thermal compound. We need it to aid thermal transfer between the hot pieces
of silicon in our computers and the
hunks of metal that are responsible for dissipating their heat into the air. But
there are so many different solutions out there, ranging from stuff that's
included with your product for free all the way up to pads that can cost
multiple dollars each for singleuse
applications. Not to mention that even with the tubes, they're so small that
you have to be frequently reordering them. Paying for shipping on these
things is inordinately expensive. But maybe there's another
way. What if you could order in bulk one
time enough thermal paste to last you
for the rest of your life? Well, I certainly tried.
Synergy is the software that lets you share your mouse and keyboard between
multiple computers. Check it out at the link in the video
description. So, right out of the gate, my main reason for buying thermal grease
in bulk has been kicked in the head. Term of validity, 2 years. So, no, it
will not indeed last you a lifetime.
unfortunately. But uh what else does this thing have to say for itself? There
wasn't a lot of information on the Amazon page. I just kind of ordered it
and went from there. But apparently there are more choices, all of which are
either better or looks like better than
the one that I got, which is the HY610.
Uh there's some instructions for how to apply and uh some sort of
features. Is low thermal resistance and
high thermal conductivity the same thing? Isn't that basically the same
thing as heat transfer? I mean, I guess if I was charged with writing the uh the
the marketing bullet points for a tub of thermal goop, I probably wouldn't be
able to do much better. Anyway, let's open it
up. Step one, open the film.
Okay, we're having a little bit of difficulty with step one
here. What the crap? What kind of
horrible film is this? Come on. Wow.
It's a really different color from most thermal compounds that I've
used and has really different packaging
that seems to be designed to keep you out of it. That is
uh that is pretty exciting.
Okay. Wow, it's got kind of like a gold color to it. I was expecting it to just
be like your standard white, you know, silicone type. Step two, mix the oil
that has separated from the rest of the thermal compound for 1 to 2 minutes.
That is a long time. And the included stick is really
not very good. But this is what royal peanut
butter looks like. Okay, this is not a very good stir
stick. Okay, mission accomplished, I
guess. New thermal compound skin enhancer gives you that shiny
glow. Seriously, look at that. So, the first step in evaluating
the value of buying in bulk is to have a
look at how much we paid for it. So apparently it's not available right now,
but apparently we paid 90 bucks for it and you get an entire kilogram of their
thermal grease compound silicone for
CPUVGA heat sink. So when you compare that to something like a tube of Arctic
aluminina, 1.75 gram and you're paying a few bucks
for that. So, if you were paying the same rate for something like IC Diamond,
again, this is uh 24 carats, whatever that is in real measurements. GH.
Okay. And they don't even list it. Brilliant. Well, whatever. The point is
that this buying like this is much much
more expensive. Oh my
gosh. Oh crap. I got thermal compound
all over my
Okay, that's fine because that leads me into the second important thing when
we're evaluating value. We got to look at performance. So, in order to do that,
we are going to need some paper towel. We are going to need some rubbing
alcohol. And we are going to need a
computer, which I conveniently have right here. And we will get to that in a
moment after I'm done cleaning my laptop.
So, here's how we're doing the test. IC Diamond isn't the best thermal compound
on the market, but it's right up there. It's a high performance thermal
compound, and if this stuff gets us anywhere near that, then it looks like a
much better deal. So, on the test bench behind me, I've been running on a Cooler
Master AIO with a 5960X about an hour and 20 minutes of
IDA stress test with just the stress FPU
box checked. And our CPU temps are sitting at 58 to 59°. I would consider
either of those to be a tie when we're done this. So, all that's left to do now
is shut this puppy down, replace the thermal compound that's on here with our
Value Special HY600 thermal grease, fire
it back up, wait for it to reach equilibrium, and have a look at the
results. Okay. Right. So, that's a very good
application of the IC diamond that was on there. That's actually really good
for us to know.
Okay. So, we'll use the spatula method of
applying it, I guess. Oh, crap. I got
it. Um, okay. You know what? This is actually kind of hard, Brandon. I know
it's hard. This applicator is not optimal. I'm not blaming you. It's just
funny. Okay. And it is already crappier.
So, um, this stuff sucks.
Um, 64 degrees. That is a full 6° higher
than a high quality thermal compound. Meaning that I just spent
$90 on some really crappy thermal paste.
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