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Thermal Compound Roundup - August 2011
Author: Rafael Otto Coelho
Type: Reviews Last Updated: August 17, 2011
Page: 5 of 6
Our Tests

The table below presents the results of our measurements.

Thermal CompoundRoom Temp.Core Temp.Difference
No Thermal Compound26 °C88 °C62 °C
Zalman ZM-STG224 °C59 °C35 °C
Prolimatech Thermal Compound24 °C56 °C32 °C
Cooler Master Thermal Compound Kit23 °C58 °C35 °C
Evercool EC420-TU1522 °C57 °C35 °C
Spire Bluefrost22 °C58 °C36 °C
Gelid GC Extreme26 °C61 °C35 °C
Coolink Chillaramic26 °C61 °C35 °C
Deepcool Z926 °C61 °C35 °C
Noctua NT-H126 °C61 °C35 °C
Thermalright The Chill Factor26 °C63 °C37 °C
Antec Thermal Grease24 °C58 °C34 °C
Arctic Silver 524 °C57 °C33 °C
Arctic Silver Céramique24 °C57 °C33 °C
Biostar Nano Diamond22 °C57 °C35 °C
Xigmatek PTI-G360622 °C55 °C33 °C
Antec Formula 721 °C55 °C34 °C
Arctic Cooling MX-421 °C56 °C35 °C
Cooler Master High Performance22 °C56 °C34 °C
Thermaltake Thermal Compound21 °C54 °C33 °C
Tuniq TX-322 °C54 °C32 °C
Shin-Etsu MicroSi14 °C 49 °C35 °C
Scythe Thermal Elixer Scyte-100014 °C49 °C35 °C
Titan Connoisseur Platinum Grease14 °C49 °C35 °C
Evercool Cruise Missile STC-0314 °C49 °C35 °C
Rosewill RCX-TC00114 °C53 °C39 °C
Pink Lipstick14 °C54 °C40 °C

Arctic Silver Matrix

12 °C

50 °C

38 °C

Evercool T-grease 800

13 °C

49 °C

36 °C

Gelid GC-2

13 °C

50 °C

37 °C

Prolimatech PK-1

13 °C

47 °C

34 °C

Tuniq TX-4

12 °C

48 °C

36 °C

Toothpaste

13 °C

53 °C

40 °C

Toothpaste (12 h after)

13 °C

56 °C

43 °C

Cooler Master ThermalFusion 400

13 °C

47 °C

34 °C

Evercool Deep Bomb

13 °C

47 °C

34 °C

TIM Consultants Thermal Grease

13 °C

48 °C

35 °C

Dow Corning TC-1996

13 °C

49 °C

36 °C

Nexus TMP-1000

13 °C

50 °C

37 °C

Spray oil

13 °C

53 °C

40 °C

In the following graph, at full load you can see how many degrees Celsius hotter the CPU core is than the air outside the case. The lower this difference, the better is the performance of the thermal compound. The red bars refer to the compounds included in the last batch.

Thermal Compound Roundup

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