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final price drop, next week I start breaking 1 in half every day

A decision has been made with the right intentions for HWBot, thus not everybody needs to agree When I'm gone you can take over, run the show taking into account all users, not a handfull...

I can be an asshole if I need to be.

6600K delidded air cooling,5g 4.8 r11.5 1.263v on mocf,5.3g 5.0 xtu2.0 1.43v with aio water Batch:X846D096😊 6600k es batch L514C017,5g 4.8 r11.5 1.37v,4k13 needs 1.40v sa

Binned the two sticks I got as a prize from the qualifier with all auto voltages for 1 boot attempt each, along with the one stick I already had. (The other stick I already had fails to boot below -90), maybe 2 minutes of binning combined this morning. I was just super ready to bench LN2 again, as I've been super busy with school, and my last session was for OCWC where I tried mem valid for the first time on ln2 on this platform with only 50 minutes before I had to go to class, so that session was cut pretty short lol.

What most people don't know about 5090 is that LN2 overclocking is not far from chill water. All 5090 have cold bug @-40 and when the core has lower temp than 0c the core clocks lock @3277 Mhz. So while benching you have to keep the core in positive temps. @GKVV Well done guys, great score.

How many sticks did you bin?

This is actually my profile for the 4000C19 kit, and I thought I had them on the board, but it's actually the 4000C16. I couldn't get the 15-15-35 to work with the 4000C19. Now I've found out the 4000C16 does it. https://ibb.co/kkzGmMs

Found a couple batches that are very reliable at reaching those settings 3918A497, 3914A740 for i7 920 3918A533 for Xeon W3520 3914A739 for i7 975 (my best is 4500 1.23V, but it “only” does a bit over 5.5 on cold sadly since it has a bad coldbehavior - for this batchrange - of -130 sweetspot. My W3520 is happy at fullpot and my other 975 (5.8 valid) at -160.) QR code range for these chips is N3924-N3926, with almost every single chip I’ve found or heard of in this range being 4500 <1.25V and most chips easily doing 5500 on ln2, as long as bclk plays along. looking at LN2 results and old forum threads I’m fairly certain W3570s of these batches certainly exist too, unsure about W3540. I’ve tried finding a 950 for years in this range but without luck. Since I’ve stopped actively looking, I no longer feel like its right to keep this info to myself.

If anyone has issues with CPUz 2.15, you are not alone. Without any changes to the OS, its not showing changes to BCLK. Given that clocking up after boot is relevant for memory frequency, the followinng fixes have been found: for modern OS: bcdedit /set useplatformclock true for legacy OS (win XP): edit C:\boot.ini and add "/usepmtimer"

Monster system, sick run Rauf :D

ten thousand US Dee Dollars!

god bless Comet Lake

have removed the link to the X7S bios because of bug during microcode switch and add new versions (X7U) for Tachyon and Tachyon X. MC-Switch works now fine ###################################### Z790 AORUS TACHYON / X BIOS RELEASE NOTE ###################################### X7U 19/03/2025 1. Fixed MCU swap X7T 18/03/2025 1. Add 0x10e 0x11f and remove 0x11a 0x11d for Change MCU section X7S 18/03/2025 1. update MCU 123 to 12C 2. Add Change MCU 0x105 remove 0x10e X7R 12/03/2024 1. Added Microcode 0x123 for 0x671 ( RaptorLake CPU )

Copy the link and paste it into a Microsoft EDGE browser. GPU SOFTWARE nVIDIA 368.81 XP GTX 980.zip AB2Extreme.rar Asus_gtx580_pack.rar ATI Flash.zip ATI SetLOD.zip ATI biosedit1.zip ATI flash_274.zip ATI Tool.zip AMD GPU ClockTool.zip RadeonTweaker-1.1.96.exe D3D Overrider.rar eVGAClassified.zip EVBot_GPU_Flash_1.0.0.2.rar eVGA Voltage Tune.v1.0.rar eVGA GPU Voltage Tuner 1.0.rar GPUTool_CTP1.exe How to use MadMatrix.bat.docx Madmatrix.rar Hyper SLI_7.0.exe Kepler Bios Tweaker_1.27.zip NiBiTor.v6.06.zip NVPM Manager Uni.exe Powerstrip.exe QuickLOD_v101.exe Rivatuner+2.2.4c.rar Sapphire Trixx 4.4.0b-MOD.zip Sapphire TRIXX680.zip SLI Fixes.zip Therm Spy Premium Installer.exe TNT clk.zip nvidiaInspector+Version+1.9.7.2.rar MaxwellBiosTweaker.exe

Well done! 🥇

Update 15 June 2016 To acquire any version of AfterBurner, please contact your local MSI office. Update 04 May 2015 As some of you already know, there's now a very simple way to get ABX >>> Just send a PM to Pepinorang. Requirements are the following: You have to be registered as an Extreme/Elite overclocker on HWBot.org. You need to have already submitted at least 3 scores using sub-zero cooling (dry ice or better) on VGA. Send back the NDA form we'll provide to you, signed. Pay some drinks to Pepi whenever you come to Taiwan. Be aware that, Of course, you have to respect the NDA form you'll sign. The ABX version you'll receive should only work for the VGA model you'll indicate to us. Your S/N will be requested, warranty will void and any RMA request will be rejected for the product you applied. If you're okay with all that is written above, Afterburner Extreme is available! :celebration:

It's time for a culling of my collection. I plan to move soon™, so I need to shrink my collection. What doesn't get sold here will eventually be placed on ebay or recycled. On another note, I am in the works of recapping two motherboards, but that will be days away. When they are done, however, I might update this post to list them. I am located in the US, but am fine shipping internationally. Shipping will be paid separately. I prefer to use Paypal, but how you wish to pay me via Paypal is up to you. All CPUs that have been overclocked were done so on water. DM whenever. Update (3/27/2025) - cutting the prices of all Socket A CPUs in half. --- CPUs: * Slot 1 * Pentium II 300 "Klamath" SL28R (OC'd, delidded) - $5 * Pentium II 450 "Deschutes" SL2U7 (OC'd, delidded) - $10 * Pentium III 600 100MHz-FSB "Katmai" SL3JM (OC'd) - $5 * Pentium III 600E 100MHz-FSB "Coppermine" SL3H6 - $5 * 2x Pentium III 800 100MHz-FSB "Coppermine" SL3XR - $10 (1 Sold) * Pentium III 800EB 133MHz-FSB "Coppermine" SL3XQ - $10 * Pentium III 1000EB 133MHz-FSB Coppermine SL4BS (OC'd) - $25 * Slot A * Athlon 800 "Pluto" K7800MPR52B (OC'd, delidded) - $5 * Athlon 700 "Thunderbird" A0700MPR24B (OC'd, delidded) - $5 * Socket A * Sempron 2500+ 166MHz-FSB "Thoroughbred-B" SDA2500DUT3D - $2.50 * Athlon XP 2600+ 166MHz-FSB "Thoroughbred" AXDA2600DKV3D - $2.50 * Athlon XP 2400+ 133MHz-FSB "Thorton" AXDC2400DKV3C - $2.50 * Athlon XP 2500+ 166MHz-FSB "Barton" AXDA2500DKV4D - $2.50 * 2x Athlon XP 2800+ 166MHz-FSB "Barton" AXDA2800DKV4D - $2.50 each * Athlon XP 3000+ 166MHz-FSB "Barton" AXDA3000DKV4D - $5 * Socket 754 * 2x Athlon 64 3400+ 512KB "Newcastle" ADA3400AEP4AX (1 was OC'd, delidded) - $15 each * Athlon 64 3200+ 512KB "Venice" ADA3200AIO4BX (OC'd, delidded) - $25 Sold --- GPUs: * Gigabyte G1 Gaming Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti - $40 Sold * PNY Verto Nvidia GeForce 7950 GT PCIe - $20 Sold --- Coolers and the like: * Stock-style (?) SECC2 cooler (Slot 1) - $5 * Third-party SECC2 cooler with new fans (Slot 1) - $5 * Third-party Slot A cooler - $5 * Startech "FANDURONTB" cooler (Socket 7-A) - $5 * Startech "FAN3701U" copper cooler (Socket 7-A) - $5 Sold * 2x Startech "FAN370PRO" cooler (Socket 7-A) - $5 each * Thermalright XP-90 with Noctua fan (Socket 478 + 775) - $15 Sold * Noctua U9B (Socket 775) - $10 * Arctic Freezer 11 LP (Socket 775 + 115x) - $5 * Zalman GPU cooler (unknown model; 55mm + 75-80mm hole spacing support; untested) - Free Sold * Asus Socket 775-era VRM fan - Free * Corsair Hydro X Series XR5 280mm radiator (copper) - $30 * 5x 2x Artic P14 PWM PST 140mm fans (new; bought by friend; remaining 2 lightly used) - $5 each (3x Sold) --- Motherboard and motherboard combos: * Asus P3B-F (Slot 1, 440BX-chipset) - $50 * Notes: * Fun-fact - the first motherboard I had ever bought with my own money in 2017. * Nearly-fully-recapped (I don't think I replaced the SMD caps) and updated to the latest BIOS. * Came originally with corrosion on some of the traces on the back-side of the board. I have tried to clean-it-up as best as I could. Debatably does not *seem* to affect the board however. * Came originally with a non-functional PS2 mouse (?) port. I tried replacing the whole dual-PS2 port itself, but that did not seem to fix the issue. Reflowing the SMD components right behind the port itself seemed to have "resolved" the issue. * Came originally with a not-working PWR_FAN connector. IIRC I never fixed that. * One of the "arms" on one of the "pegs" for the CPU bracket arms broke-off. I can share a picture. Should not seriously affect the stability of the specific bracket arm I hope. * A bit temperamental in POSTing. Sometimes will refuse to POST. To resolve this, I have noticed deliberately booting the board with no CPU installed, hearing the hellish cries made by the motherboard from the PC speaker regarding that fact, turning-off the board, installing a CPU, and then trying to boot the board again seems to solve the issue for the given CPU. * Abit BF6 (Slot 1, 440BX-chipset) - $100 * Note - fully-recapped, updated to the latest BIOS, and sporting a new Enzotech NB heatsink. * MSI K7 Pro v1 (MS-6195) (Slot A, AMD-751-chipset) - $100 Sold * Soyo SY-P4I845PE ISA (Socket 478, 845PE-chipset) - $75 Sold * Asus K8N4-E Deluxe (Socket 754, nForce 4-4x-chipset) - $75 Sold * Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe (Socket 939, nForce SLI x16-chipset) - $100 * Note - fully-recapped, VRM+chipset heatsinks repasted+repadded, and updated to the latest BIOS. Stickers on the main copper VRM+chipset heatsinks were removed in the hopes of better cooling during overclocking. * Asus P5E Deluxe (Socket 775, X48-chipset) (FAULTY) - $10 Sold * Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe (Socket 1155, Z77-chipset) - $50 * Note - updated to the latest BIOS, updated the ME firmware to a more recent version available on the Win-Raid forums, and repadded+repasted. * Asus Sabertooth X79 (Socket 2011, X79-chipset) - $75 * Note - updated to the latest BIOS, updated the ME firmware to a more recent version available on the Win-Raid forums, and repadded+repasted. * Asus Sabertooth X99 (Socket 2011-v3, X99) - $100 Sold --- Other items: * MSI MS-6905 Master v2.0 Socket 370-to-Slot 1 slocket adapter - $25 Sold * Wiretap's Slot A AMD K7 FreeSpeed Pro Clone (used to adjust CPU multiplier and Vcore) - $25 Sold ---

wow!

He strikes again, this time with the coffee tweak

🏆 as always

Expect the unexpected. Great score!

That was unexpected, congrats

Z790 APEX ENCORE/ Z790 APEX TEST BIOS 9990 *The new BIOS includes Intel microcode 0x12C to enhance the stability of Intel Core 13th and 14th Gen processors. 1. need ln2 mode enabled and mode2 if use gear 4 dont use mode 2 (Only used in xoc) 2. can switch 11F ucode in bios ROG MAXIMUS Z790 APEX TEST BIOS 9990 (Based on 2901) Download ROG MAXIMUS Z790 APEX ENCORE TEST BIOS 9990 (Based on 1901) Download ROG MAXIMUS Z790 APEX TEST BIOS 9990 With AVX512 (Based on 2901) Download ROG MAXIMUS Z790 APEX ENCORE TEST BIOS 9990 With AVX 512 (Based on 1901) Download

with these boards you can literally grab some dead 1366 chips, throw them in, pass post once and they will work again in other boards as well. I've done it 2-3 times with DOA Bloomfield chips (I still have no idea how people manage to kill bloomfield), Luumi managed with a couple 32nm ES chips as well iirc. The chips seemed to behave perfectly fine afterwards (had one i7 920 that did 5.3 multicore but still BCLK limited from this trick, core felt good for 5500+ given behavior)

Great job, Robert!

Great score

First sub 10min wPrime 1024M run on AM2, very well done!

Such a great score, very well done!

Good stuff man! Killing AM2 records at the moment

Amazing result, Robert, truly deserved after all the hard work you've put in. Breaking a 16 year old platform record is awesome!

I just noticed you use CPUz 2.09. Please validate with 1.73 next time and see…

Nice! Good result. I missed this one. My first and only 6400+ has a vid of 1.35v as well (and is better on air then my 6000+ is).

Big score! Very nicely done, only just seeing this now :)

Golden CPU! Gj!

Good Job

incredible

What a monumental achievement, well done!

Wow, very nice

Amazing!

Impressive cpu, congrats!

There is a brand new 3D benchmark out from Basemark called Basemark GPU. It offers a wide selection of resolutions , API's and operating systems support. I tested the 4K DX12 option and it seems pretty good. Might be worth a try and maybe in a future worth considering to add to hwbot 3D benchies , also no cancer systeminfo needed 😁. Download - https://www.gpuscore.com/benchmarks/basemark-gpu/

3DMark Cloud Gate 3DMark Fire Strike Series 3DMark Ice Storm Series 3DMark Night Raid 3DMark Port Royal 3DMark Sky Diver 3DMark Time Spy Series 3DMark Wild Life 3DMark Speed Way 3DMark Storage Benchmark

Intro Not much to say, just a list of people/companies making LN2 cooling gear. Might be useful for some of you. No links to pictures yet ... something to do for later. Also, I'm sure I've missed A LOT OF pots; just post in if you need some to be added. Commercial product lines BartX Phase change cooling and parts, LN2 containers, custom mounting kits Based in Poland Official website: http://www.bartxstore.cba.pl/index.html der8auer ECC CPU, GPU and memory containers Based in Germany Official website: http://www.der8auer.de Dimastech CPU containers Based in Italy Official website: http://www.dimastech.com/EN/ Kingpincooling CPU, GPU, memory and northbridge containers Based in Taiwan Official website: http://kingpincooling.com/ Ln2cooling.com CPU containers Based in USA Official website: http://www.ln2cooling.com/ Piotres CPU and GPU containers Based in Poland Official website: http://www.piotres.com/ SF3D CPU containers Based in Finland Contact: SF3DOCsales@sci.fi Ryba VGA containers Based in Poland Contact: ryba@purepc.pl Full list CPU Containers Arscom216 PedroPC LN2 pot BartX CPU Pot 2.0H CPU Pot 2.0M CPU Pot 2.0E Besi Micro Monster Tube Quadro Monster Tube Quadro Monster Tube Rev2.0 [*]Der8auer Beast Pot CX rev1 CX rev2 Full Cu Pot FusionPot rev1 FusionPot rev2 SpecOps-Pot FusionPot rev3.0 FusionPot rev3.1 [*]Crio CC-Pot Rev1.0 DeDaL MiniGUN 1.0 LN2 POT [*]Dimastech ECO Pot V1.0 ECO Pot V2.0 [*]Duniek Patchpot [*]Harshal Astra [*]Kingpincooling Dragon LN2 Rev1.2 Dragon Evo 2.2 Dragon Evo 2.3 Dragon F1 Dragon F1 Extreme Edition Dragon F1 Gemini Koolance CPU-LN2-V2 Liquid Nitrogen Evaporator (CPU) Ln2cooling.com The Phantom [*]Nanok Fatboy pot [*]Otterauge ChoopaCooler Rev. 01 Rev. 02 Rev. X1 Rev. X2 X1 Xtreme Xtrem ONE Xtreme Edition XtremEdition rev.3 XtremEdition rev.4 Xtrem Quad 1 [*]Piotres CPU copper semi-solid container (42mm diameter) CPU copper SOLID container (80mm diameter) CPU copper SOLID container (70x70mm) CPU copper SOLID container (70mm diameter) CPU copper SOLID container (60mm diameter) CPU copper SEMI-SOLID container (70/54mm diameter) CPU copper SOLID container (70x70mm) 140mm tall CPU copper SOLID container (70x70mm) version2 Rasmus66 X pot [*]SF3D AMD Helium Pot Inflection Point ThermoLab ThermoLab Pot (golden edition) Wehr-Wolf Baby-DI XtremeLabs.org MAGNUM rev.2 MAGNUM rev.1 GPU Containers Besi SLI-GPU-Monster-tubes Der8auer RAPTOR 3 RAPTOR SLIM Koolance VID-LN2-V2 [*]Kingpincooling Tek-9 3.0 GPU Ln2/DI Tek-9 4.0 Slim Tek-9 5.0 Slim Tek-9 6.66 Slim Tek-9 6 Slim Tek-9 Fat Tek-9 Slim Tek-9 Solid copper Ln2 rev 2.1 Otterauge Multi GPU K�hler Piotres GPU xtra simple containers (35mm diameter) GPU cooper steeper SLIM containers (42/2mm diameter) GPU copper steeper containers (42mm diameter) GPU copper containers (42mm diameter) Ryba Fat Slim Slim Wide XtremeLabs.org XtremeLabs.org GPU pot rev3 Memory Containers Besi Memory Freezer rev1.0 Carpo93 Carpo93's RamPot Der8auer Cryoclamp Memory Container EK-SF3D Triple Point EVO [*]Kingpincooling Dominance Memory Cooler Ney Pro Memory Cooler Northbridge Containers BartX Semi solid NB container Der8auer Little Alu Northbridge Pot [*]Kingpincooling NB-1 [*]Otterauge NB K�hler

I am looking to purchase, borrow, trade, or give one of my teenagers for 2 3090 ln2 pots, I have contacted Vince, Performance Pc, etc. everyone is out of stock, any help would be greatly appreciated. OG10kTech

We are finally able to upload results without having the benchmark installed: :woot: http://www.3dmark.com/settings/uploadresult (need to be logged in). Works for all non-discontinued 3DMark and PCMark benchmarks (please select the right one in the dropdown) The issue some people were having when trying to upload 03/05/06 result files from the benchmark with latest System Info or no System Info at all shouldn't happen anymore if you do it via the Result Uploader. Enjoy! Feel free to report any issues/suggestions you may encounter here, I will do my best to help. Error messages you may get: - "Unknown error" => Result has been already uploaded - "Result file is corrupted" => Benchmark is not supported yet

Just gonna bump that one

UPDATE: TEST 2015 HERE Extreme-Overclockers are always trying to achieve the highest scores possible. No matter if CPU, GPU, mainboard or memory - everything has to run perfect in order to set up new records. The latest generation of Core i7 - Ivy Bridge - scales brilliantly on deep cold. Without cold bug the CPUs are limited by the pot and thermal compound. I will test 26 different thermal compounds in the following test to see how they perform with air cooling and liquid nitrogen. Index: TIM Roundup 2013 Setup and description Thermal compounds in detail Alpenföhn Schneekanone Coolink Chillaramic Noctua NT-H1 Alphacool Silver Grease Gelid GC-Extreme Zalman ZM-STG1 Revoltec Thermal Grease Nano JunPus D9000 JunPus DX1 Xigmatek PTI-G3606 Xigmatek PTI-G4512 Coolermaster Value V1 Coolermaster Essentials E1 Dimastech HTX EE Dimastech Thermal Compound Prolimatech PK-1 Prolimatech PK-2 Prolimatech PK-3 Akasa 455 Akasa 460 Akasa 5022 Arctic Silver 5 Arctic Céramique 2 Arctic MX-2 Arctic MX-4 ]Amasan T12 [*]Test 1: Air cooling [*]Test 2: LN2 at -50°C [*]Test 3: LN2 at -150°C [*]Evaluation Evaluation of the results Awards TIM Roundup 2013: Acknowledgment: First I'd like to thank all the vendors who supported me for this test and provided samples to me. Caseking was the most important as the provided the most products to me. Thanks a lot for that! I also received some samples directly from vendors. Thanks to Akasa, Alpenföhn, Coolink, Noctua, Alphacool respectively Aquatuning, der8auer ECC, JunPus, Dimastech and Prolimatech. Setup and description: TheoryI'm sure you guys already know why we have to use thermal paste. But just in case if there are some new members out there, I will explain why you need thermal paste. So what is thermal paste and why do we need to use it? Let's take a look on this simplified image first. You can see a cut image of a CPU and the cooler on top. Greatly enlarged you will notice that the surface of CPU IHS and cooler are pretty much rough even though it looks very flat with the naked eye. The spaces between CPU and cooler have to be filled with thermal paste to improve the thermal conductivity. That's why the thermal pastes are liquid and ideally never dry out. Most vendors guarantee about 2-5 years of usage between CPU and cooler. After this time you should change your thermal paste in case you still have your system after this time The majority of the thermal pastes are made of different silicones, oils and additives like silver, aluminum, ceramic or diamonds to transfer the heat. Unless other specified the thermal pastes have no electrical conductivity. This applies to all thermal pastes in this test. Setup For the first test I'm using a i7-3770K @ 4,0 GHz and 1,20 vCore cooled by a Scythe Katana 2 at 100 % fan-speed. To stress the CPU I'm using the tool CoreDamage. I'm running CoreDamage for about 15 minutes until the temperature is not changing anymore. Two thermal probes fixed on the CPU IHS and the base of the cooler are used to measure the temperature. As measurement value I'm using the delta-temperature between CPU-IHS and the cooler base. Most thermal pastes differ only by few 0,1 °C so measuring the absolute temperature with changing ambient temperatures would crash the complete test. Using the delta-temperature I'm eliminating this source of error. I'm doing each test with each thermal paste three times to exclude mounting issues of the cooler. After each test the CPU and cooler are cleaned using alcohol to remove all residues. For the second test I'm using the new der8auer Fusion rev 3.1 CPU container and liquid nitrogen. The container is cooling down the same i7-3770K which is now clocked at 5000 MHz @ 1,45 Volt to -50°C. Again I'm running CoreDamage to stress the CPU. During the test I keep the CPU as close to -50,0°C as possible. After few minutes if the temperature is not changing anymore I note down the temperature. The last test is to cool down the CPU to -150°C which is still running at 5000 MHz but on 1,50 Volt to give a little more load on the CPU and produce more heat. I'm again mounting the pot twice to eliminate measurement errors. If both measurements differ too much e.g. by 3,0 K I'm doing a third test and use the two measurements which are closest to each other. How to apply thermal paste and mounting pressure Whereas there are a lot of different ways to apply the thermal paste one thing is clear: the mounting pressure has to stay the same during the test to have consistent results. That's why I'm using the Scythe Katana 2 with Intel Push-Pins for the first test. It's a little more difficult to mount the pot exactly the same but Stummerwinter had a good idea here which I've seen few months ago as he mounted his pot. I'm using 4 springs which all have a normal length of 16,0 mm. Tightening the thumb screws I'm using a sliding caliper to measure the length of the springs until all have the tightened length of 12,2 mm. Applying the thermal paste you have to pay attention not to apply too much. This could have a negative influence on the cooling performance. Still you have to use enough to fill all gaps between CPU and cooler. That's why I'm using a thermal paste applicator to have a very thin layer covering the whole CPU. Setup: GA-Z77X-UP5 TH i7-3770K 2 x 2 GB G.Skill Pi 2400 CL9 LEPA 1600 W PSU Scythe Katana 2 (Test 1) der8auer Fusion CPU-Container (Test 2 and 3) Thermal compounds in detail: At the end of this test you will find a huge table including all the technical information and test results. That's why I will not explain the technical details of each thermal paste here. Alpenföhn Schneekanone Alpenföhn is a well-known manufacturer of cooling components and provides the first thermal paste of the test. Even though the tube is quite big the content is only 1,5 g. I prefer bigger tubes as they are easier to handle so this is a positive aspect. The packaging is very well designed and provides all technical information including the manual on the back. Included in the delivery you can also find an applicator. Coolink Chillaramic Coolink's Chillaramic straight attracts attention due to the nice packaging. The manufacturer promotes this product to be very good for lower temperatures and the use with Single Stages. An applicator or manual are not included unfortunately Noctua NT-H1 The Austrian cooler manufacturer Noctua provided the NT-H1 for this test. Compared to most of the other thermal pastes this product is very well packed and you can easily open the packaging. I'm not a friend of blister packaging You can find all important technical information on the back and a nice manual. Noctua says it's enough to place a little drop in the middle of the CPU and therefore does not include an applicator. Alphacool Silver Grease Alphacool provides a quite huge tube with 30 g which is the second biggest in this test. Therefore it's pretty good to use if you're changing the cooler a lot and don't need the best performance all the time. 32 Cent per Gramm is one of the cheapest products here. Additional stuff like manual, packaging or applicator is not included. Gelid GC-Extreme Gelid is very well known for the GC-Extreme using extreme cooling methods. The tube which contents 3,5 gram is one of the more expensive products and comes along in a blister packaging which is quite hard to open. Included in the delivery you find an applicator and all important technical details on the back. Zalman ZM-STG1 I'm sure you all know Zalman for their air- and water cooling solutions. The ZM-STG1 is a pretty interesting product which differs from the normal thermal pastes. It looks like a nail varnish and can be applied using a small brush which is fixed inside the top. Due to the low viscosity of this product you have to apply the thermal paste on both CPU and cooler. Revoltec Thermal Grease Nano Similar to Zalman's ZM-STG1, Revoltec's Thermal Grease Nano comes along in a small glass bottle and stands out of the test field. It's very easy to apply but is packed in a blister packaging. You can find technical details and a short manual on the back. JunPus D9000 JunPus is a quite unknown manufacturer from Taiwan. D9000 is the first product out of two in this test. It is very well packed and you can find all important technical details on the back including some nice charts. Included in the delivery you find an applicator. JunPus DX1 DX1 is the second product from JunPus. Packaging and content of delivery are same to the D9000. Xigmatek PTI-G3606 Xigmatek is a well-known cooler producer and provided two products for this test. The PTI-G3606 comes along with an applicator and a nicely designed packaging which is also quite hard to open. Xigmatek PTI-G4512 The PTI-G4512 is the high end product of Xigmatek and has a slightly higher performance than the PTI-G3606. Packaging and content of delivery are pretty equal to the PTI-G3606. All important information is printed on the back of the packaging. Cooler Master Value V1 The famous case producer Cooler Master also provides two products for this test. Value V1 is the midrange product which is packed in a blister packaging. On the back you can find technical details. Included in the delivery you find an applicator. Cooler Master Essentials E1 Essentials E1 is Cooler Masters high end product which is shipped in the same packaging like the V1. The E1 has one interesting feature, though: a cleaning cloth to remove old thermal paste. Like the V1 the E1 also has an applicator included. Dimastech HTX EE We all know Dimastech for his cool and helpful Bench Tables made in Italy. HTX EE is Dimas first thermal paste and comes along with an applicator and a well-designed packaging. I would have opted for something different than blister packaging. Dimastech Thermal Compound For testers with a high consumption of thermal pastes Dimastech offers a big box with 60 g content - the biggest in this test. Included you find two applicators Prolimatech PK-1 PK-1 is the entrance product of Prolimatech which is well known for its cooling solutions like the MK-13. Prolimatech offers the best packaging of all products. Very easy to open, well designed and very detailed technical information including the ingredients. An applicator is also included. Prolimatech PK-2 PK-2 is the midrange product has a higher performance than the PK-1. Prolimatech PK-3 PK-3 is Prolimatechs high end product and available in different sizes like the other thermal pastes of Prolimatech. Akasa 455 Akasa 455 is the smallest product in this test. Technical information is printed on the tube itself - a manual is missing though. Akasa 460 Akasa 460 is a midrange product of the Taiwanese cooler manufacturer. You can find all necessary information on the packaging even though it's quite hard to open. Included in the delivery you can find a multi-language manual and an applicator. Akasa 5022 5022 is the high-end product of Akasa and the packaging is pretty much equal to the Akasa 460, although the performance is higher. Arctic Silver 5 Artic Silver 5 is one of the oldest products in this test and has been on the market for quite a long time. The 3,5 g tube gets delivered without any packaging, manual or applicator. Arctic Céramique 2 Same as the Arctic Silver 5 the Céramique 2 comes along without any additional stuff. It has been used by a lot of different extreme overclockers in the past years and is a kind of classic product to me. Arctic MX-2 Arctic - don't mess up with Arctic Silver - provided two products for this test. The MX-2 is the cheaper version and comes along in a blister packaging. You can find all important information on the back of the product. The hazard symbol on the back should actually not disturb you as this applies for all pastes in this test. Arctic MX-4 MX-4 is the high-end product of Arctic and like the MX-2 available in different sizes. Except for ingredients and performance both products are pretty much equal. Amasan T12 Amasan T12 is a very cheap industrial product which I used over the past years for quick tests and therefore I'm including it into this test. Test 1: Air cooling Test 2: LN2 at -50°C Test 2: LN2 at -150°C Evaluation: Testable: Click to enlarge Evaluation of the test results After changing the cooler and applying the thermal pastes about 150 times and 80 hours of work - let's go over to the conclusion. Basically there are no bad thermal pastes - it just depends on what you are using it for and your expectations. There is no problem to use all of these products for 24/7 systems. Although you might be ending up with relatively cheap 70 EUR air- or water cooler, don***8217;t save on other parts of your cooling configuration. So which thermal paste for which application? Normal 24/7 Gaming- or Office systems:You can use all products here without any problems. Cheap products like the Cooler Master IC Value V1 or the Akasa 455 are enough here. Demanding gaming setups incl. overclocking Overclocker and gamer with high-end setups should spend few euros on the best thermal paste. You can easily gain 2-3°C upgrading from cheap products. I recommend: Gelid Extreme, JunPus D9000, Noctua NT-H1, Prolimatech PK-3, Akasa 5022, Artic MX-4, Cooler Master IC Essentials E1, Xigmatek PTI-G4512 and Alpenföhn Schneekanone. Extreme-Overclocker at -50°C (e.g. DICE or Single Stage) As you will be pretty limited by the temperature you should use one of the top thermal pastes to get the maximum out of your system. Good products are: JunPus D9000, Prolimatech PK-3, Alpenföhn Schneekanone, Noctua NT-H1, JunPus DX1 and Dimastech HTX EE. Extreme-Overclocker at -150°C and lower (Liquid Nitrogen!) - the supreme discipline Especially using cold bug free hardware like the Ivy Bridge CPU you should only use the best products available. I'm recommending Gelid Extreme and D9000 from JunPus. Awards Let's start with the best products of this test. Both JunPus D9000 and Gelid GC-Extreme are great products and reach the lowest temperatures possible. Both products come along with applicators but I prefer the packaging of the D9000 however it's a little harder to apply than the GC-Extreme. For the great performance both products receive the GOLDEN SYRINGE award. Alpenföhn Schneekanone, Prolimatech PK-3 and Noctua NT-H1 also have a pretty solid performance and therefore receive the SILVER SYRINGE award. Alpenföhn's Schneekanone means snow cannon in English which pretty much applies to its performance. It's quite expensive but the performance is good even on very low temperatures. The content of the tube is quite low but this can be good if you are using it just for one system. Prolimatech PK-3 is a solid product for air cooling and deep temperatures up to -50°C with a great packaging. Noctua***8217;s NT-H1 convinced me in all three categories and the packaging is also very well designed. Both 24/7 overclockers and extreme-overclockers can use this product without compunction. Cooler Master IC Essentials E1 offers a great price/performance. The cleaning cloth which is included in the delivery is a very useful tool and I hope other manufacturers will add this to their products. Akasa 5022 also offers a very good performance in all three tests and I can recommend this products for air- and water cooling as well as for 24/7 overclocking. JunPus DX-1 is also very interesting for 24/7 overclocking and extreme overclocking at temperatures of about -50°C. Taking a closer look on the test table you will notice that this product has the highest thermal conductivity with 16 W/(m*k) even though it did not achieve the best temperatures in this test. According to JunPus the DX-1 has a very long burn in time and will evolve the high performance after a few days of usage. Due to lack of time I could not test this unfortunately.

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Great card you've got there! Always tryed to buy one but they are so rare...