Papusan Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Be Quiet! Releases Liquid metal and thermal paste. be quiet! 2023 Thermal Pastes and Light Wings White Fans Pictured Also at the 2023 International CES, be quiet! showed off its new and upcoming thermal interface materials and new Light Wings lines of case/radiator fans. The DC2 PRO is an enthusiast-grade liquid-metal thermal interface material for high-performance applications, targeting overclockers who know how to handle liquid metal. The company wouldn't put out thermal conductivity numbers but mentioned that the DC2 PRO should be competitive with the best liquid-metal TIMs out there (north of 70 W/mK). The DC2 (non-PRO) is a conventional ceramic base TIM that's electrically non-conductive, and can be used with bare copper surfaces (such as coolers with direct-touch heatpipes). We expect this one's conductivity to be north of 10 W/mK. 5 "The Killer" ASUS Maximus Z690 Apex | 13900K | Zotac graphics | 32GB DDR5 | Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 12 - 1500 Watt | Custom Loop Papusan @ HWBOT | Team PremaMod @ HWBOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etern4l Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Phobya lasted much longer than SYY 157 on my system (constant 250-270W load), but after about 6 weeks it needs to be changed as well. Pretty annoyed by this, as repasting is both a downtime and a hassle. Will try MX-6 next - not much of a rationale there other than Arctic MX-4's reputation for longevity, but both are silicone-based which is a worry. The problem is that it's hard to find information regarding longevity, as reviews generally just cover the immediate results which are kind of meaningless anyway (very close to each other for top pastes). Failing that I am not sure it's worth trying anything else in the traditional department, perhaps the phase change TIM @Falkentyne suggested. Other options would include tried and true products such as AS5 or IC Diamond. Don't really care about curing time, just long term reliability with reasonable performance. In the end all roads seem to lead to LM, CPU markings be damned, or need to bite the larger bullet and upgrade to a custom loop, perhaps with a chiller. Would just need a CPU block, as GPUs are running very cool. Yeah, probably need to start shopping for that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cylix Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 15 minutes ago, Etern4l said: Phobya lasted much longer than SYY 157 on my system (constant 250-270W load), but after about 6 weeks it needs to be changed as well. Pretty annoyed by this, as repasting is both a downtime and a hassle. Will try MX-6 next - not much of a rationale there other than Arctic MX-4's reputation for longevity, but both are silicone-based which is a worry. The problem is that it's hard to find information regarding longevity, as reviews generally just cover the immediate results which are kind of meaningless anyway (very close to each other for top pastes). Failing that I am not sure it's worth trying anything else in the traditional department, perhaps the phase change TIM @Falkentyne suggested. Other options would include tried and true products such as AS5 or IC Diamond. Don't really care about curing time, just long term reliability with reasonable performance. In the end all roads seem to lead to LM, CPU markings be damned, or need to bite the larger bullet and upgrade to a custom loop, perhaps with a chiller. Would just need a CPU block, as GPUs are running very cool. Yeah, probably need to start shopping for that... An option is to try that Honeywell 7950 Pad, it supposed to be made exactly for long longevity. I have some but didnt try it yet, i want to see first how the x3d chips from amd are and if i buy one next month then ill use it on that chip. dont want to waste it if i change my CPU. 1 1 Lian Li O11Dynamic EVO MSI MPG B650 Edge Wifi AMD Ryzen 9 7900x Lian Li Galahad 360 V2 Zotac 4090 AMP Extreme Airo 32GB Kingston Renegade RGB Z 6000ghz SSD: Kingston KC3000 2TB, 2x Samsung 970 Evo 1TB Corsair HX1500i Samsung Odyssey G9 Neo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etern4l Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 5 minutes ago, cylix said: An option is to try that Honeywell 7950 Pad, it supposed to be made exactly for long longevity. I have some but didnt try it yet, i want to see first how the x3d chips from amd are and if i buy one next month then ill use it on that chip. dont want to waste it if i change my CPU. Thanks, sounds like a great idea, the problem is availability - eBay looks like the only quick option here. The pad size is 31x50mm, which will just about fit the LGA1700 IHS ( 28.30x38.30mm). Sounds like a plan! I already have the MX-6 in hand so will try that first though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cylix Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 I got it from this chinese ebay: https://www.ebuy7.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=632208664079 It got in around 3 weeks to Germany, maybe US shipping is faster 3 Lian Li O11Dynamic EVO MSI MPG B650 Edge Wifi AMD Ryzen 9 7900x Lian Li Galahad 360 V2 Zotac 4090 AMP Extreme Airo 32GB Kingston Renegade RGB Z 6000ghz SSD: Kingston KC3000 2TB, 2x Samsung 970 Evo 1TB Corsair HX1500i Samsung Odyssey G9 Neo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etern4l Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 24 minutes ago, cylix said: I got it from this chinese ebay: https://www.ebuy7.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=632208664079 It got in around 3 weeks to Germany, maybe US shipping is faster Thanks, probably the best option. It's also on eBay UK for immediate delivery at 3x the price from a 14 star seller... I could also get things like TFX (from some low rank Chinese seller on Amazon), Alphacool Apex, and Corsair XTM70, but the TFX seems to not be holding up too well according to some anecdotes (probably another short term OC product), and the other two have no track record, but probably the same "great but short life" category. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etern4l Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 So far so good with the MX-6, it's not mind blowing, but temps and system performance have been restored to the expected levels (around 30C on idle, and only sometimes hitting 100C at 270W). Well, frankly, it feels a bit less effective than fresh Phobya, but acceptably so. Additionally, I may have had an issue with some of the screws on the LGA1700 contact frame not being tightened evenly. We will see how it all goes over the next weeks, but will source the Honeywell pad as backup. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etern4l Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 OK, MX-6 doesn't really cut for me. Even if it's reliable, despite being silicone based, the performance out of the gate is insufficient, the CPU throttles under heavy load with a 360 AIO and like 11 fans.. I couldn't resist and ordered the Alphacool Apex, as this seems to be an improved Phobya NGE, with focus on reliability... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasudev Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 7 hours ago, Etern4l said: OK, MX-6 doesn't really cut for me. Even if it's reliable, despite being silicone based, the performance out of the gate is insufficient, the CPU throttles under heavy load with a 360 AIO and like 11 fans.. I couldn't resist and ordered the Alphacool Apex, as this seems to be an improved Phobya NGE, with focus on reliability... I think you might want to try TG carbonaut or even ICD High Compressible graphite pad. For me both of them are lasting quite long on laptops. I'm unsure about the performance or reliability with 300W+ and those pads quickly fall out of line from LM and traditional pastes. I thought Linus Tech tips kept a stock of Honeywell Phase change pads but I couldn't find it on their store page. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etern4l Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Yeah, I don't think a graphite pad is going to cut it. There is one more thing to do which is forgo silence and upgrade fans to 3000 rpm., at least on the AIO... Would prefer to keep the LM card up my sleeve until the last moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.Techie Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 On 11/30/2022 at 3:28 AM, Etern4l said: Looked legit, in fact the packaging was excellent, although who knows. Bought this on Amazon from an outfit called ZBXC-UK on which the following details are provided: Customer Services Address: shenzhenshilonghuaqulonghuajiedao yucuishequjianhuilu21haoxinweidasha11ceng116fang shenzhenshi guangdongsheng 518000 CN Business Address: Shenzhenshi longhuaqu longhuajiedao yucuishequ jianhuilu121hao xinweidasha11ceng1116fang Shenzhenshi Longhuaqu Guangdongsheng 518000 CN For what it's worth, I grabbed an 8g pack of SYY-157 back in Nov. 2021 off of Amazon from ZBXC-DE. Same business address and everything by the looks of it. I repasted my P775 a week ago using that and thermals have been pretty great, so I think I'll be saving that paste for my laptops. It was a little bit of a pain to spread because the laptop has copper shims on both the CPU and GPU. Obsidian-PC P775DM3-G | 7700K, GTX 1070, 32GB RAM, 512GB 960 Pro, 1TB 860 EvoObsidian-PC PA71HP6-G | 7820HK, GTX 1060, 16GB RAM, 256GB 970 Evo, 512GB 860 EvoHP Compaq nx6110 | Pentium M 755, 2GB RAM, 128GB IDE SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etern4l Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 9 minutes ago, a.Techie said: For what it's worth, I grabbed an 8g pack of SYY-157 back in Nov. 2021 off of Amazon from ZBXC-DE. Same business address and everything by the looks of it. I repasted my P775 a week ago using that and thermals have been pretty great, so I think I'll be saving that paste for my laptops. It was a little bit of a pain to spread because the laptop has copper shims on both the CPU and GPU. It may be good enough for a laptop, but would urge caution with heavily utilized high-end desktops. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KING19 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Update on Honeywell7950SP (Paste): After almost 8 months it finally degrade as my temps was hitting in the 90c's repeatedly and over 100C at times when playing games like Cyberpunk even with the laptop elevated. My laptop fans was pretty dusty and even cleaning the fans my laptop temps didnt change so i was forced to repaste. After removing my heatsink the paste was almost dry and had a lot of gaps where the my CPU and GPU die was exposed. This time when i repasted i used the spatula that came with the honeywell 7950 package to spread the paste, like i said before its a thick paste almost like putty and covered my CPU and GPU die completely with a thick layer. Not the cleanest job as it was late at night but very effective especially when you see my temps and cinebench score below: After running cinebench 3 times not only i got my highest score but my CPU temps never went above 88C and games stayed in the 70Cs range!. Im still not sure how long it takes for it cure but the results took effect very quickly this time!. 4 1 Current Laptop: Lenovo Legion 5: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H 2.8Ghz (Boost: 4.2Ghz), 6GB Nvidia Geforce GTX 1660Ti GDDR6 Memory, 15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) 144Hz IPS display, 16GB 3200MHz DDR4 memory, 512GB M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD, 1 TB Teamgroup MP34 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD, Windows 10 Home 21H2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etern4l Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 I evaluated MX-6 and it's a "not really" for 280W workloads. Testing Alphacool Apex 17W/mK now. It's probably the thickest paste I've ever used, quite difficult to apply, it "peels off" easily, the temps however, were a markedly better than with MX-6 (thanks to @Papusan for the tip). I also have tubes of TFX and XTM70 waiting in the pipeline. My assumption now is just that I will just have to repaste often given the load. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rofa1234 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Apex is thick, the big surprise is the bad performance on a notebook. XTM70 is much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etern4l Posted Saturday at 12:45 PM Share Posted Saturday at 12:45 PM Actually that kind of makes sense. Alphacool doesn't really specialize in laptop products, and if the paste is very thick, it requires high heatsink pressure, which laptops typically lack. Anyway the paste is holding up so far (in conjunction with a serous cooling upgrade) which is always good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanLegi Posted Saturday at 03:59 PM Share Posted Saturday at 03:59 PM Apex on the CPU should be no problem the contact pressure is good enough for this with the GE76 Raider. For the GPU was it not enough so i used TFX on the GPU. But since Honeywell I don't wanna use somehting else 😄 3 cheerio jp 1. Desktop Gaming RIG | AMD 5900X with MSI MAG Coreliquid P360 | MSI MEG X570S Ace Max | 32 GB TeamGroup-UD4-3200@3733 1,45V | M.2_1 SPATIUM M480 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 1TB | AMD RX 6900 XT | Lian Li O11D XL with 10 Fan setup | 3 bottom (in-take) | 3 top (in-take) | 3 side (out-take | 1 back (out.take) 2. Mobile Gaming | GE76 Raider 11UH-208 UK with BOE CQ NE173QHM-NZ1 WQHD 240Hz 3. MSI GS63VR 6RF Stealth 4. MSI GE73VR 7RF Raider with 4K Screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KING19 Posted Monday at 12:51 AM Share Posted Monday at 12:51 AM On 2/4/2023 at 10:59 AM, JeanLegi said: Apex on the CPU should be no problem the contact pressure is good enough for this with the GE76 Raider. For the GPU was it not enough so i used TFX on the GPU. But since Honeywell I don't wanna use somehting else 😄 Once you go Honeywell you aint going back 😎. Current Laptop: Lenovo Legion 5: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H 2.8Ghz (Boost: 4.2Ghz), 6GB Nvidia Geforce GTX 1660Ti GDDR6 Memory, 15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) 144Hz IPS display, 16GB 3200MHz DDR4 memory, 512GB M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD, 1 TB Teamgroup MP34 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD, Windows 10 Home 21H2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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