N14 thermal paste

[Silver]

hey everyone i was wondering if it's worth it to remove the stock thermal paste on the N14 and put a new arctic silver 5.

same about the chipset and GPU.

 

[sheroo]

The stock thermal paste is supposed to be very good. I don't think that I'd bother unless you're not happy with your temps. I used AS5, but then I use it for everything and I had some spare.

 

[Silver]

bu the way, how long does it take the paste to burn in and is there a "best" way to do it

 

[sheroo]

bu the way, how long does it take the paste to burn in and is there a "best" way to do it

Here's a link to the AS5 installation page.

http://www.arcticsilver.com/methods.html

It does take a few cycles for AS5 to reach its optimum.

 

[ciksas]

The past is actually very good, you can't hope to get some big improvements.

 

[SieB]

The NT-H1 paste is pretty good to be fair I have used AS5 and Tuniq TX-3 in the past and the NT-H1 is just as good as those if not better by about 1-2c. It takes about a day to cure and there isn't really anything you can do to speed it up, the longer it takes to cure the better really.

I have my CPU running 100% load 24/7 with my D14 using the NH-T1 paste and my temps are around 55c and on a really hot day 57-59c and that's with both fans in silent mode.

 

[Silver]

in the first days, should i overclock my pc or just or just leave it at stock until all the paste cures?

also i read that i can stress the cpu(like play a game) and then just turn off the pc to let the paste cure in room temp.

 

[SieB]

Overclock if you want it won't prevent it from curing it will do it's thing over time. When the CPU gets hot and then cools down a bit it will cure after so many time of doing it.

It took about a day for me, temps went from around 58c on laod to around 55c once it had cured.