Overheating

[PP Mguire]

TX-2 is really good stuff, I still like my AS5, but every member here would bash me for even saying that. 0.0

Nope. I've been using AS5 since I bought 1 small tube and a large tube years ago. There is only a couple C difference between most all major brand TIMs.

 

[carnageX]

Nope. I've been using AS5 since I bought 1 small tube and a large tube years ago. There is only a couple C difference between most all major brand TIMs.

AS5 is more expensive though (at least last time I looked). Still using the TIM that I've gotten with coolers from a couple years ago though, so haven't had to pay for any in a while.

 

[PP Mguire]

Small tube of AS5 is only a dollar more. MX-2 is the same price for a small tube, or for a dollar more than that a large tube of MX-4 can be had which from what I hear is a good 2-5c better than AS5.

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

Sometimes you can find AS5 on sale or dirt cheap when someone is selling off a case of it.

 

[Joe C]

I use the MX-4 because it's not supposed to dry out like the AS-5 does

 

[PP Mguire]

I've never had AS5 dry out on me even on boards that I've kept in storage for months at a time. I've had stock paste literally crumble off when I took a heatsink off before though on both CPU and GPUs.

 

[Joe C]

I had AS-5 in a board that was several years old, it was dried out and like hard cake

 

[PP Mguire]

What kind of cooler was on top of it? Proper pressure and proper surface bow should keep it fairly sealed where the only hard bits should be a fine line on the edge.

 

[Joe C]

An AMD cooler, came with the chip. It was a while back ago, a 2500 socket a barton cpu.

Was not o/c'd ....all stock parts

 

[PP Mguire]

Yea those are cooler on die so there isn't much of a seal. My 98 box dries up all the time because of that.