Hardware 25 - What, no Tanks?
Posted on 8th Jul 2011 at 14:20 by Podcast with 11 comments
It's been a while since our last podcast so James, Paul, Antony and Harry had plenty to talk about when they took their seats in the studio this week.
First on the agenda was James and Paul's trip to Computex in Taiwan, where they got to see what the industry had planned for the next six months. Certain things were of particular interest to us though such as the LGA2011 boards being shown at the exhibition.
The other big slice of news that's hit since our last podcast is the launch of AMD's new desktop Lynx processors. The APUs (as AMD calls them) are potentially interesting for those looking for a low cost rig that's also capable of gaming.
Finally, we sneak in a little discussion about Intel's new 50-core maths co-processor card and attempt to answer a reader question about thermal compound.
As always, we've also set up our weekly competition, the lucky winner of which will walk away with a brand new Corsair VX550W PSU.
As ever, the bit-tech hardware podcast features music by Brad Sucks, and was recorded on Shure microphones. You can download the podcast direct, listen in-browser or subscribe through iTunes using the links below. Also, be sure to let us know your thoughts about the discussion in the forums.
First on the agenda was James and Paul's trip to Computex in Taiwan, where they got to see what the industry had planned for the next six months. Certain things were of particular interest to us though such as the LGA2011 boards being shown at the exhibition.
The other big slice of news that's hit since our last podcast is the launch of AMD's new desktop Lynx processors. The APUs (as AMD calls them) are potentially interesting for those looking for a low cost rig that's also capable of gaming.
Finally, we sneak in a little discussion about Intel's new 50-core maths co-processor card and attempt to answer a reader question about thermal compound.
As always, we've also set up our weekly competition, the lucky winner of which will walk away with a brand new Corsair VX550W PSU.
As ever, the bit-tech hardware podcast features music by Brad Sucks, and was recorded on Shure microphones. You can download the podcast direct, listen in-browser or subscribe through iTunes using the links below. Also, be sure to let us know your thoughts about the discussion in the forums.
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I've used for several times the Zalman STG-1, the brushy one, it was cool and very easy to apply but since I was running out of it, i've searched for new and better ones and came across the Arctic Silver 5. MX-2 I've used in my times of pc technician and it was alright. MX-3 just resembles mashed potatoes or even ciment due to its viscosity, just a no no. Have been using the clear film on the finger method because I believe it's the best when not using a proper brush but the video you talked about is quite good to explain to most of us which method is best.
The video you were talking about is this one, I believe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyXLu1Ms-q4
Hope it helps everyone.
Old-fashion razor-blades work very well too just take the one from the heroin kit :D
Yep that's the one! I think what it shows is that some TIMs such as AS5, do require spreading as they are too thick for this to happen using the mounting pressure alone - personally I've had better results using AS5 spread using the finger method than I have grain of rice + mount pressure method. However, I'm much more in favour of using less viscous TIMs such as MX2 and using the cross method now.
i find some thermal goo benefits from being warmed up a little before application... a quick run under the hot tap usually does the trick... makes it easier to spread out...
I've used Arctic silver 5 for as long as I can remember as well - think I'll have to use one of these MX compounds next time...
I like learning stuff! :)