NV5 Cooler Thermal Compound

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I've bought an NV5 Cooler for my 6800GT. There's some silicon paste delivered with the cooler. Should I use this or AS5 for installation?
 
I used AS5 only on the core then the regular paste on the memory....to take up for the gaps I had between the memory and the NV5.
 
stryder2720 said:
I used AS5 only on the core then the regular paste on the memory....to take up for the gaps I had between the memory and the NV5.
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Sounds logical. Did it perform?
 
I used the stock stuff and it worked just fine. It's not AS5 perhaps, but it's better than $2 Radio Shack. I don't think it'd make a difference of more than a degree or two if any difference at all. My GPU (6800NU) is 10C cooler than it was stock, more in some cases, and that's good enough for me.
 
LoneWolf said:
I used the stock stuff and it worked just fine. It's not AS5 perhaps, but it's better than $2 Radio Shack. I don't think it'd make a difference of more than a degree or two if any difference at all. My GPU (6800NU) is 10C cooler than it was stock, more in some cases, and that's good enough for me.
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Radio shack sells thermal paste? *shutters*
 
those renamed koss portapro's are on sale @ radioshack though!!! 19.99 hehe
 
i used AS5 on the core and AS3 on the memory (not wasting all my AS5 on mem chips) im at 420/1.14 and it seems to be fine with 50C idle
 
AS5 does wonders on my CPU compared to the generic white paste that came with it, so i would assume the same for the GPU. Anyway it ya have it you might as well use the AS5.
 
Ke0 said:
Radio shack sells thermal paste? *shutters*
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Hey, Radio Shack compound did fine up until the current round of heatspreader CPU's...it was certainly okay on all flip-chips like the Coppermine Celeron/P3 and Athlon XP, which didn't have a lot of surace area in the first place, and usually a tight heatsink. Arctic Silver might give you 1-2 degrees cooler performance, and costs three times as much. Heck, I just upgraded a Dell for someone from a P4 1.6 to a P4 2.2; the heatsink still had one of those thin pink bubblegum pads, and even cheap heatsink compound beats those easily. It's just basic silicone-based zinc oxide thermal compound, comes in a small tube for $2, and it's easy to get on short notice.

It still works fine for non-CPU uses too, like low to mid-end gpu's. Though after using it I'm pretty much sold on AS Ceramique.
 
stryder2720 said:
Sure did/does.
My GT is sitting at 415mhz core/ 1114mhz memory right now and idle @ 48-50c.
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um lol mine is sitting 55C idle stock @ 410/1100mhz and thats the OC the nvidia auto oc got :p, with those damned 71.84's that read hotter then they should
 
Ballz2TheWallz said:
um lol mine is sitting 55C idle stock @ 410/1100mhz and thats the OC the nvidia auto oc got :p, with those damned 71.84's that read hotter then they should
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So did mine before I did.....








THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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mine is also on the 71.84s.
 
stryder2720 said:
So did mine before I did.....








THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
100_1015.jpg

mine is also on the 71.84s.
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wtf is that a A64 cooler moded into a NV5!? god lol that must be alot quieter then the stock nvidia cooler which is easily twice as loud as the 4xLianli case fans A64hsf and nb fan
 
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