IC Diamond 7 Carat Thermal Compound Giveaway

[Parker]

Originally Posted by IC Diamond 7

The grease is in the mail for those that qualified, you should start receiving them next week.

Awesome!
Can't wait

But seriously, take it easy and get some rest. I broke my wrist about 5 years ago and it took me a while to recover, but if you take things slow, it'll heal faster.

[Jokerswild]

Originally Posted by Parker

Awesome!
Can't wait

But seriously, take it easy and get some rest. I broke my wrist about 5 years ago and it took me a while to recover, but if you take things slow, it'll heal faster.

I have a feeling I don't want to know what you were doing to break your wrist.

[Parker]

Originally Posted by Jokerswild

I have a feeling I don't want to know what you were doing to break your wrist.

Wwwweeeeellllll.......being the blonde that I am, I stacked up three long plastic bins that were roughly 3 ft in length and 1 1/2 ft in depth... I climbed up to the top of them, stood up and said "mommy mommy, look at this..." and I jumped off.... The top bin slipped out from under my feet as I jumped which turned my body horizontal, then into a dive in the air and my right hand hit the ground first with a snap and I screamed.... and cried.... and cried.... then went to the doctor.... got the cool blue cast.... and then 6 months later I was all good. (I was about 9 years old)
But trust me, I learned my lesson, "don't jump off stacked plastic bins"..... so now I've ventured onto climbing trees....

[azianai]

i just finally got my new board to post completely, but i was missing a screw on my ninja scythe (went ahead and installed it neway lol). Can't wait to get this and compare it to the AS5, gotta put that screw back neway =D lol

[Hitman]

When you guys get your compound please follow the instructions. They are diffrent from AS5 and other compounds.

Application:
IC Diamond is composed mostly of diamond powder, and as such is quite thick. Proper application is critical to optimum performance. Squeeze onto the center of the CPU an amount of IC Diamond compound about the size of a pea - the center of the CPU is where most heat is concentrated. Place the heatsink on the CPU and press it down to spread IC Diamond over the CPU's surface. Clamp the heatsink and power up the PC.

Innovation Cooling

[screwballl]

a PEA? that is quite a large amount... AS5 needs about the size of a grain of rice... also for those of us that may test it on a Socket A, how can we get a pea size dab when the core itself is not much larger than that...

another thing... some dual cores like the PentiumDs have 2 cores under a single IHS... some 65nm quad cores have 2 dual cores under the IHS.. and in these cases simply spreading from center is not going to be optimum. Guess when a lot of us receive this stuff we will hear all different testing methods to see what works best in the real world.

[theburan]

Personally, I think I'm going to try putting two smaller drops on the heatsink, in line with the cores, still pretty close to the center, but not right in the center. I guess we'll have to see what works best when people start trying it out (although spreading out before hand sounds like a bad idea, so far...)

[simple_inhibition]

are we supposed to put our mailing address in the email as well?

[Elysium]

Originally Posted by simple_inhibition

are we supposed to put our mailing address in the email as well?

I think so... I did anyway.

[IC Diamond 7]

Originally Posted by screwballl

a PEA? that is quite a large amount... AS5 needs about the size of a grain of rice... also for those of us that may test it on a Socket A, how can we get a pea size dab when the core itself is not much larger than that...

another thing... some dual cores like the PentiumDs have 2 cores under a single IHS... some 65nm quad cores have 2 dual cores under the IHS.. and in these cases simply spreading from center is not going to be optimum. Guess when a lot of us receive this stuff we will hear all different testing methods to see what works best in the real world.

We recommend a pea sized amount on center to increase the likelihood of optimum results for the average user. That amount with the proper pressure will spread to cover the entire area of contact between the sink and IHS 100% of the time.

There is a diminishing return of heat transfer the farther away that you get from the core in the IHS admittedly , but as all amounts are subject to a kind of artistic guesswork i.e a grain of rice is marginal with ICD7, it is highly bulk loaded for long term stability, very different than the "wet" style lightly loaded greases which are subject to Bake out or pump out in the short term.

I would use our method out of the gate, then when you know what the best possible result that be gotten you have a basis to fine tune with your own application methods. The magic Cross is the best application method I have seen to date but tends to use more paste in the long run.

I would also advise watching your mounting pressure, we have a chart on our site showing performance vs pressure. For example from 60psi to 45 psi thermal resistance doubles from an increase in Bond Line Thickness (BLT).

Tower designs sometimes have a tendency in the horizontal mount to have an increased gap at the top end of the IHS due to the weight. You may have to use shims or heavier springs to more securely mount the sink.

A squirt and squish with maybe a twist to spread it around is just about as easy as it gets and from our experience effective and foolproof.