Arctic Silver Alumina AATA-5G Thermal Adhesive

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Sticks excellent. Holding heatsink and fan on Northbridge forever. Messy if your all thumbs like me. Tastes funny.

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Solid Thermal adhesive.Straightforward to mix. None! Drying time varies, but it isn't do poor. Doesn't take a lot to adhere!

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I applied this to attach heatinks to my GPU when I installed an aftermarket cooler. The sticky pads on the undersides of the heatsinks just weren't strong sufficient, but this did the trick Very well. I applied only tiny bits at a time so I could affix a few at a time. It becomes very tacky pretty swift, but when I had them attached I knew they weren't going anywhere. Price, I guess. But you get what you spend for. I don't know what to do with the rest of it since I hardly used any. I applied this for the heatsinks and applied the very same brand of grease for the actual cooler itself. good combination :) I let the heatsinks sit for a few hours before installing and booting up my machine. I turned my Pc on/off for the subsequent five nights to break it all in. Very suggest this product.

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Functions good for attaching RAM sinks to a video card.Also works for fastening other heat sinks to chips exactly where there is no retension mechanism.You know the brand, and know you can trust it! Smelly.

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*Easy to use*Cures quick ྪ minutes)*Sticks to thermal tape just fine*Its permanent *Stinks seriously negative*Its permanent Functions very properly. I used this currently on a ARCTIC COOLING Accelero TWIN TURBO Pro VGA Cooler that I installed on my brothers HD 5870. The double sided tape was not sticky what so ever, fortunately I did my analysis and bought this with my order.Did a benchmark with FurMark Burn-in test, here are the results:FurMark 1.9.Resolution: 1280x720Duration: ten minutesCard: ATI 5870 2gb Eyefinity 6Core: 850mhz Mem: 1200mhzVDDC: 1.175v (stock)Fan speed: 100% 1998rpmMin temp: 23c Max temp: 58c

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Functions Works Functions! High temp conditions are no sweat for this product; just bear in mind to pre-fit the items to be bonded and be Sure you will not want to separate them later! I don't own an oil field at present Newegg,as usual, has stellar shipping times, even when a thing is shipped directly from the mfr.

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It's Arctic Silver. Nothing else to say. None. Newbies: 1. Much less is much more. Don't flood the surfaces with this stuff.two. Don't smear about. Only apply a rice-grain-sized bead in the center (single-core), or a thin line across the processor cores (multi-core).three. Use each ArctiClean merchandise on processor and heatsink surfaces ahead of applying Arctic Silver. Use only coffee filters or lens cloth to wipe surfaces.three. Numerous of the videos on YouTube showing how to apply this stuff are not only incorrect, but dangerously incorrect. I saw one individual apply adhesive tape directly to his processor in order to get the straight line shown in Arctic Silver's documentation. Tape leaves behind residue; residue fills in the tiny crevices on the processor/heatsink surfaces; Arctic Silver can't get in those crevices - which means, less heat transfer (which is Bad).4. Do not touch the heatsink surface or the CPU surface. Do not put Something on either surface except ArctiClean, coffee filter wipe, then Arctic Silver (the last only goes on the pro

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Works as advertised. none My fan on a northbridge died, so I used this to glue an aluminum heatsink to it. Still hasn't burnt out, so works as advertised. However, the rear defroster on my automobile broke off, and this stuff is not electrically conductive, so I had to obtain the much more high priced arctic silver with the silver anyways.

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I can now really feel comfortable putting heat sinks on the hot spots of my motherboard, with no any fear of ruining my motherboard. Silver based compounds are slightly eclectically conductive and if you get it on any of the trace wires, you run the danger of ruined motherboard. This adhesive has no such threat. Remedy time is fast. Slightly lower efficiency as silver based adhesive. I have put many heatsinks on numerous hot parts on my motherboard.

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purchased this to attach heat sinks to my 570 to go along with the extreme cooler i purchased. mixed it with some thermal paste thinking it would improve cooling and not make it totally permanent. i think its a good idea to let it cure for 24 hrs but is hard after an hour.

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*cheap*does exactly what it's supposed to do*easy to use*a small goes a long way. 1 package could easily glue many heat sinks*comes with a nifty mixer/applicator paddle *does not apply itselfSeriously, that's the only poor factor I could come up with. Normal epoxy rules apply:*be cautious to use equal amounts of part A and component B if you are not utilizing the whole batch at as soon as*mix fully*clean the heat sink and whatever you're sticking it on Quite carefully with alcohol*don't get epoxy on anything that you don't want to have epoxy on forever, mainly because it's epoxy.....*

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Works excellent and doesn't appear to seep like thermal tape. Very good thermal conductance. Thought to be permanent. Sticky mess if your not careful. Not for CPU, Northbridge or Southbridge. Possibly removable. I have worked with epoxy in the past and know that alcohol is a good solvent for most epoxies. Although installing a bunch of copper Enzotech heatsink with this item, I had to eliminate one mainly because it was touching a resistor. I was able to get it off prior to it was fully set but it left me a mess. I got some alcohol and a swab and noticed that it cleaned off extremely swiftly. Alcohol seems to be an aggressive solvent for this epoxy. I modified the heatsink just sufficient to not touch the resistor and reinstalled. Hears my thought, if I was ever in a scenario that I had to eliminate these heatsinks, I would attempt putting the board in a pan and filling it with alcohol. I believe they will soak off. I haven't actually tried this but I think it may function. Alcohol is highly flammable so be confident to pick a secure location outside away from flammable factors. Static can trigger ignition so believe fire safety.

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typical thermal ceramic efficiency comes in 2 parts - component A and B. bought some 3 years ago but never ever utilised it, not even opened. lately needed it for a create but identified out the Part B had somehow gone poor. since this is NOT a fluid suspended compound (and is ceramic paste), it really should last a lifetime if it's in no way opened and sealed air tight and kept at appropriate temps, which is specifically what I did. I am disappointed that organizations sell thermal compounds in such massive sizes. 1 syringe of any brand could do at least 20 processors easy. for most people, all we need is a small over a pea sized quantity to do 1 processor. my point is it's all a rip off, getting sold far more than you could possibly will need. what's worse is even still sealed it won't last long sufficient until you're prepared for your subsequent build. here's some thing to believe about:If it can't final that long while in a temperature controlled air tight environment...envision how lengthy it's gonna final in a processor environment which has constant airflow and temperature changes. due to the fact most people today don't get rid of their fans years later, I believe a lot of them would be surprised if they did. they would most most likely see it cracked and chipping. the kicker is these are made as permanent adhesives so you truly CAN'T remove the heatsink from the processor without damaging it, hence you can't see the thermal paste has gone poor already.

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Big tubes, sufficient for a pile of equipment for certain. none I didn't believe it set too rapidly, it was beginning to stiffen by the final ram-sink, but absolutely nothing terrible. Two rice sized dollops allowed me to fit a pile of ram sinks all over my x1950. I'm not positive what I'm going to do with the rest of the tubes...fleabay perhaps?

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Secures an Evercool VGA cooler (about 80g) on my northbridge. Adequately conducts heat. None It's epoxy

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It is pretty very good at conducting heat, and holds extremely properly. Bonehead guidelines. It can also be a poor heat conductor and hold poorly. This product is entirely dependent on user skill or error. a 50኎ mix that is mixed for no much less than 60 seconds (better to do twice that from my knowledge) and then applied very, really thinly, will be very best.A.S. also mentions thinning it with a thermal grease so it's not permanent. It weakens the entire product, and then issues might also fall off.Fundamentally, the only cause this doesn't work properly for people today is not the item, but the user. If you like epoxy and work with it typically, you'll realize how this works. Very worth the money, and yes Component B does go bad following a couple years (from my knowledge, and I've been working with this for 6 years overall).

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Seems to do it's job well (thermally). Not as permanent as other critiques or the specifications would have you believe. Although removing my video card, the heatsinks I attached to it [slightly] bumped yet another card and two fell off. The reality that 2 of the heatsinks fell off with only a slight bump concerns me about trusting the remainder (although they appear to be held on rather powerful). I will update if I have further difficulties.

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bond is PERMANENT. straightforward to use, mix. on the internet directions had been quite thorough. instructions had been only on the internet. i utilized this to attach the ramsinks of an Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 to a HIS radeon x1950 pro. it worked properly and was easy to mix and apply. i would simply recommend this to people today that are not afraid to permanently attach items.

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Easy to mix both tubes and apply to surface for a PERMANENT fix. I utilized this on the north bridge after removing the dead fan - works like a charm. Mated it with a Zalman north bridge heatsink and stays cool to the touch Not actually a con, but this is permanent. Don't glue some thing with a fan attached because you won't get it back off.

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Used it on ram sinks and on voltage controller heat sinks, sticks hard, you have to be fast enough applying it after mixing.

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Bonds amazingly, and appears to conduct heat pretty well does smell awful when applying, but it's temporary

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Be careful with this stuff. Don't use it on something that you will or could conceivably ever WANT to eliminate.I utilised this to attach a heatsink/fan to an INTEGRATED processor - keep in mind, this is not recommended for standard socket processors.It set quick, and works wonderfully. Extremely recommended. I'm putting this in the cons given that folks seem to pay more attention to the cons: This compound CAN function on traditional socket-kind processors, but is NOT suggested, mainly because socket processors are designed to be upgradeable.I also employed this to set a heatsink to a 478 processor in a DOS-box simply because the retention clip broke. I will by no means have the need to upgrade this processor, nor will I ever need to have to use it elsewhere. But it does work, if you are questioning. Just... NOT Suggested - unless you're totally sure. In general, DON'T use this to attach a heatsink/fan to a classic socket-sort processor. But there are exceptions, and it DOES function, if that's what you choose to do. Just bear in mind - it's PERMANENT.

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Once applied, this stuff does an excellent job of both spreading the heat and affixing whatever you applied it to.You can get a good 3 or 4 minutes of working time with it at normal room temperatures.

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this is the kind of stuff, you find really useful when you want to fix a heat sink that will normally not fit with the retention mechanism,one of my friend had a 9600 xt with a really noisy fan,buying a new fan would be too expansive due to the card valueso i use another cpu heatsink and "glued" it to the gpu

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I use this quite a bit for repairs and really have no complaints. I never really give this kind of stuff a proper test and compare one product to the next. It just does what it is supposed to do. I usually buy whatever is on sale. Now it says the review is too short, I hope this is enough now. Still too short, I can't believe it, how much do they expect for a thermal compound!