Ceramique 2 Premium High Density Thermal Compound 2.7g Ivory (ASCMQ2-2.7G-R)

This stuff is pretty good. I was surprised by how tiny the tube was, only about 2 inches including the plunger. I had recently ordered some really cheap paste from china, 30g for just two dollars. It was okay for low tdp hardware like my amd athlon II dual core and my geforce 210 in my HTPC, but I recently put some on my gaming computer's cpu. Now, my gaming computer has an Intel Xeon w3690 @ 3.4 GHz with 6 cores and 12 threads, and a tdp of around 180 watts. This thing puts out a lot of heat, with the cheap chinese stuff I was idling at 55 C and under about 60% load playing Fallout 4 I was seeing temps in the mid 70's. I ordered this and it came yesterday, so I cleaned off the cheap stuff, and put some of this on. I did a few stress tests with Prime95 to "burn it in", and let it sit overnight completely off so that everything can set. Today when I turned on my pc I saw my idle temp was 38 C! I am running Prime95 as we speak and my CPU is at 100% load, my temp with the CPU fan ramped up is 71-72 C, so all in all a definite improvement. These temps are completely fine for this chip, don't be concerned, it is quite a bit different than the consumer desktop chips most of us are used to and I am not seeing any thermal throttling while under full load with this temp, it's running at the full boost clock of over 3.5 GHz which is fantastic. I believe these old xeons have max operating tems in the high 90's. The previous temps were within reason, but because of the higher than normal temps my cpu fan was constantly ramping up to 100% and it is very loud, so I basically got this to prevent my fan from always being at max RPM when playing anything. I highly recommend this compound, it works quite good.

I've used Arctic Silver Ceramique for years because it offered an excellent combination of performance and value, and I was pleasantly surprised that Arctic Silver updated it. In terms of performance, Ceramique 2 seems to be a bit better than the original, though it's still behind the top silver-based thermal interface materials. Absolute thermal performance is not the whole story, however, and where Ceramique really stands out is the fact that it's completely electrically non-conductive and non-capacitive so there's virtually no risk of damaging your stuff by accidentally applying too much, etc. To get the most out of Ceramique 2, you should follow the detailed instructions on the Arctic Silver website. The site recommends different application methods depending on the type of CPU and Heatsink. For example, with Intel Ivy Bridge CPU's you should use the "line method" whereas my Phenom II needs the traditional "spot in the middle" approach. The site also describes how to prepare a CPU and heatsink prior to applying thermal paste to improve effectiveness. I bought this particular tube to upgrade the thermal paste in a laptop. With the introduction of Intel's Turbo Boost and AMD's Turbo Core, improving a laptop's cooling solution can lead to very tangible PERFORMANCE increases since the maximum boost frequency and time spend while under turbo boost is a function of current, power, and temperature. By reducing the overall CPU temperature under load, the boosting algorithms allow either even higher turbo boost speeds (up to the maximum) or longer boost duration (possibly indefinitely). Notes: 1) Thermal paste is secondary to having a clean, flat, and smooth mounting surface and sufficiently high (but not excessive) mounting pressure. Ceramique is better able to deal with higher mounting pressures due to it's higher viscosity. 2) Ceramique 2 is rated down to -150 C, which makes it suitable for use with more extreme forms of cooling such as phase change, dry ice, etc. 3) The 25g Tube is a better value than the 2.7g, though the 2.7g tube is good for ~10-15 applications. This really is a case of your mileage may vary. Ceramique and Ceramique 2 don't really dry out and seem to have a long shelf-life.

Non-conductive, good for YEARS after application. I've used it for years on several builds. It doesn't dry out or lose effectiveness and won't short out motherboards. It's been around for a very long time now and I started using it when it had just come out. These days it's inexpensive and "better than" the "brand X" that comes with most new coolers. It lasts for several years (really) in its tube when unused. It doesn't cure or "set up". If I were making many systems I would use this unless the systems were "hot rods". It's really easy to spread/use. It really isn't messy and is easily removed from fingers and surfaces. Nowadays there are possibly better alternatives but the price will be higher. For the average system, this is about as perfect as it gets for the PC builder.

I used to use this for everything. CPU, GPU, Northbridge, Southbridge, if it needed it I used it. Very reliable stuff, too, as long as you don't use too much. I used too much once on a Phenom II X4, and I took the heatsink off later to find that it had dried and burned, after about a year of use. It wasn't powdery or moon-sandey, but you could tell it wasn't as moist as it was when I applied it, and there were grey particles from burning. I was more careful after that, and it hasn't happened again, all has been well with devices I've used it on. However, with the rise of the brand CryoRig, I have purchased one of their H5 Ultimate heatsink for my Ryzen build, and it came with a tube of CP7, which sells in 4G tubes for $8.50. I have started using this stuff instead, including a reapplication to an RX 480 that I previously reapplied Ceramique to, almost a half a year ago now, and I have noticed a significant drop in tempuratures with the CP7, from easily hitting 85C on the Ceramique, and throttling, to hovering at 77. So while this paste still does the job, rather well at that, it isn't the best kid in town anymore, when it comes to performance of non-conductive thermal compounds. EDIT- CP7 costs $13.44 on Amazon, the $8.50 price is on Newegg. Price match yourself, Amazon!

Much smaller than I was expecting. Smaller than a standard lip balm. Just posting this so people can see before they buy.

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Keeps my CPU cool af

I bought this thermal paste because.... 1) My CPU was overheating because after I gave my motherboard for RMA, the processor was taken out along with heatsink and I never replaced the thermal paste after I got my motherboard and just put the CPU and heatsink on the motherboard. 2) My original thermal paste was 1-1 1/2 years old and had already dried up. 3) I had read very good reviews about this thermal paste. It was almost as good as Artic Silver 5 thermal paste ( I think), did not have curing time and was non-conductive, so not a problem even if you mess up. 4) It was half the price of Artic Silver 5. 5) Because the thermal paste spreads quite very nicely and thus gives paper think layer of thermal paste which is very good to get lower temperatures. So, I applied the thermal paste using the dot method at the center of the CPU (please remember, less is more in this thermal paste) and the temperatures dropped quite a lot. Initially, when I put the CPU and heatsink without replacing the thermal paste, I was getting 49-50-54 degrees idle temperatures and was getting 63-69-71 degrees when I played Watch Dogs at ultra. After I put this thermal paste, the temperatures were 39-41-45 degrees idle and 51-54-61 when playing Watch Dogs at ultra. You will not see this much difference in your temperatures since mine is a totally different case but still you can expect a good amount of drop in temperatures. The seller on Amazon who sold this thermal paste is PrimeABGB and the price was 350 or so. The product did not come in original packing and was put in plastic bag and had a sticker on it. But I did not care since I needed the thermal paste urgently and he was the only seller who was selling it at the time of purchase. Note: This thermal paste is like glue and does not solidify like other thermal paste apparently. So when you remove your heatsink from the cpu on the motherboard, don't pull up or else it might pull the CPU along with the heatsink and might damage the CPU pins which would probably render the CPU useless. Instead, slide the heatsink left or right or use left and right to-and-fro motion to remove the heatsink from the CPU.

Muy buena pasta de cerámica para el procesador. Muy recomendada. La use para un ps3 con luz amarilla y revivio .