IC-Diamond 24 Carat

[Dicehunter]

Why are you comparing IDLE temps? And AS5 has a break-in period of about 200 hours, so you would probably see a drop of a few more degrees.

In the past on another rig I had AS5 on for more than 200 hours and I never saw this imaginary break in point.

I did also do load temps but forgot to screenshot the AS5 result which turned out to be maybe 4'c higher than ICD, Nothing major but a nice result.

 

[barnsley]

IMO AS5 isn't all that good. I get better temps with the stock coolermaster stuff that came with my seidon . 4 degrees (43 full load vs 47 with AS5 after an hour of burn in with the AMD burn test thingy ) after two weeks of heavy usage isn't acceptable when you actually buy the stuff. I use the pea method so I imagine that is partly to blame. Saying that, my trusty ol' Antec Diamond stuff worked fine in that way.

 

[SuB]

I believe AS5 was always designed for the pre-spread-thin method, then the 'set in' period filled in any gaps while it bedded in properly. It's not been designed like such as NT-H1 to spread under pressure in the same way, it's quite old now, so to be fair, better stuff exists now and that's to be expected.

 

[Dicehunter]

IMO AS5 isn't all that good. I get better temps with the stock coolermaster stuff that came with my seidon . 4 degrees (43 full load vs 47 with AS5 after an hour of burn in with the AMD burn test thingy ) after two weeks of heavy usage isn't acceptable when you actually buy the stuff. I use the pea method so I imagine that is partly to blame. Saying that, my trusty ol' Antec Diamond stuff worked fine in that way.

43'c full load ???? That's impressive.

I believe AS5 was always designed for the pre-spread-thin method, then the 'set in' period filled in any gaps while it bedded in properly. It's not been designed like such as NT-H1 to spread under pressure in the same way, it's quite old now, so to be fair, better stuff exists now and that's to be expected.

True and well said.

 

[barnsley]

43'c full load ???? That's impressive.

My case has excellent airflow and I spent a long time lowering the voltage on it.It also barely has an OC on it. Got to remember though, the chip is AMD, the sensor isn't that accurate. I'd say it'd be closer to 53/60 as the temperature sensor is a bit odd sometimes. I'm sure if I left it on for a few more hours at a lower fan speed it'd be a bit more toasty . The joys of a fan controller.

 

[Fringie]

Now I feel like I should buy this paste even though I just bought artic silver 5 .. ><. 4c is a fair bit of a difference.

 

[vorticalbox]

Now I feel like I should buy this paste even though I just bought artic silver 5 .. ><. 4c is a fair bit of a difference.

difference isn't that much tbh at higher temps maybe lowering from
84 ~ 80 is much better than 24 - 20.

 

[Kushiro]

Just out of curiosity, whats peoples opinion on the Arctic cooling MX-4?

 

[Wraith]

Not used IC-Diamond before, I use pre heated Micro-SI applied with a credit card.