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No
matter what type of cooling method you use, there will always be
some space between the CPU and the heatsink. Until AMD and Intel
start making processors with integrated heatsinks you will need
some type of “thermal grease” to bridge that gap.
The
problem is that air doesn't conduct heat that well. Even with the
mirror finish on the bottom of today’s modern heatsinks, there
will still be some air between the source (CPU, GPU, RAM, etc) and
the heatsink. This is where thermal grease, or more accurately,
thermal compounds, come into play. When you ask someone about thermal
compounds, they'll mention a few names such as; Antec Reference
Silver, Nanotherm XTC, and most often, Arctic Silver 3.
Arctic
Silver 3 is the most popular Hi-Perf thermal compound out there.
Using a micronized silver base it has garnered a reputation for
being the best. So how did the folks at Arctic Silver go about building
a better mousetrap?
They developed Ceramique.
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