ICD 7 Results Thread

[theburan]

Originally Posted by onebxr

I'll be using a rectal thermometer.
-1

That would probably work better than coretemp for me too, lol... hmm. Someday, I'd like to use coretemp... someday... (mmm, sudden urge to start signing there.... sooooommedaayyy... over the rainbow..... ok, back to paying attention in class. )

[RangerXLT8]

Here are the results from my HD2900XT 512mb w\ stock cooler OCed to 800/900.

HD2900XT512
Stock ATI Silver Thermal Compound was dumped on the core, all over the resistors etc. I had to use soo much Arcticlean to get it off, and there is still some I did not get off.


The GPU and HSF all cleaned up:


And a nice blob of IC7D on the core

Stock ATI Silver Compound
Ambient = 24c
Idle = 56c
Load = 83c

IC7D
Ambient = 24c
Idle = 53c
Load = 78c

As you can see there are good drops in temps in both Idle and Load. Load was achieved by running 3dMark06 with lots of eye-candy. I love this stuff and will be using it instead of AS5. Still do have to keep a tube of Arctic Alumina Thermal adhesive on hand though..

Tomorrow I will be testing the IC7D on my dads E6550 and HD2600XT 512mb.
Again I wan to say it's very generous of IC7D to be handing out free tubes, I actually got two tubes in the mail(in two separate envelopes)so I am going to test it on my Dads E6550, the NB on the P35-DS3R and the HD2600XT 512mb..Stay tuned..

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by RangerXLT8

Here are the results from my HD2900XT 512mb w stock cooler OCed to 800/900.

HD2900XT512
Stock ATI Silver Thermal Compound was dumped on the core, all over the resistors etc. I had to use soo much Arcticlean to get it off, and there is still some I did not get off.


The GPU and HSF all cleaned up:


And a nice blob of IC7D on the core

Stock ATI Silver Compound
Ambient = 24c
Idle = 56c
Load = 83c

IC7D
Ambient = 24c
Idle = 53c
Load = 78c

As you can see there are good drops in temps in both Idle and Load. Load was achieved by running 3dMark06 with lots of eye-candy. I love this stuff and will be using it instead of AS5. Still do have to keep a tube of Arctic Alumina Thermal adhesive on hand though..

Tomorrow I will be testing the IC7D on my dads E6550 and HD2600XT 512mb.
Again I wan to say it's very generous of IC7D to be handing out free tubes, I actually got two tubes in the mail(in two separate envelopes)so I am going to test it on my Dads E6550, the NB on the P35-DS3R and the HD2600XT 512mb..Stay tuned..

Nice. :)
My 8800GT was full of TIM, but nowhere as much lol! That's simply crazy.

[RangerXLT8]

Ok so I tested IC7D on my system and now I tested my dads. His PC haw a E6550 using A stock Intel Xeon quad-core cooler, the quad coolers are bigger than the DC stock HSF. The TIM on the CPU is instels stock thermal paste. The grease on the HD2600XT is Arctic Silver Ceramique.

Test results were not as good as with my system but it may be due to error on my part, I did not thoroughly clean the old TIM off. The pics look good but there may be some residual TIM left on the cores. Anyway here are the results.

I will start with the GPU an HD2600XT 512mb, I put Arctic Silver Ceramique on the core.:

HD2600XT 512MB 840/740

Arctic Ceramique
Ambient 22c
Idle 48C
Load 65c


GPU all cleaned up:


Core all prepped with IC7D

IC7D
Ambient 22c
Idle 47c
Load 62c

[theburan]

So, I got ic7 on my cpu, but it was kindof a rush job... so far here are my numbers:

as5
idle/load: 30c/41c

ic7
idle/load: 32c/42c

I don't know if it's just because the ic7 hasnt broken in it, but I think it's more likely my cables are just really messy again from half tearing it apart to use parts while putting together a friends build, or just because it wasn't a good application. (could also be the use of push pins for my mounting system, might not be getting enough pressure, I guess).

I'll get pics once it breaks in and or I reseat the heatsink.


EDIT: I think it is breaking in already, I just closed orthos, let it sit for a minute, and fired it back up, and it only went up to 40/41 c... so it's looking good, i think.

EDIT #2: Well, it sat for a few hours, and I fired it up again, othos and all... getting idles of ~31c and a load of ~41c.... So something is funny to me, since under load it's doing just as good as as5, even though it's idling a little warmer than it had been... but I'll take a smaller delta T anyday, lol. Time for some more breaking in, and then hopefully some pictures!

EDIT #3: Hmm, still idling at 32 and going under load at 42... but my northbridge temp seems to be a bit higher too, so I dunno what's goin on... when I install my new gpu cooler I'll try and sort out the cables, make sure the airflow didnt get messed up or something.

well, crap, You know my temps are higher? My 200mm fan isnt even spinning. Grrrr.

Hmmm, I looked, and both my top 200mm fan and my back 120mm fan weren't plugged in, silly me, so in that light, the comparable temps between as5 and ic7 look really well towards ic7... but now that I plugged in my fans, Im' still getting an even 42c under load... but my ambient looks like it's a degree higher too... so yeah.
Before: (ambient 25c, idle ~30c, load ~41c)

After: (ambient 26c, idle ~31c c, load ~42c)


Overall, I just don't know about this, as to whether it's better than as5 or not. So far, it seems to be almost identical.... but given that it should last alot longer than as5, it's getting my thumbs up. I'll update again once I install my new gpu cooler, and also once I get my friend to download speedfan or something (since I used some ic7 on his new build).

[Quakindude]

Looks like there's enough pictures to clearly illustrate the process, so I'll forgo those here. I used a pea-sized amount as indicated on IC's website right in the middle of the CPU. I used Arctic Silvers 2-part cleaning compound in between solutions.

Spec's:
Q6600 @ 2.86GHz, 1.34V
ThermalTake Tribe VX external water-cooling

In various discussions over vertical cooling apparatuses mounting techniques, and how the pressure of the mounting can impact performance, I thought this would be of interest to the thread. This Tribe VX uses an "H" mounting bar over the water block which places equal pressure on all four corners of the block. Assuming you tighten the thumb nuts equally of course. If anyone is interested in seeing the actual water block mount, just give the word and I'll post a picture.

Yes, the Tribe VX cooler is a very basic device geared towards the plug and play crowd. It isn't intended for the water cooling hard core types and the only reason I use it is for the wow/bling factor. Not only that, for what it is, it cools pretty good. The Tribe VX isn't sold in the United States though. This was given to me by someone who won it in a HardwareLogic raffle.

I used CoreTemp v096.1 to monitor temps and Prime95 v25.5 to load the CPU. Idle temps taken after one hour. Prime was run for at least two hours before recording the temps. Temps are the average of the four cores.

Arctic Silver 5:
Room - 21°C
Idle - 36°C
Loaded - 48°C

Arctic Cooling MX-2:
Room - 21°C
Idle - 35°C
Load - 47.5°C

IC7:
Room - 22°C
Idle - 35°C
Load - 46°C

Once you factor in the one degree C higher room temp for the test between MX-2 and IC7, you'll see that IC7 dropped temps by 2.5°C over the MX-2 paste. I'm impressed and happy with the results. Thank you very much for your sample and I'll be using the IC7 product in the future.

Interestingly enough, running the Folding@Home SMP client is raising my CPU temps by a little over 2°C than what Prime did.

[RA1D]

Test Bench:
QX6700 @ 2.66 (stock) and 3.50 (overclocked)
ASUS Striker II Formula
Watercooled

Readings taken from Everest Ultimate
Load conducted with Everest System Stability Test

=============

AC MX-2 Temps

2.66GHz 1.17V
Idle - 42
Load - 51

3.50GHz 1.34V
Idle - 47
Load - 60

=============

IC Diamond 7 Temps

2.66GHz 1.17V
Idle - 40
Load - 50

3.50GHz 1.34V
Idle - 46
Load - 58

=============

The IC Diamond 7 Carat Thermal Compound provided better results by 1 or 2 degrees across the board FTW. Good stuff, I'm a believer!

[IC Diamond 7]

Originally Posted by theburan

So, I got ic7 on my cpu, but it was kindof a rush job... so far here are my numbers:

as5
idle/load: 30c/41c

ic7
idle/load: 32c/42c

I don't know if it's just because the ic7 hasnt broken in it, but I think it's more likely my cables are just really messy again from half tearing it apart to use parts while putting together a friends build, or just because it wasn't a good application. (could also be the use of push pins for my mounting system, might not be getting enough pressure, I guess).

I'll get pics once it breaks in and or I reseat the heatsink.


EDIT: I think it is breaking in already, I just closed orthos, let it sit for a minute, and fired it back up, and it only went up to 40/41 c... so it's looking good, i think.

EDIT #2: Well, it sat for a few hours, and I fired it up again, othos and all... getting idles of ~31c and a load of ~41c.... So something is funny to me, since under load it's doing just as good as as5, even though it's idling a little warmer than it had been... but I'll take a smaller delta T anyday, lol. Time for some more breaking in, and then hopefully some pictures!

EDIT #3: Hmm, still idling at 32 and going under load at 42... but my northbridge temp seems to be a bit higher too, so I dunno what's goin on... when I install my new gpu cooler I'll try and sort out the cables, make sure the airflow didnt get messed up or something.

Push Pins may be the problem, One of the reviewers I have been talking to only got good results after replacing the pins with a heavier spring mounting hardware.

[polobunny]

Opteron 165 @ 2.7Ghz on Thermaltake Big Typhoon lapped.
Temperature monitored using Core Temp. Core temperature sensor is 4 to 5 degrees under real temp. Taking highest core temperature.
Load testing using Orthos small FFT.
Thermal paste cleaned using ArctiClean.

Room temp: 23C

AS5, applied in January 2008.
Idle: 22-23C (real ~27-28C)
Load: 49C (real ~54C)

ICD7, applied less than 5 minutes ago.
Idle: 18-19 (real ~23-24C)
Load: 46C (real ~51C)

I got a new favorite TIM. :)

[IC Diamond 7]

Originally Posted by polobunny

Opteron 165 @ 2.7Ghz on Thermaltake Big Typhoon lapped.
Temperature monitored using Core Temp. Core temperature sensor is 4 to 5 degrees under real temp. Taking highest core temperature.
Load testing using Orthos small FFT.
Thermal paste cleaned using ArctiClean.

Room temp: 23C

AS5, applied in January 2008.
Idle: 22-23C (real ~27-28C)
Load: 49C (real ~54C)

ICD7, applied less than 5 minutes ago.
Idle: 18-19 (real ~23-24C)
Load: 46C (real ~51C)

I got a new favorite TIM. :)

It depends on pressure, but I would wait about 2 hours to let temps settle in. before taking readings.

Usually I see about a 1 C drop in 2 hours then another .5 C overnight (12/24 hrs.)