Arctic Silver Alumina AATA-5G Thermal Adhesive

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Quite sturdy bond, under no circumstances have to be concerned about ram sinks falling off. but be prepared to void warranty. i essentially like the smell of epoxy mm lol. None PPL THIS IS NOT THERMAL COMPOUND FOR A PROCESSOR, THIS IS THERMAL EPOXY AND FOR PERM INSTALLATION! RAM SINKS. SOUTH BRIDGES. MOSFETS. ECT.! PPL Buy IT FOR CPU'S AND THEN GIVE THE Solution A Poor RATING. NOT FOR CPU'S.! NEWEGG Should RENAME THERE HEADING. BUT IF THERE ARE 2 TUBES MOST Probably IS THERMAL EPOXY NOT THERMAL PASTE!

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Quite straightforward to apply, great adhesive strength and heat conduction. None I as soon as utilised this to mount a 70x70x40mm heatsink w/ fan straight to the GPU die (extremely smaller) of a Radeon 9500 Pro card. That point is nevertheless holding to this day.I really like this stuff for mounting custom heatsinks to RAM, GPU's, Northbridge, southbridge, something that desires additional cooling over stock. I'm not certain I'd use it for anything pricey (CPU possibly?) as the bond is permanent.

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This stuff is good--- Permits you to customize heat options by adhering your heatsink to any given application. Requires a couple of mins or so to set--- Apply it, place element, squeeze it and let it be.. A couple years ago I used this stuff to mount an 80x80x40mm heatsink & fan to a Radeon 9500 Pro die. Yes, just the die, no screws. The die was probably 5x5mm. Those who've seen processor dies just before heatspreaders came about, know what I'm speaking about. This stuff actually performs.

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It holds really nicely. Utilized it to place heatsinks on 2 video cards. Doesnt take substantially, just place a small in the center of the chip, then move the heatsink in a circle on the chip to make confident it's even. This stuff holds also! You require to be swift on applying it sets pretty rapid. Didnt put itself on.

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Great adhesive... seems to do the job. Combined with my new VGA cooler, dropped my temps bt 10C Idle, 25+C load (though its challenging to inform how considerably the compound actually does). None (smells negative :p) I employed this to stick on those pesky heatsinks that come with the Accelero S1, did the job good.

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Once applied, it is in no way coming off. The heat transfer capabilities are fantastic, and it sticks. It is an electrical insulator which is necessary thinking of how this item will be applied. Not significantly else to say. I've never had a undesirable solution from arctic silver. none

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I used this to glue 1 heatsink ( Zalman ZM-NB47J) to yet another (Asus A8N-SLI premium mobo's northbridge chipset). It worked really effectively each as an adhesive and as an thermal conductor. Smelled really poor when I mixed it up.

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Great thermal conductanceOperates just like any other two element epoxyQuite strong Possibly to powerful This stuff is amazing if you want to mount some heatsinks onto chips devoid of making use of some kind of retention method. It conducts heat almost as good as a thermal paste. WARNING!!! this stuff is permanent so make certain what you attatch is placed exactly where and how you want it. I attempted removing a heatsink off a ram chip and I ripped the ram chip off the PCB board. This should be known as thermal glue or epoxy given that it is so sturdy. All round it is a excellent solution and just about a should for a modder.

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Got this to apply to some northbridge/southbridge fans I ordered to cool my passively cooled heatsinks. This stuff bonds quickly and simply.Effortless to mix and apply. Set's rapidly and if you perform promptly and carefully you shouldn't have problems. none. You do have to operate promptly simply because it sets rapid but again if you plan ahead you shouldn't have challenges.Warning. This stuff stinks pretty bad even though it sets. If you need to do it in a bedroom be prepared for a low WAF when you are working. Once it sets and you clean up your messes even though you must be fine.

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Worked great for a P3 CPU! None. Don't rip the heatsink off, lol.

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They do mean permanent! Sticks vga heat sinks to GPU quite well. None VGA heatsinks kept falling off, due to adhesive tape that came with them. I cleaned the vram and heat sinks with 90% rubbing alcohol, waited 15 minutes and mixed up the thermal adhesive. Applied per directions and waited overnight prior to making use of the video card. No more falling heatsinks. It has been five months now haven't lost a heatsink yet, even right after bumping them in the course of a transfer to yet another case.

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Holds great! Be positive to study the instructions on how to store, mix, and apply this adhesive on the manufacturer's site. none Employed this on a old mobo that had a dying fan on the NB chipset.

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extremely permanent, transfers really great for adhesive. none gotta mix it like the instructions say or you will finish up with a lengthy remedy time or extremely quick remedy time (too rapid to finish mixing) , and operate fairly rapid. located it easier to do it in 1 part at a time or it will dry by the time you move to the next piece.

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Really similar (close adequate) overall performance to more high-priced AS, Silver Epoxy and far much better than frag tape. Permanent Bond. Quick Setting (but a small As well quickly). Tiny bit goes a Long way if you prep the mating surfaces (lap them flat if required then clean with alcohol & let dry), and the resulting paper-thin layer of epoxy is reduce thermal impedance. Short shelf life (once opened?)about 1 year, longer if kept in freezer in air-tight bag. Sets just about as well swift, you will need to mix various tiny batches to do a complete video card or other huge products so it's nevertheless fluid & workable when (last) portion per batch is mounted. That is, unless you operate incredibly rapidly but I advise against that due to the fact it is permanent (I do not advocate diluting it so you can get the portion off later, unless you can mechanically mount the component in addition to the epoxy bond). Been utilizing this for years, make my personal custom sinks on almost everything from solid-state relays to linear regulators to motherboards, video cards, peltiers, anyplace you don't have an effortless means of mechanical mounting a 'sink and can accept (Or require) permanent bond. Permanent truly is permanent, I've ripped 'sinks off old mobos I threw away to preserve the sink and it torn the top rated half off the chip or pulled whole chip off the board rather of the epoxy bond breaking. BTW, that's a good thing. Do not use for extremely higher heat density parts like flipchip mobo chipsets/video GPUs/CPUs. Nevertheless I've had excellent final results on older GPUs or those with heat spreaders integral (but element warranty is void of course).

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It does what it claims to do. It is a thermal adhesive, so I would not advise using it on a processor as the above reviewer did, what if you choose to alter your HSF assembly? (hence, "read directions"), you are supposed to mix 1Ʌ, and use prior to it cures, maybe thats why the other reviewer had issues in the bond. No cons, if you ....guess what? READ THE DIRECTIONS. This is for permanently attaching heatsinks, please do not mistake it for Thermal Compound, this is Thermal Adhesive.

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Comes with a little mixing wand. Decent mixing time. Holds decently robust. At present maintaining my northbridge beneath 100FኂC -- fairly good. I went to test the bond right after the initially time, and the heatsink came off with out considerably force. However! I redid it utilizing slightly additional of this compound, and now I can pick up the complete board (including a 3-pound CPU cooler) by the cooler attached with this compound. Pay focus to the directions on the Arctic Silver site. I'm employing it to hold a Cooler Master SLC-S41-U1 chipset HS/Fan to an MSI K8N Neo3-F northbridge. The stock fan died soon after one year of service.

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Sturdy Bond, Excellent Price None Not practically as smelly as people today describe. Unless you have a real weakness when odor is involved this is a excellent product.

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I used this for some VRAM heatsinks mixed with a bit of Arctic Cooling MX-2. I made two small batches to apply ten heatsinks. I would recommend small batches through your applications because this stuff starts to set within a few minutes. Once it's set and cured, the adhesion is nearly permanent, and I presume it very well could be if you apply enough or just a lot.It's kind of nice that a spreader is provided with the two syringes, but at the same time I think it's useless since the mixture sets so quickly. I doubt many people would work fast enough to get around to cleaning off the spreader before the adhesive starts to harden on it. Either way, I don't use it, but it's there.Also note that if you are olifactorily (I made that up) sensitive and have never used this product or any other kind of two-part epoxy, mixing the two components releases a foul odor. It may bother, it may not.

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Used it for my VRMs and VRAM for my GPU with a little mix of MX4 and this worked perfectly! Used it also for my motherboard MOSFETs and they dropped 5*C while overclocking.

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Does what it's suppose to. Setup in less than three min. none

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When it sets correctly it holds together sturdy. It takes longer than 5 minutes to set properly. Says five minutes but it takes longer, I let it set for a couple hours to be confident. Otherwise it doesn't hold up to heat nicely. Not actually a huge deal but it's very good to know ahead of time. Make definitely positive that you have it proper the initially time since if it sets correct it holds with each other superior than the chip beneath it. I learned that the difficult way. My fault not the goods.

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Along with some extremely very good heat conduction, this stuff keeps heatsinks on NB/SB chipsets forever; the bond is basically that powerful. I utilised this on my friend's motherboard (ECS NF650iSLIT-A) to place on a Cooler Master SLC-S41-U1 Fan & Heatsink. Sticky...and I imply STICKY. Be careful when applying this stuff. You don't want to drop it onto, say, a stick of ram. Also, the stuff smells a bit although mixing, but that's nothing a single can't deal with. Ceramic epoxy, like it's counterpart in the thermal compound globe, is far better than the silver-based ones, in my opinion. Mainly due to the fact it doesn't have the probability to conduct any electrical energy and it presents close to equal performance. Also, DON'T USE THIS STUFF ON CPUS TO APPLY A FAN & HEATSINK!!

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Rapidly, and really simple to set up. Sets fast, and you have to get the mix somewhat appropriate. I used this to mount a C2D cooler to a 9800GT video card. Worked wonderfully, despite the fact that the temps are not quite as great as ceramique alone were. Plus side is that I no longer have to mechanically mount the cooler to the card. Made my project possible.Also note, I've attempted to mix epoxy before and made a massive mess of it, even though this stuff was quite uncomplicated to mix appropriately.

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Stuff works excellent.... if your speedy! Does precisely what its supposed to do....nail stuff down!!! Usable operating time is about 2 1ǘ minutes. Employed for heatsinks on a video card. None.

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applied it to put a passive cooler on my northbridge to replace a NOISY fan on my ecs motherboard. does a great job. doesnt taste extremely great... not thermal paste!