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Recently Alphacool announced its Apex thermal grease with a rated thermal conductivity of 17 W/mk. This is considerably higher than the average, and anything rated above 8.5 W/mk is generally considered high performance. Alphacool accomplishes this by utilizing “nano-particles” with lower thermal impedance. The Apex Thermal Grease will be available at Alphacool’s website for $15.62 and come in a four-gram syringe. Below is Alphacool’s press release, along with additional specifications.
Alphacool Apex 17 W/mk Thermal Grease
Alphacool introduces the new Apex thermal paste. With a thermal conductivity of 17 W/mk, it enters the circle of the most powerful thermal pastes on the market.
Alphacool Apex
The main objective during development was, of course, to increase the thermal conductivity. However, points such as viscosity and durability should not be ignored. Alphacool was able to optimize the viscosity so that the Apex thermal paste is particularly suitable for high contact pressures and is still easy to process. The main ingredient of Apex Thermal Grease is a nano-powder with a very low thermal impedance. This makes it possible for electronic components to be cooled efficiently, thus extending their durability and improving their reliability.
The thermal paste is delivered in a 4g applicator with a screwable cap. The supplied amount is sufficient for several applications and can be stored in the applicator to protect it from drying out. The Apex 17 W/mk Thermal Grease will be available in the Alphacool online store (item number 1022240) from 06/16/2022.
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Alphacool announced the new Eiswolf 2 GPU AIO for AMD’s RX 6900/6800/6800XT and Nvidia’s RTX 3090/3080 reference design GPU’s. These new AIOs sport a massive 360 mm radiator and a trio of Alphacool’s Aurora Rise 120mm fans. The AIOs use a nickel-plated copper cold plate, copper radiator, and DC-LT 2 pumps. While sold as a complete AIO kit, they are also customizable allowing for expansion with other water cooling products. Both models are currently available through the Alphacool store and the price for either model is set at $297. Here is Alphacool’s press release.
Alphacool has announced the release of its latest GPU All-In-One cooler, the Eiswolf 2 GPU AIO. The Eiswolf 2 features a full cover waterblock, quick disconnects for expandability, an all copper radiator, and more. Alphacool plans on releasing it for sale on July 30th, 2020.
Alphacool has announced yet another RTX 30 series GPU water block. The Eisblock Aurora Plexi GPX-N 3080 Founders Edition adds to the already impressive Eisblock line-up. This latest water block will feature the same upgrades as the previously released versions including the special 1 mm thick ultra-soft thermal pads, full-cover nickel-plated copper block, and included backplate. The Alphacool Eisblock Aurora Plexi GPX-N 3080 Founders Edition water block provides RGB LED lighting and water cooling options that were previously unavailable to FE consumers. Please read the press release notes from Alphacool below.
I haven't seen any significant difference between ~8W/mK and anything 11-14W/mK, so I'm not sure if it's even worth the order (1-2°C or something near, when results were about 90°C average). Liquid metal wasn't so much better to be worth all the problems with cleaning and possible reactions with various surfaces.
As long as it's interesting product then I simply don't expect it will magically reduce CPU/GPU temps. I bet that other brands will follow soon. Eventually it will replace worse solutions.
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