IC Diamond 24-Carat Thermal Compound

[dugdiamond]

any good?

i've just bought some for my snow white rig

has anyone else had experiences with it? if so, good or bad?

 

[marsey99]

Same as the 7 just more mate.

Great Tim for temps but a pita to apply and clean.

 

[dugdiamond]

cheers

i will only be doing it once, as the new 'Yang' rig will be used mostly as a render-slave and a server

pics should be done soon

 

[marsey99]

I found it was best to preheat the tube on a radiator before applying it.

Makes it easier to get out the tube and gets it spread out nice and even from the off, other wise you need a heat cycle or 2 to spread it out.

 

[BigIan88]

I agree with Marsey, its really really thick and difficult to swueeze out of the tube so heating it up a bit makes it a bit more maliable and easier to dispense however after its cured its really difficult to seperate your CPU from the heat sync as it pretty much glues itself into place. If your using a AMD CPU (non LGA) be careful when trying to remove it as you might end up bending a few CPU pins.

Temp wise I found it 2-3C cooler than the Artic 5(?) I was using before

 

[dugdiamond]

cheers guys - i had did a good search before buying the stuff. i just womdered if anyone else had used it.

2-3C is alot

i bought the largest tube they made - cos if it is as good as they say, i might redo all my rigs

 

[BigIan88]

will you be applying it to your GPU's too?

im interested to see the results of it on a GPU as im buying Gelid coolers for my 6870s at the end of this month and i`ll have to reapply the TIM

 

[dugdiamond]

i hadn't thought about doing the GPUs. but, i won't.

the 6990 is only a week old. the 5850 is a few months old. and the 6870 is arriving VERY soon (hint hint).

i don't want to ruin warranties just yet

 

[BigIan88]

both of mine are second hand so they dont have warrenty, im not fussed about it. if your interested in temp differences from the cooler and the TIM i dont mind doing a few benchies at the end of the month for ya as i was going to do them anyway

 

[dugdiamond]

i have just enough Arctic Silver 5 to do one sitting

i will do the comparison SOON

 

[AMDFTW]

i have just enough Arctic Silver 5 to do one sitting

i will do the comparison SOON

that would be good to see mate as ive been looking at the 24c stuff

 

[Pyr0]

this is gr8 stuff, gave me a couple degrees drop in load temps compared to mx3

i don't spread my TIM,

just apply a nice size blob in the middle of the cpu and allow pressure to spread, this will minimise any gaps/airbubbles

most companies advise the same method

http://innovationcooling.com/applicationinstructions.htm

 

[marsey99]

I got between 2c and 6c drop using this vs a few of the other top tims when I tested it.

Gpu wise I got a drop of about 10c load on the g92 8800 and about 12c load on the g80 8800 cores but I also found I was able to push the ram higher because it must of been transferring the heat better too.

With it being so thick it works well instead of pads

 

[BigIan88]

If you would like to see how much of a difference it makes (on average) in comparison to other popular thermal compounds, IC diamond ran a mass test at Aria sometime ago you can read it here