IC Diamond

[RadishTM Veteran]

Website here - http://www.innovationcooling.com/

Has anyone here tried this diamond-based thermal compound? I'm intrigued about how well it works :)

Radish?

[+Mystic MVC]

Almost a four degree Celsius drop for load sounds great. None of my friends have tried it yet but I might volunteer to be the guinea pig on this one.

[RadishTM Veteran]

I've found a few resellers in the UK that stock it, I might give it a go as well.

Radish?

[Nick Brunt]

Sounds neat... might give it a go.

[shifts]

I know a few people that have personally tried it. A common mistake is to put the paste on and then get going rather than leaving it cure for a good few days. After curing the temps dropped further from just running it after applying the solution.

Theres a review here where its gone up a few other thermal compounds so you can see how it performs.

The first shop I believe in the uk to start stocking it was one called watercooled-pcs.co.uk and they are still showing stock.

Hope this helps

[carmatic]

how very interesting... i dont have a fullsize computer yet, but if this turns out good i'll definitely add this to my shopping list

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

ive been using AS5 for years - and used it again on my i7 build. perhaps i'll give this stuff a shot if it's not too expensive

[RadishTM Veteran]

Placed an order for it today, hopefully I'll get it before the postal strike starts.

Radish?

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

i was going to buy it, but shipping was the same price (or more) as the paste. unreal. i cant justify it.

[RadishTM Veteran]

It came this morning, will be applying it later if I have time :)

Radish?

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

hey let us know how it works! i need to lower my load temps

[RadishTM Veteran]

:p

What temperatures do you get Jdawg683 with your i7 920?

I had the Q6700 doing Prime95 with small FFT's the day before for the paste to cure, when IC say it's two hours if I remember correctly.

Running now with the AC Freezer Pro 7 and IC Diamond, my Q6700 @ 3.33GHz went down on idle by 4c (previous temp with AS5 used to be 44c) and on load by 5c (previous temp with AS5 used to be 65c) (Y)

I'm pleased with the results so far :) Downsides are that the paste is hard (needs warming up through hot water), not free-flowing like AS5 and doesn't spread out using a card.

Radish?

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

after 30-60 mins of Prime95, my load temps top 79C on the hottest core. all is stable, but it's so hot... and that's w/ the Megahalems! i reapplied my AS5 last week, but havent noticed much of a difference yet. im chocking it up to bad airflow through the case... not much else i can do for the case.

how did you apply it Radish? it doesnt spread w/ a card... :ermm: :cry:

[RadishTM Veteran]

I put a small 5mm dot of the paste in the center of the CPU, the applying pressure of the AC Freezer Pro 7 spread it well.

Since doing this however, I've switched to a Xigmatek HDT S1283 and had to apply two lines of the paste due to the copper heat pipes. Idle temperatures have gone down further, up to 3c and load temperatures by 2c.

Radish?

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

i thought applying lines was the wrong way to apply paste...

[Circaflex]

ive used it, its hard to work with.

i thought applying lines was the wrong way to apply paste...

the only real "wrong" way to apply TIM, is using too much.

[+Mystic MVC]

i thought applying lines was the wrong way to apply paste...

Arctic Silver's guides recommend one line down the middle.

[i_was_here]

i thought applying lines was the wrong way to apply paste...

If the heatsink has the heatpipes exposed in the base using lines would be good.

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

wow - see, i still use the method of putting a small dot in the center and spreading it out w/ a plastic card... you get an extremely thin, even coat