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Best thermal adhesive

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I'm looking for the best thermal adhesive to mount things such as a SB heatsink and memory heatsinks. It may or may not be permanent... preferabbly removable later.

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acrtic silvery epoxy, accept no substitute
and theirs a fake one out their called "artic" silver thats no good
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Use 2/3's Arctic Alumina epoxy mixed with 1/3 Arctic Silver 3 or 5. Mixing the Arctic Silver with the epoxy makes it easier to get apart later.
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Sticky situation....

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Here's the mixing / mounting instructions. NascarFool's suggestion of mixing it with some Artic Silver sounds good for subsequent removal, but that also makes it electrically conductive - it's that's a concern.

http://www.arcticsilver.com/alumina_adh ... ctions.htm :D
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Re: Sticky situation....

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Originally posted by Bigal
NascarFool's suggestion of mixing it with some Artic Silver sounds good for subsequent removal, but that also makes it electrically conductive


If the normal AS and the epoxy are both non-conductive when seperate...then how does it magically make them conductive if added together?
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Re: Re: Sticky situation....

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Originally posted by Absolut Talent
If the normal AS and the epoxy are both non-conductive when seperate...then how does it magically make them conductive if added together?


I was wondering the same thing....
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Well, let me rephrase that...

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Knowing that Artic Silver contained a large amount of silver (Contains 99.9% pure silver), I figured that it would have to be somewhat electrically conductive. However, I checked their website and found this:

Arctic Silver 5 was formulated to conduct heat, not electricity.

(While much safer than electrically conductive silver and copper greases, Arctic Silver 5 should be kept away from electrical traces, pins, and leads. While it is not electrically conductive, the compound is very slightly capacitive and could potentially cause problems if it bridges two close-proximity electrical paths.)

So, would you want to spread Artic Silver across a few traces on your CPU? Would you mind getting some Artic Silver on the pins of your CPU before you place it in the socket? I didn't think so. Being slightly capacitive means it may slightly hold or transfer an electrical charge, or that it could inhibit the flow of DC current (to a minor degree).

Therefore, I would be careful where I place the mixture when attaching heatsinks or ramsinks. Not super careful, but I wouldn't just slap it on with a paintbrush.



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