Looks like there is a new version of Artic Silver out on the market. It isnt much of an improvement compared to the original stuff, but any improvement is better then no improvement.

Artic Silver 2 Review
http://www.exhardware.com/reviews.php?Id=24

I'm wondering if this stuff is good for applying to the northbridge chipset on KT133a motherboards. I would think that its use would make the heatsink and fan combo more efficient when cooling the northbridge. What do you think?

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Abit does use a small amount of thermal paste under the northbridge heatsink. I removed my northbridge heatsink and cleaned the stuff they used off and applied some Artic Silver. I wasnt able to o/c the fsb any higher then what I could before I did this. 113 is my limit on my already outdated KT7-Raid mobo.

It would depend on your motherboard. I've heard of several BP6 users who were able to take their boards higher after applying some real cooling to the chipset. Then again, Arctic Silver's benefits decrease as the amount of heat decreases (not temperature), so with a smaller chip, you might not have the same benefits. I applied it to my BP6's northbridge (440BX) along with a Tennmax Lasagna cooler. I also used a little of it with some superglue and a small-print heatsink designed for voltage regulators to cool my clock generator on that mobo, just in case.

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Hmmm, gives me an idea... how do you take off the stock heatsink on the northbridge?

It depends. If you've just got a little greenie heatsink on your northbridge, then you should just be able to compress or snip the clips on the underside of the motherboard, and then carefully yank the sucker off. It might require a bit of prying, so be careful, and use something soft but firm, like a toothpick. More complicated mechanisms like small HSFs and the like should attach in a similar manner, but may be a bit more complicated. Just make sure that whatever you're replacing it with has everything it needs to stay secure. If your HSF didn't come with the nylon clips, then try to save the clips from your old cooler.

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Anytime you get a 3 or 4 degree C improvement, that is
quite an improvement.
Properly apply the AS2 and you'll see even better temps.

I've got one AMD CPU with overapplied AS2 running at 43C.
Another AMD CPU, exact same setup, m/b, cpu, ram etc
with properly applied AS2 running at 34C.

That's an improvement of 9C!!

The "white goop" makes them both run at around 52C.

The old Artic Silver makes them run around 39C, properly
applied.

Read orginal posters link for proper application.

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In my own systems, I never use anything *but* Arctic Silver. Before that, I would either use a TIM pad or "Radio Shack White". I have two tubes of the original. I see little reason to pay to upgrade, so I don't have any Arctic Silver II. I do like the idea of that Arctic Silver Thermal Epoxy, and I oughta get some of that.

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YES, where can we buy the stuff? Arctic Silver II EPOXY would be fabulous for applying heatsinks to video cards!!!

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I just looked at the front page, and there was a link to a reseller selling ASII. They also have the epoxy stuff. Check it out at http://highspeedpc.com//Products/vIndex.htm?cat23.htm (or just refresh the main page a few times to see it).

I doubt that it matters, but if you would, please click on this link instead, for purposes of visitor referral and whatnot...

HighSpeedPC

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