Arctic Silver Ceramique Premium High Density Thermal Compound 22g

I've been building PCs for over 20 years. Over that time, I've used a variety of different thermal compounds for my various builds (and for other electronics projects), but Ceramique is the best thermal transfer product I've found for CPU cooling in the past few years. There are very few thermal transfer compounds out there that can beat it for performance (look at some of the comparison reviews for proof), but Ceramique is unique because it applies easily, cleans off easily and is non-conductive. i.e., it won't short out components if it gets on them accidentally. The thermal transfer performance is right up there with Arctic Silver 5.I built two identical PCs with Core2Duo E6750 CPUs a couple years ago and overclocked them from the stock 2.66 gHz speed to the current speed of 3.6 gHz (using Thermalright Ultima 90 air coolers). One was built with AS5 and the other with Ceramique. After burning in with various utilities to ensure that the speed/voltages were stable, I found that the processor temps were nearly identical both at idle and under load (computers were side by side on a table). Though temps did fluctuate slightly, the AS5 beat the Ceramique by 1-2 degrees at most. I was pleasantly surprised, since AS5 is very difficult to clean up vs Ceramique, and (though rare, from what I've read) AS5 can be devastating if it gets on the wrong places (CPU pins, nearby capacitors, etc).Since then, I've switched to using Ceramique on all of my builds. I still have AS5 available, but I just don't use it anymore.

Ok here is some tech talk that you may or may not understand... When connecting to hot metals together the thermal transference is around 10-20% which is great if you're not to worried about heat. In a computer where heat is not your freind it is a big, really big concern, which is why we use a thermal grease with most you get a thermal transfer rate of about 30-50% which is fantastic if you're just running PII- PIV processor. But for those of us using a high end system with the added problem of living in the caribbean with the current heat wave Artic Silver is the only way to go with a thermal transfer rate of 50-70% its a great way to add a little extra protection with out incurring a big cost.Just one thing though, the shipping of this product is sent via an envelope which means that the tube can get damaged, I've already complained about it to the company, and I'll update you as I will be using this product regularly if that doesn't change. Laterz peoples

Hi everyone. I just thought you might like to know. What you think you are ordering in Arctic Silver Ceramique, what you will receive is Arctic Silver Ceramique 2. Ceramique 2 isn't bad, however the original version is superior in terms of heat transfer reducing temperature by up to 5°C lower. If I wanted Ceramique 2 I would have bought it from some another seller for less. I know there are many people like me who simple don't want to go through the trouble of returning the item. So be aware.

Good conductivity but a pain to install. INCREDIBLY hard to get out of the tube and difficult to get into place once it's out. It does the job and does it well but could definitely be easier to apply. However, the tradeoff might very well be that this will last a lot longer than competing products.

i bought thes for my vedio card to be able to put it back together. i had ever used this type of item before. and it had no diredtions for use. but if u know what ur doing it did what it was designed for.

Artic Silver has never let me down with their products. Their quaility control is excellent.Pros-non conductive-non capacitive-non bleeding-8 year life span-not thick or hard to applyNegs-not the best at thermal transmission-priceyThe difference between this paste and the top of the line paste according to the comparison with the best methodogy I found online was 2.3 degrees. But that product was conductive and the other products that werent conductive that beat ceramique were either hard to find (shin-etsu), or were hard to apply (IC-7, which requires 50 psi of force). Naw, I'll stick with AS cermaique: name brand, safe, easy to apply.Note: the 2.3 degree difference was between pastes. There are some phase change metallic compounds with 8-10 degree superior performance, but there are major downsides to them (eg. Indigo Xtreme requires you heating your chip up to 95 degrees celcius).Note 2: apply the product according to the manufacturer's recommendations. Don't apply it according to some guy on a forum's instructions.cheers.