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Thermal Compound Roundup - February 2012

Author: Rafael Otto Coelho
Type: Reviews	Last Updated: February 13, 2012
Page: 5 of 6

Our Tests

The table below presents the results of our measurements.

Thermal Compound	Room Temp.	Core Temp.	Difference
No Thermal Compound	26 °C	88 °C	62 °C
Zalman ZM-STG2	24 °C	59 °C	35 °C
Prolimatech Thermal Compound	24 °C	56 °C	32 °C
Cooler Master Thermal Compound Kit	23 °C	58 °C	35 °C
Evercool EC420-TU15	22 °C	57 °C	35 °C
Spire Bluefrost	22 °C	58 °C	36 °C
Gelid GC Extreme	26 °C	61 °C	35 °C
Coolink Chillaramic	26 °C	61 °C	35 °C
Deepcool Z9	26 °C	61 °C	35 °C
Noctua NT-H1	26 °C	61 °C	35 °C
Thermalright The Chill Factor	26 °C	63 °C	37 °C
Antec Thermal Grease	24 °C	58 °C	34 °C
Arctic Silver 5	24 °C	57 °C	33 °C
Arctic Silver Céramique	24 °C	57 °C	33 °C
Biostar Nano Diamond	22 °C	57 °C	35 °C
Xigmatek PTI-G3606	22 °C	55 °C	33 °C
Antec Formula 7	21 °C	55 °C	34 °C
Arctic Cooling MX-4	21 °C	56 °C	35 °C
Cooler Master High Performance	22 °C	56 °C	34 °C
Thermaltake Thermal Compound	21 °C	54 °C	33 °C
Tuniq TX-3	22 °C	54 °C	32 °C
Shin-Etsu MicroSi	14 °C	49 °C	35 °C
Scythe Thermal Elixer Scyte-1000	14 °C	49 °C	35 °C
Titan Connoisseur Platinum Grease	14 °C	49 °C	35 °C
Evercool Cruise Missile STC-03	14 °C	49 °C	35 °C
Rosewill RCX-TC001	14 °C	53 °C	39 °C
Pink Lipstick	14 °C	54 °C	40 °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
Akasa 450	14 °C	50 °C	36 °C
Enermax (Dow Corning TC-5121)	14 °C	47 °C	33 °C
GlacialStars IceTherm II	14 °C	49 °C	35 °C
Rosewill RCX-TC060PRO	14 °C	56 °C	42 °C
Titan Royal Grease	14 °C	52 °C	38 °C
Chocolate	14 °C	89 °C	75 °C
Arctic Silver Céramique 2	13 °C	48 °C	35 °C
Akasa 455	13 °C	49 °C	36 °C
Masscool G751	13 °C	49 °C	36 °C
Thermaltake TG-1	13 °C	47 °C	34 °C
ZEROtherm ZT-100	13 °C	51 °C	38 °C
Mayonnaise	13 °C	48 °C	35 °C
Coollaboratory LIQUID Ultra	18 °C	52 °C	34 °C
EVGA Frostbyte	18 °C	56 °C	38 °C
IC Diamond 7 Carat	18 °C	53 °C	35 °C
Phobya HeGrease Extreme	18 °C	52 °C	34 °C
StarTech Heatgrease10	18 °C	54 °C	36 °C
Butter	18 °C	58 °C	40 °C
Butter (12 h later)	19 °C	61 °C	42 °C
IC Diamond 24 Carat	24 °C	58 °C	34 °C
Nanoxia Heat Buster	24 °C	58 °C	34 °C
Masscool Fanner-420	24 °C	62 °C	38 °C
Revoltec Thermal Grease Nano	24 °C	60 °C	36 °C
Thermaltake TG-2	24 °C	62 °C	38 °C
Cream Cheese	24 °C	61 °C	37 °C
Cream Cheese (12 h later)	22 °C	62 °C	40 °C
Antec Formula 5	25 °C	59 °C	34 °C
Arctic Alumina	25 °C	62 °C	37 °C
Evercool Sidewinder	25 °C	62 °C	37 °C
Tuniq TX-2	25 °C	59 °C	34 °C
Xigmatek Freezing Point	26 °C	59 °C	33 °C
Mustard	25 °C	63 °C	38 °C
Antec Formula 6	25 °C	61 °C	36 °C
Connectland Silver Cool	25 °C	59 °C	34 °C
Deepcool Z5	25 °C	59 °C	34 °C
Xigmatek PTI-G4512	25 °C	58 °C	33 °C
Zalman STG1	23 °C	58 °C	35 °C
Diaper ointment	24 °C	64 °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 this batch.

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