recommended TIM

[mikesta]

can anyone recommend a good TIM for water cooling? i'm sure this has been discussed before, but i couldn't find it when i searched.

 

[cherryp00t]

as5

 

[Wicked Klown]

I second the vote for Arctic Silver 5.

 

[pelikan]

I just got some AS5. I like it. AS3 is easier to spread.

 

[Rokk1972]

you shouldn't spread AS5, read the directions

 

[E-Licious]

They say spread.

From arcticsilver.com:

8. Spread the Arctic Silver thermal compound over the CPU core as shown in the photo to the right.

 

[Rokk1972]

is that AS3 or AS5? I read that you apply AS5 just like you would AS Cremique

Well I'll be D!@#, When I first bought AS5 (the day it was released) my instructions said to install like cremique. And that is how I have deen doing it ever since. And when I do a remount, you can see it was getting very good coverage/contact.

 

[Edward2]

My understanding is that you are suppose to spread AS5 on CPU's with small dies like AMD XP, but you are suppose to just put a dot of AS5 on CPU's with large dies like Intel P4.

 

[pelikan]

My understanding is that you are suppose to spread AS5 on CPU's with small dies like AMD XP, but you are suppose to just put a dot of AS5 on CPU's with large dies like Intel P4.

Yep. That's what the AS directions say.