Arctic Cooling MX-3 Thermal Compound Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2010-05-08
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so today we're going to be unboxing arctic cooling arctic mx3 thermal
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compound i actually had to restart this one because i made some kind of stupid
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comment about how you shouldn't eat it i do maintain that you shouldn't eat it
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but let's actually just talk about the specs of this stuff so this is arctic
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cooling's latest thermal compound it is an updated version of the mx2 which is
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an updated version of mx1 and basically
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what they're saying is this one performs better and it's awesome okay it has
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eight year durability so that means you can use your computer for eight years
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without without reapplying this stuff before it cracks or dries out or
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anything like that has high thermal conductivity low thermal resistance
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those are the same thing pretty much for our purposes by the way it is
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electrically non-conductive and non-capacitive that is way more
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important that means that if you don't follow the proper
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instructions for applying it and you do get it on your motherboard or on something else then it will not cause
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those parts to short out it is non-curing which means it is working up
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to its full potential immediately unlike some competing thermal compounds that is
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non-corrosive and non-bleeding and i'm not sure how either of those are
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particularly relevant but it's all good okay so basically they show a graph on
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the back from hardware lux showing how it performs compared to a bunch of other
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thermal compounds in the market so they're saying you can expect up to
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about seven degrees better than standard thermal compound so that generic white
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goop so why don't we without further ado
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get this box opened up here there we go
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oh and this is dangerous for the environment and they have a picture of a
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dead tree and a dead fish that is the most awesome morning label i
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have ever seen on any product ever because
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it is like yeah don't put this in the water and
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don't put it on a plant because it will kill the plant and the fish
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okay so there is our tube it looks just like the tube for mx2
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and it has oh this is cool i've actually
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never seen this before they actually have a little meter where you can see
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how much is left that is the smartest thing ever because you always had to
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just eyeball it based on pushing down the plunger on the syringe anyway you
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open it up you apply a bit to your CPU and then you win oh i accidentally got
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it out okay thank you for checking out my unboxing of arctic cooling mx3