Heatsink Thermal Compounds Review Author: Alan Wong Date Posted: December 5th, 2003 Arctic Silver 5 SLRating: OCZ Ultra II SLRating: Bottom Line: For your heatsink to reach its full potential its important to use a good thermal compound. We reviewed products from 2 leading compound suppliers Arctic Silver and OCZ. How did they perform and is it worth paying a little extra, read on to find out in our official review....... Article Navigation Introduction Comparison Performance Conclusions OCZ Ultra II Arctic Silver 5 Pages: 1 2 3 4 >> Discuss This Article

Conclusion

From our observation, there was only a slight difference in performance between the Arctic Silver 5 and Arctic Silver 3. The AS5 cooled about 2^oC-3^oC better than the AS3. The AS3 was pretty much on par with the OCZ Ultra II (the AS3 cooling 1^oC better than the Ultra II during Load state while the Ultra II cooled 1^oC better against AS3 during Idle state).

Arctic Silver 5:

Pros

• Superior Performance
• Cost only $5 (pricewatch.com)
• Easy to spread on CPU core

Cons

• Only cools a few degrees better than the OCZ Ultra II and Arctic Silver 3

SLRating: 9.5/10

OCZ Ultra II:

Pros

• Performs on par with the Arctic Silver 3

Cons

• Not as easy to find as Arctic Silver (Pricewatch.com only displays Newegg.com)
• Costs $6 (more than Arctic Silver 5) yet performs poorer
• Harder to spread on CPU core compared to Arctic Silver

SLRating: 7.5/10

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