t3hscorchxp Posted June 14, 2010 Posted June 14, 2010 well i have 20 or so grams of artic silver 5, and when i recived my zalman performa, i also got 3.5grams of zm-stg2m both from what i read are great pastes (however cant find much in reviews for the zalman paste) dont know what one to use, im leaning to the zalman as i get its not as thick so it spreads easier and thiner im using an i7 920 and the performa, both have been lapped, so less paste the better Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carinae Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 Well I have a i7 930 using the Zalman compound and the results are good (3.44 GHz 35 C idle / 65 C max temperature (on one core) with 15 hours of Prime95) and it's warm here during the day (at night temperatures can drop to 30 idle, load (Prime95) 58-65 C) In games highest I've seen is 55 C on core #1 in GTA IV (for some reason core 1 and 3 are hot heads xD) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 I'd say AS5. It's always been true to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t3hscorchxp Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 do you know if the zalman is thinner, easier to spread? the artic isnt that easy to spread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fold247 Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 I find as5 will spread well using my finger..I just put the old 1/2 a pea size and spread it to cover the cpu then add heatsink it seams to work the best for me on my amd sytems ..On any Intel I don't spread it and works better than spreading it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
t3hscorchxp Posted June 17, 2010 Posted June 17, 2010 ill try spreading with a finger, i usually use a plastic card Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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