thermal compound/grease/paste recommendations

[polobunny]

What about a run without themal paste and an almost perfectly flat heatsink base (mirror shine too maybe?) to see what difference it does? I've always been curious about that.

[Capper]

Ok, here is a partial list that I'll update later this week, I'm still waiting on a few entries:

Antec Formula 5
Arctic Silver Ceramique
Arctic Silver 5
Arctic Silver Luminere
Arctic Cooling MX-2
Connectland SilverCool
Cooler Master High Performance
Cooler Master Generic
Kingwin WhiteFreeze
Masscool Fanner 420
Masscool Fanner 700
G751
OCZ FreeZe
Rosewill RCX-TC050
Thermalright Generic
Tuniq TX-2
Xigmatek PTI-G3801
Zalman ZM-STG1

[polobunny]

Any "basic" silicon based TIM except the Cooler Master one in the list?
Edit: Ah didn't see the Thermalright one on first look. :)

[Stormcrow]

I'd like to see how this stacks with the silver based compounds:
Innovation Cooling
Found here
Petra's Tech Shop

[Elysium]

Damn, that is quite the list there Rich! I look forward to the article.

You might want to add these to:
Petra's Tech Shop
Petra's Tech Shop

[Capper]

The G751 is already on the list, and I'm waiting to hear back on the diamond paste

[polobunny]

That's going to be a very interesting review for sure. What coolers do you plan on testing? I guess you won't test them with a dozen of coolers, that would take so long!!

[Capper]

My thoughts, and I'm open to suggestions......

Stock Intel Cooler
water Cooling
Phase Change Cooling (If I can fashion a mounting kit, I'm broke and they cost $100)

[Elysium]

What water cooling parts/components exactly?

I'd look at the coolers that make it easiest to make a good, consistent mount each time.

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by Capper

My thoughts, and I'm open to suggestions......

Stock Intel Cooler
water Cooling
Phase Change Cooling (If I can fashion a mounting kit, I'm broke and they cost $100)

Sounds nice, though I would maybe include a bit more high-end air cooler in the testing.
The phase change cooling is interesting (it's fun to try too!) but I doubt it's necessary. Though at the price those things are, I know how tempting it is to use it for EVERY benchmark, whether or not it's needed. :P
Since it's quite a lot of repetitive and not very interesting testing, maybe ditch the phase for the higher-end air cooler.