so today we're going to be unboxing arctic cooling arctic mx3 thermal
compound i actually had to restart this one because i made some kind of stupid
comment about how you shouldn't eat it i do maintain that you shouldn't eat it
but let's actually just talk about the specs of this stuff so this is arctic
cooling's latest thermal compound it is an updated version of the mx2 which is
an updated version of mx1 and basically
what they're saying is this one performs better and it's awesome okay it has
eight year durability so that means you can use your computer for eight years
without without reapplying this stuff before it cracks or dries out or
anything like that has high thermal conductivity low thermal resistance
those are the same thing pretty much for our purposes by the way it is
electrically non-conductive and non-capacitive that is way more
important that means that if you don't follow the proper
instructions for applying it and you do get it on your motherboard or on something else then it will not cause
those parts to short out it is non-curing which means it is working up
to its full potential immediately unlike some competing thermal compounds that is
non-corrosive and non-bleeding and i'm not sure how either of those are
particularly relevant but it's all good okay so basically they show a graph on
the back from hardware lux showing how it performs compared to a bunch of other
thermal compounds in the market so they're saying you can expect up to
about seven degrees better than standard thermal compound so that generic white
goop so why don't we without further ado
get this box opened up here there we go
oh and this is dangerous for the environment and they have a picture of a
dead tree and a dead fish that is the most awesome morning label i
have ever seen on any product ever because
it is like yeah don't put this in the water and
don't put it on a plant because it will kill the plant and the fish
okay so there is our tube it looks just like the tube for mx2
and it has oh this is cool i've actually
never seen this before they actually have a little meter where you can see
how much is left that is the smartest thing ever because you always had to
just eyeball it based on pushing down the plunger on the syringe anyway you
open it up you apply a bit to your CPU and then you win oh i accidentally got
it out okay thank you for checking out my unboxing of arctic cooling mx3