybody makes a TIM with copper content?

I'd buy them out

But TBH, I'm not sure. I'd say it would be a good TIM given copper's heat conductivity.

 

[Blaylock]

I'd buy them out

But TBH, I'm not sure. I'd say it would be a good TIM given copper's heat conductivity.

It might be a good Tim, but people would cry that it's conductive and could kill your CPU all because some moronic boob was told to cram it into his socket before installing the chip.

 

[Silver_Pharaoh]

It might be a good Tim, but people would cry that it's conductive and could kill your CPU all because some moronic boob was told to cram it into his socket before installing the chip.

Your right, there is always that "one guy"

 

[King107s]

The reason they don't use copper is because it oxidizes quickly which causes a reduction in its ability to conduct heat.

 

[Silver_Pharaoh]

The reason they don't use copper is because it oxidizes quickly which causes a reduction in its ability to conduct heat.

Good point!

I forgot how it turns green after a while

 

[mimart7]

Nice lapping. I did that my old Zalman, quite a few years ago.

 

[Blaylock]

Nice lapping. I did that my old Zalman, quite a few years ago.

Nope. That's a factory finish after a little rubbing alcohol and elbow grease.

 

[wagex]

Do you suppose anybody makes a TIM with copper content?

I'd buy them out

But TBH, I'm not sure. I'd say it would be a good TIM given copper's heat conductivity.

silver has a higher heat conductivity than copper

 

[ATMINSIDE]

silver has a higher heat conductivity than copper

By ~5%. Not worth the increase in cost for blocks/rads/etc.

 

[wagex]

but they were talking about TIM and arctic silver has silver particles in it lol

 

[ATMINSIDE]

but they were talking about TIM and arctic silver has silver particles in it lol

Yeah, just pointing out that it is better, but not enough better for anything that uses a real amount of metal. (TIM only uses a powder, so amounts are miniscule)

 

[wagex]

but they were saying they would buy up all the tim if it had copper in it, i was pointing out that copper is less conductive than silver, and silver is already in arctic silver. thats probably why no tims bother to use copper. not to mention with the newer tims using silicon bases that are more heat conductive than either, and cheaper to produce.