Arctic Silver or Arctic Alumina?

External Since: Jul 01, 2003 Posts: 16

Any thoughts on them? Is Alumina as good as Silver? I have some of each I
can use, but the Silver is about a year old while I just got the Alumina the
other day so it's fresher. I'm thinking go Alumina mainly because it's newer
unless there's a good reason not to.

External Since: Jun 29, 2003 Posts: 55

Ransack The Elder wrote:
> Any thoughts on them? Is Alumina as good as Silver? I have some of
> each I can use, but the Silver is about a year old while I just got
> the Alumina the other day so it's fresher. I'm thinking go Alumina
> mainly because it's newer unless there's a good reason not to.

More important than the product chosen is the way in which it's applied.
Apply the thinnest possible layer that covers the raised core and mount the
heatsink without disturbing the fresh paste too much.

--
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite
you. This is the principle difference between a dog and a man. -Samuel
L. Clemens