Arctic Silver Alumina AATA-5G Thermal Adhesive

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The adhesives that came with the Twin turbo II were weak and my VRAM heat sinks fell off so I used this one and it worked really well. Be careful when preparing the mix since you have to apply them within a short time, I think 3 minutes is what's instructed by Arctic.

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This stuff performs good. Cooling element is significantly better than you'd assume for an adhesive job. haven't had ti for also lengthy so the notorious breakdown in thermal glue hasn't occurred but.I sued this to augment my boards northbridge heat sink. I have an Asus p5w deluxe with a heatsink-heatpipe-heatsink setup that doesn't have a fan directly on the northbridge heatsink. I added a coolmaster heatsinkfan combo fit for a northbridge and glued it on. Dramatic decrease in temps for northbridge. About 30f for me. None so far I would very advocate for these that would attempt it not to sue this on a cpu. Works great for some video and most north bridge and southbridge connections.

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-Great thermal interface that is straightforward to use.-Enough for at least 2 chips.-Functions nicely with metal, plastic, TECs, etc.-Sufficient for at least 40 sq-cm Not genuinely a unfavorable but it starts to set at about three minutes so would recommend just performing 1 or 2 chips/interfaces at a time. As soon as it starts to set, it clumps up on application and loses its adhesion. Apply gentle pressure and slide/rotate one surface slightly to distribute epoxy evenly and then hold it in spot with pressure for at least a few more minutes till it has hardened (until ten minutes soon after mixing really should be fine if allowed to set and remedy afterwards.

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Works just like it is supposed to. All you need to have to do is read the directions. A little bit goes along way! Functions just like it is supposed to. As soon as it's on it won't come off. Read all you can ahead of you use this product.

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It was inexpensive Failed x3. I applied this 3 instances to a affordable video card whose stock fan had failed. Employed an old Intel P3 heatsink. Sanded the heatsink for a good flat connection. Mixed the epoxy as directed for 1 minute, fixed heat sink on, and left to set. My very first attempt I left it overnight and it snapped off as I picked up the video board by the heat sink. The only pressure that applied to the bond was the force of gravity and it immediately came no cost. Tried twice additional right after sanding the dried epoxy off the chip and heatsink. Each occasions the bond failed. I lastly applied some superglue to the quite edge of the chip and applied the epoxy to the center. That bond held, but unfortunately the board was damaged throughout the approach, probably through the scraping and sanding off of the failed epoxy from the earlier attempts. Thankfully it was a affordable video board. I've had fantastic outcomes with other Arctic Silver merchandise, but this a single was no very good for me.

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I utilized this stuff to make repairs to a shody heat sink on a EVGA X58 4x Classified motherboard and it worked properly dropping the temps by 6 degrees celcius till I could afford to water cool the beast. none do a small reading before you use it. Setup time is fairly speedy on the adhesive. So you will want to know what you are adhearing and not linger to extended.

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DO NOT APPLY THIS TO A CPU UNLESS YOU YOU HAVE NO INTENTION OF EVER REMOVING THE HEAT SINK. But for chipset coolers it's wonderful stuff. I mixed equal parts and applied just a drop to the NB and set the passive cooler down. Inside ten minutes it was tacky sufficient that I couldn't pull it off with no possible harm to the chip. Inside about an hour it was rock solid. I discovered it extremely uncomplicated to apply and not at all messy. Bear in mind, all you need to have is a drop amongst the chip and HHS. None This is remarkable stuff. I had a painfully hot SB that I wanted to cool. I purchased a passive heat sink and applied a dab of this stuff and that's was it. I'll by no means have to worry about it heating up once more. The passive cooler is lots large adequate to dissipate the heat and it is on there for keeps!

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Good stuff A bit high-priced but its a expense you can justify

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Used this on my heatsink in my Alienware M17, I had to do a copper mod to hold the Northbridge from heating up to much and causing the stutter issue that is recognized with this laptop. I'm creating sure it sticks forever and keeps it cool. Shame on Alienware for not remaking the Heaksink on the M17's to maintain them from over heating the northbriged chipset. Great factor its the final technique i'm acquiring from them too. If they can't get 1 point right then there a useless corporation. Thanks to Newegg for selling this stuff tends to make my mods operate like a charm.

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Operates as expected and dries Very Speedily. Note the "VERY Speedily" and mix only a tiny amount @ a time.It's dollars nicely spent if this is a item you are thinking of. None therefore far. Used this to mount my Arctic Cooler ram sinks onto a VisionTek 4850. Works excellent and helped in lowering my ATi temps from more than 85C idle to 38C idle.NOT FOR CPU USE. I only state this encase someone is dumb adequate to order the wrong product.This product will perma bond items together and will require you to call in Superman to separate them once more.

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Great item. Operates as permanent glue. Does not conduct electricity, so you can even leave some drops on the circuit, absolutely nothing will go wrong. The total quantity of the grease is a bit low just about 2-3 ml, but it ought to be sufficient for most situations. You truly have about 5 minutes from the time you mix the two components until it Begins to solidify. It will become truly sticky about 2-3 minutes after that, and totally challenging in about subsequent three-5 minutes.Attempt to use it in small portions to get some practice.I have managed to attach 8 (eight) little self-created heatsinks to the voltage regulators of my ASUS P7P55 LX, which had been missing any heatsink and hence usually overheating when I was attempting to overclock. Not any longer. ;)

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It's very adhesive. Stronger than any glue that I know of, or cement for that matter. It's heat conduction is poor at ideal. I attempted to use it to assist repair a dying VGA air cooler, it is now idling at 108 C. You can effortlessly tell by touching it that itis not conducting any of the heat, at all. The copper beneath it is insanely hot whilst the adhesive and copper above it aren't even warm. All it is is regular epoxy re branded with the name "thermal adhesive". The word thermal suggests that it conducts heat, but it doesn't, at all.

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uncomplicated to use, somewhat quickly, much more productive than thermal tape at transferring heat. none Caution: This is a thermal ADHESIVE! Feel super glue. This is NOT a thermal paste meant for a CPU. Something you bond will be together forever (hopefully)!I use this product to bond little heatsinks to electrical components.

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Functions truly properly. Smells seriously undesirable, but then again, it is an epoxy. Utilized it to hold a new northbridge heatsink/fan in spot. The old a single died soon after about three years of use.

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Once applied, this stuff does an exceptional job of each spreading the heat and affixing whatever you applied it to.You can get a very good three or four minutes of working time with it at regular space temperatures.Not electrically conductive, but thermally conductive--perfect. Similar cons as with all epoxies. Two tubes, comparatively brief working period. Did a great job affixing my Accelero S1 to a video card. All the RAM and voltage chip heatsinks have held on good and are carrying out their jobs.

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"Thermal Compound" is an understatement.. This stuff is thermal NAILS! whatever you adhear with this stuff IS NOT COMING APART IN A single PIECE! great thermal conductivity, good bond when it adheres, its like, literally, thermal nails. Ah yes, the smell of roadkill.. yes, this stuff smells faintly like roadkill when used. atleast thats my opinion. Clean the heatsink just before applying, it wont bond to rough or dirty heatsinks well. Isopropyl rubbing alchol works nicely for this, or tape head cleaner. I extremely reccomend Alumina, its like, literally, thermal nails, no other words describe it.

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Used it to apply a heatspreader off an old Intel Tualtin processor to an AMD Turion mobile processor so that the die would not chip when I put a heavy cpu cooler on it for my Residence theater Pc. Heatspreader went on beutifully and protected the die very nicely. The technique is running flawlessly and fairly cold. Smells terrible when you are applying it. Low-cost seriously Low cost.

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This Holds like welding, and excellent heat transfer. Operate Rapidly!!

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Functions as advertised! I have not tested this vs. others so I don't have quantitative data - just individual encounter that this is a superior item. -none- Functions as advertised!

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Utilised to attach heatsink to cpu immediately after mobo hinge broke. The heatsink doesn't move an inch now and almost everything works fine. None. I purchased this 1 because it's base is ceramic and does not include silver. The other Artic Silver adhesive does. Whilst the possibility of it becoming conductive is tiny, it still exists. Superior to be safe than sorry!

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Operates as advertised. Given that it is epoxy based, there is prospective to waste product if you overestimate how substantially you need to have for your application. Necessary an adhesive compound when I swapped heatsinks from one video card to yet another, and this item fits the bill.

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Wow this thing really seems like its gonna stay there for a long time...I grabbed some copper ramsinks for my 7950GT, did a small mixing and they are there, forever. None, but...I didn't expect for it to dry so quickly, i had to do a second mix since I was half way and when I noticed, it was rock solid. Newegg got it to me in 1 day, along with ArcticClean and Thermaltake's ramsinks.7950GT applied to hover around 48-49C on idle, now it keeps at 36 on idle and 38 on load, I know, its crazy.The low temps is also due to the Zalman cooler i got on it.

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The thermal adhesive did precisely what it was intended to do. I was more than content with how rapidly that the adhesive settled. not a incredibly lengthy time for error the adhesive doesn't take a lengthy time to settle so its finest to have an thought of what your carrying out prior to beginning.

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super adhesive!!! "warning to 420 fans"lol if you believe its thermal grease its not!!!found out the practically challenging way dont get high and order your parts on the internet because you WILL make a mistake and order the wrong factor:)

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thermal transfer in a glue thats not electricly conductive, sets up a useful bond in just minutes. superior item when you don't have a way to use mechanical fasteners, accidents are uncomplicated to clean up- if you act fast this stuff is like a flimsy plastic and peels off of something, but if you let it set for significantly longer its gonna stay forever this product doesnt let you make errors- no second probabilities as soon as its on there, its on there period. no directions included you gotta get on the website to come across them. And the tubes they put this stuff in dont shield it from light which seems to be a difficulty with the Part B compound.And given that this stuff doesnt come with instructions it doesnt come with a warning that you want to know Preserve REFRIGERATED AND OUT OF SUN & FLUORESCENT LIGHT This is a low-cost item verses the arctic silver ASTA-7G premium version and is nonconductive, not like the premium stuff which can harm electronics mainly because its made of silver and conducts electrical energy. You genuinely cant harm something with this item. For all the folks that complain about the smell, its momentary and its a resin material, ive in no way been about a resin that has a desirable odor so I can't see a complaint there. And as far as setup time, 5min is not negative, 1min epoxy is a fairly new product, so you can't really fault arctic silver on this 1. Maintain in thoughts this is epoxy and all those rules apply here. Also dont use this on a CPU, and anywhere you would like to have any removablity to your components, this is a permanent answer.