1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:09,760 thermal compound. We need it to aid thermal transfer between the hot pieces 2 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:12,160 of silicon in our computers and the 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:18,000 hunks of metal that are responsible for dissipating their heat into the air. But 4 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:22,560 there are so many different solutions out there, ranging from stuff that's 5 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:28,160 included with your product for free all the way up to pads that can cost 6 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:30,720 multiple dollars each for singleuse 7 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:35,440 applications. Not to mention that even with the tubes, they're so small that 8 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:39,079 you have to be frequently reordering them. Paying for shipping on these 9 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:46,360 things is inordinately expensive. But maybe there's another 10 00:00:41,399 --> 00:00:50,000 way. What if you could order in bulk one 11 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:52,280 time enough thermal paste to last you 12 00:00:50,000 --> 00:01:05,040 for the rest of your life? Well, I certainly tried. 13 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:11,200 Synergy is the software that lets you share your mouse and keyboard between 14 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:14,960 multiple computers. Check it out at the link in the video 15 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:19,520 description. So, right out of the gate, my main reason for buying thermal grease 16 00:01:17,119 --> 00:01:26,520 in bulk has been kicked in the head. Term of validity, 2 years. So, no, it 17 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:28,479 will not indeed last you a lifetime. 18 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:32,079 unfortunately. But uh what else does this thing have to say for itself? There 19 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:36,560 wasn't a lot of information on the Amazon page. I just kind of ordered it 20 00:01:34,159 --> 00:01:43,520 and went from there. But apparently there are more choices, all of which are 21 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:47,040 either better or looks like better than 22 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:48,960 the one that I got, which is the HY610. 23 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:55,280 Uh there's some instructions for how to apply and uh some sort of 24 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:57,360 features. Is low thermal resistance and 25 00:01:55,280 --> 00:02:01,200 high thermal conductivity the same thing? Isn't that basically the same 26 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:06,079 thing as heat transfer? I mean, I guess if I was charged with writing the uh the 27 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:10,039 the marketing bullet points for a tub of thermal goop, I probably wouldn't be 28 00:02:08,239 --> 00:02:16,879 able to do much better. Anyway, let's open it 29 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:18,160 up. Step one, open the film. 30 00:02:16,879 --> 00:02:21,360 Okay, we're having a little bit of difficulty with step one 31 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:28,239 here. What the crap? What kind of 32 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:29,920 horrible film is this? Come on. Wow. 33 00:02:28,239 --> 00:02:35,280 It's a really different color from most thermal compounds that I've 34 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:36,800 used and has really different packaging 35 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:45,480 that seems to be designed to keep you out of it. That is 36 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:45,480 uh that is pretty exciting. 37 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:53,920 Okay. Wow, it's got kind of like a gold color to it. I was expecting it to just 38 00:02:51,360 --> 00:03:00,480 be like your standard white, you know, silicone type. Step two, mix the oil 39 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:05,159 that has separated from the rest of the thermal compound for 1 to 2 minutes. 40 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:10,200 That is a long time. And the included stick is really 41 00:03:08,879 --> 00:03:15,519 not very good. But this is what royal peanut 42 00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:21,159 butter looks like. Okay, this is not a very good stir 43 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:27,440 stick. Okay, mission accomplished, I 44 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:33,799 guess. New thermal compound skin enhancer gives you that shiny 45 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:40,560 glow. Seriously, look at that. So, the first step in evaluating 46 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:41,920 the value of buying in bulk is to have a 47 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:46,879 look at how much we paid for it. So apparently it's not available right now, 48 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:54,680 but apparently we paid 90 bucks for it and you get an entire kilogram of their 49 00:03:51,519 --> 00:03:57,040 thermal grease compound silicone for 50 00:03:54,680 --> 00:04:02,599 CPUVGA heat sink. So when you compare that to something like a tube of Arctic 51 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:07,840 aluminina, 1.75 gram and you're paying a few bucks 52 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:13,360 for that. So, if you were paying the same rate for something like IC Diamond, 53 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:18,639 again, this is uh 24 carats, whatever that is in real measurements. GH. 54 00:04:18,759 --> 00:04:27,120 Okay. And they don't even list it. Brilliant. Well, whatever. The point is 55 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:31,560 that this buying like this is much much 56 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:34,800 more expensive. Oh my 57 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:37,840 gosh. Oh crap. I got thermal compound 58 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,840 all over my 59 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:46,800 Okay, that's fine because that leads me into the second important thing when 60 00:04:45,280 --> 00:04:51,600 we're evaluating value. We got to look at performance. So, in order to do that, 61 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:56,800 we are going to need some paper towel. We are going to need some rubbing 62 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:59,120 alcohol. And we are going to need a 63 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:03,600 computer, which I conveniently have right here. And we will get to that in a 64 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:06,600 moment after I'm done cleaning my laptop. 65 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:16,400 So, here's how we're doing the test. IC Diamond isn't the best thermal compound 66 00:05:14,639 --> 00:05:20,240 on the market, but it's right up there. It's a high performance thermal 67 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:25,680 compound, and if this stuff gets us anywhere near that, then it looks like a 68 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:30,759 much better deal. So, on the test bench behind me, I've been running on a Cooler 69 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:37,919 Master AIO with a 5960X about an hour and 20 minutes of 70 00:05:34,479 --> 00:05:40,720 IDA stress test with just the stress FPU 71 00:05:37,919 --> 00:05:47,280 box checked. And our CPU temps are sitting at 58 to 59°. I would consider 72 00:05:44,479 --> 00:05:52,720 either of those to be a tie when we're done this. So, all that's left to do now 73 00:05:49,759 --> 00:05:59,280 is shut this puppy down, replace the thermal compound that's on here with our 74 00:05:55,039 --> 00:06:01,560 Value Special HY600 thermal grease, fire 75 00:05:59,280 --> 00:06:06,280 it back up, wait for it to reach equilibrium, and have a look at the 76 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:11,039 results. Okay. Right. So, that's a very good 77 00:06:09,199 --> 00:06:15,880 application of the IC diamond that was on there. That's actually really good 78 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,880 for us to know. 79 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:27,479 Okay. So, we'll use the spatula method of 80 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:34,240 applying it, I guess. Oh, crap. I got 81 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:37,759 it. Um, okay. You know what? This is actually kind of hard, Brandon. I know 82 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:41,400 it's hard. This applicator is not optimal. I'm not blaming you. It's just 83 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:49,000 funny. Okay. And it is already crappier. 84 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:54,960 So, um, this stuff sucks. 85 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:57,759 Um, 64 degrees. That is a full 6° higher 86 00:06:54,960 --> 00:07:05,840 than a high quality thermal compound. Meaning that I just spent 87 00:07:00,759 --> 00:07:08,160 $90 on some really crappy thermal paste. 88 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:08,160 Not 89 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:15,599 recommended. Do you use Amazon? Well, we 90 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:19,440 do and we think they're great. I personally have two Amazon Prime 91 00:07:17,599 --> 00:07:23,599 accounts. That's right. One is not enough for me. I have one for Amazon 92 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:26,560 Canada and one for the US. What's Prime, you might ask? And I might respond, 93 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:31,840 really? You've never heard of Prime? Okay. 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