WEBVTT 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:09.760 thermal compound. We need it to aid thermal transfer between the hot pieces 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:12.160 of silicon in our computers and the 00:00:09.760 --> 00:00:18.000 hunks of metal that are responsible for dissipating their heat into the air. But 00:00:15.360 --> 00:00:22.560 there are so many different solutions out there, ranging from stuff that's 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:28.160 included with your product for free all the way up to pads that can cost 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:30.720 multiple dollars each for singleuse 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:35.440 applications. Not to mention that even with the tubes, they're so small that 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:39.079 you have to be frequently reordering them. Paying for shipping on these 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:46.360 things is inordinately expensive. But maybe there's another 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:50.000 way. What if you could order in bulk one 00:00:46.360 --> 00:00:52.280 time enough thermal paste to last you 00:00:50.000 --> 00:01:05.040 for the rest of your life? Well, I certainly tried. 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:11.200 Synergy is the software that lets you share your mouse and keyboard between 00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:14.960 multiple computers. Check it out at the link in the video 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:19.520 description. So, right out of the gate, my main reason for buying thermal grease 00:01:17.119 --> 00:01:26.520 in bulk has been kicked in the head. Term of validity, 2 years. So, no, it 00:01:22.880 --> 00:01:28.479 will not indeed last you a lifetime. 00:01:26.520 --> 00:01:32.079 unfortunately. But uh what else does this thing have to say for itself? There 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:36.560 wasn't a lot of information on the Amazon page. I just kind of ordered it 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:43.520 and went from there. But apparently there are more choices, all of which are 00:01:40.320 --> 00:01:47.040 either better or looks like better than 00:01:43.520 --> 00:01:48.960 the one that I got, which is the HY610. 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:55.280 Uh there's some instructions for how to apply and uh some sort of 00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:57.360 features. Is low thermal resistance and 00:01:55.280 --> 00:02:01.200 high thermal conductivity the same thing? Isn't that basically the same 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 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:10.039 the marketing bullet points for a tub of thermal goop, I probably wouldn't be 00:02:08.239 --> 00:02:16.879 able to do much better. Anyway, let's open it 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:18.160 up. Step one, open the film. 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:21.360 Okay, we're having a little bit of difficulty with step one 00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:28.239 here. What the crap? What kind of 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:29.920 horrible film is this? Come on. Wow. 00:02:28.239 --> 00:02:35.280 It's a really different color from most thermal compounds that I've 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:36.800 used and has really different packaging 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:45.480 that seems to be designed to keep you out of it. That is 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:45.480 uh that is pretty exciting. 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 00:02:51.360 --> 00:03:00.480 be like your standard white, you know, silicone type. Step two, mix the oil 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:05.159 that has separated from the rest of the thermal compound for 1 to 2 minutes. 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:10.200 That is a long time. And the included stick is really 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:15.519 not very good. But this is what royal peanut 00:03:12.640 --> 00:03:21.159 butter looks like. Okay, this is not a very good stir 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:27.440 stick. Okay, mission accomplished, I 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:33.799 guess. New thermal compound skin enhancer gives you that shiny 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:40.560 glow. Seriously, look at that. So, the first step in evaluating 00:03:36.720 --> 00:03:41.920 the value of buying in bulk is to have a 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:46.879 look at how much we paid for it. So apparently it's not available right now, 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:54.680 but apparently we paid 90 bucks for it and you get an entire kilogram of their 00:03:51.519 --> 00:03:57.040 thermal grease compound silicone for 00:03:54.680 --> 00:04:02.599 CPUVGA heat sink. So when you compare that to something like a tube of Arctic 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:07.840 aluminina, 1.75 gram and you're paying a few bucks 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:13.360 for that. So, if you were paying the same rate for something like IC Diamond, 00:04:10.640 --> 00:04:18.639 again, this is uh 24 carats, whatever that is in real measurements. GH. 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:27.120 Okay. And they don't even list it. Brilliant. Well, whatever. The point is 00:04:24.080 --> 00:04:31.560 that this buying like this is much much 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:34.800 more expensive. Oh my 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:37.840 gosh. Oh crap. I got thermal compound 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:37.840 all over my 00:04:40.320 --> 00:04:46.800 Okay, that's fine because that leads me into the second important thing when 00:04:45.280 --> 00:04:51.600 we're evaluating value. We got to look at performance. So, in order to do that, 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:56.800 we are going to need some paper towel. We are going to need some rubbing 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:59.120 alcohol. And we are going to need a 00:04:56.800 --> 00:05:03.600 computer, which I conveniently have right here. And we will get to that in a 00:05:01.520 --> 00:05:06.600 moment after I'm done cleaning my laptop. 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 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:20.240 on the market, but it's right up there. It's a high performance thermal 00:05:17.840 --> 00:05:25.680 compound, and if this stuff gets us anywhere near that, then it looks like a 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 00:05:28.080 --> 00:05:37.919 Master AIO with a 5960X about an hour and 20 minutes of 00:05:34.479 --> 00:05:40.720 IDA stress test with just the stress FPU 00:05:37.919 --> 00:05:47.280 box checked. And our CPU temps are sitting at 58 to 59°. I would consider 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 00:05:49.759 --> 00:05:59.280 is shut this puppy down, replace the thermal compound that's on here with our 00:05:55.039 --> 00:06:01.560 Value Special HY600 thermal grease, fire 00:05:59.280 --> 00:06:06.280 it back up, wait for it to reach equilibrium, and have a look at the 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:11.039 results. Okay. Right. So, that's a very good 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:15.880 application of the IC diamond that was on there. That's actually really good 00:06:12.400 --> 00:06:15.880 for us to know. 00:06:18.280 --> 00:06:27.479 Okay. So, we'll use the spatula method of 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:34.240 applying it, I guess. Oh, crap. I got 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:37.759 it. Um, okay. You know what? This is actually kind of hard, Brandon. I know 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:41.400 it's hard. This applicator is not optimal. I'm not blaming you. It's just 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:49.000 funny. Okay. And it is already crappier. 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:54.960 So, um, this stuff sucks. 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:57.759 Um, 64 degrees. That is a full 6° higher 00:06:54.960 --> 00:07:05.840 than a high quality thermal compound. Meaning that I just spent 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:08.160 $90 on some really crappy thermal paste. 00:07:05.840 --> 00:07:08.160 Not 00:07:10.520 --> 00:07:15.599 recommended. Do you use Amazon? Well, we 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:19.440 do and we think they're great. I personally have two Amazon Prime 00:07:17.599 --> 00:07:23.599 accounts. That's right. One is not enough for me. I have one for Amazon 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:26.560 Canada and one for the US. What's Prime, you might ask? And I might respond, 00:07:25.520 --> 00:07:31.840 really? You've never heard of Prime? Okay. It costs $99 annually and gives 00:07:29.039 --> 00:07:36.720 you access to a ton of cool features. 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