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

The table below presents the results of our measurements.

Thermal CompoundRoom Temp.Core Temp.Difference
No Thermal Compound26 ºC88 ºC62 ºC
Zalman ZM-STG224 ºC59 ºC35 ºC
Prolimatech Thermal Compound24 ºC56 ºC32 ºC
Cooler Master Thermal Compound Kit23 ºC58 ºC35 ºC
Evercool EC420-TU1522 ºC57 ºC35 ºC
Spire Bluefrost22 ºC58 ºC36 ºC
Gelid GC Extreme26 ºC61 ºC35 ºC
Coolink Chillaramic26 ºC61 ºC35 ºC
Deepcool Z926 ºC61 ºC35 ºC
Noctua NT-H126 ºC61 ºC35 ºC
Thermalright The Chill Factor26 ºC63 ºC37 ºC
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 ºC55 ºC34 ºC
Arctic Cooling MX-421 ºC56 ºC35 ºC
Cooler Master High Performance22 ºC56 ºC34 ºC
Thermaltake Thermal Compound21 ºC54 ºC33 ºC
Tuniq TX-322 ºC54 ºC32 ºC
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

Akasa 45014 °C50 °C36 °C
Enermax (Dow Corning TC-5121)14 °C47 °C33 °C
GlacialStars IceTherm II14 °C49 °C35 °C
Rosewill RCX-TC060PRO14 °C56 °C42 °C
Titan Royal Grease14 °C52 °C38 °C
Chocolate14 °C89 °C75 °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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