SpikeSoprano Posted January 1, 2013 Posted January 1, 2013 Any Artic Silve paste is good and not too expensive, just try to stay away from the generic no name brands, I find they are too liquidy to spread well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted January 1, 2013 Posted January 1, 2013 actually I was wondering, is one kind of thermal paste better than another? I was looking on newegg and there are just so many different options at so many different prices, I'm temptedto go with the cheapest as is my nature, but if it's not gonna transfer heat as well then I don't want it. There are many. Some good options are: Arctic Silver MX2, MX4; Noctua NT 2-H1, and many more.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renigade Posted January 1, 2013 Posted January 1, 2013 (edited) I guess its a matter of breaking down the performance of them. Best thing to do is look for multiple reviews on the brands your looking at buying, and educate your self. I use Arctic Silver 5 but only because I had to buy some paste in a pinch and all the local store had was the big tube and I got way over charged as in i paid $30 for Arctic Silver 5 Big aZZ tube so will be using it for a While LOL If you are going to be swapping out fans and experimenting I suggest you atleast entertain the thought of getting a big azz tube $21 at NewEgg and YouTube how to apply thermal paste to a CPU Edited January 1, 2013 by Renigade Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boinker Posted January 1, 2013 Posted January 1, 2013 the thermal paste is a personal preference. either conductive or none conductive. arctic mx-4.arctic silver. noctua Nth1 . they all work very well. And judging by what you said on the cooler. is it a zalman cnps9500 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryT Posted January 3, 2013 Posted January 3, 2013 not quite, I'm gonna go take a picture, as well as loot the fan from this power supply and install it in the back of the case Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryT Posted January 3, 2013 Posted January 3, 2013 (edited) my bad, the cooler does have numbers on it, it says ultra sd -9025hs on the fan but that brings up many different things on google images so I'm guessing that's the fan model alone, this is what it looks like, and a picture of it running, the blue fan came out of a "Eagle Voltas" power supply. tiger direct apparently calls it a ultra x-wind, which I'm sure would be written on the bottom if I scraped off the thermal paste http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2443597 Edited January 3, 2013 by GaryT 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETTERSTOTHEDEV Posted January 11, 2013 Posted January 11, 2013 Welcome! I love looting good parts Thought I would pass on a tip for a fellow scavenger If you can find used DVR's like tivo or direct-TV the come with standard pc hard drives. If your lucky you could find a few and setup a raid Also on low end systems I've had pretty good luck moving the swap file to a separate drive on a separate channel for extra bandwidth. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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