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Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound AS5-3.5G - OEM

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Made With 99.9% Pure Silver
High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound
Controlled Triple-Phase Viscosity

Thermal compound is necessary to create a reliable transfer of heat from your computer's processor to its heatsink to keep your CPU from overheating. Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound does this with three unique shapes and sizes of pure silver particles to maximize particle-to-particle contact area and thermal transfer. It's optimized for use between modern high-power CPUs and high-performance heatsinks or water-cooling solutions. This 3.5-gram tube contains enough compound to cover at least 15 to 25 small CPU cores, or 6 to 10 large CPU cores, or 2 to 5 heat plates.

Note: This is an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) version, which includes the product, but nothing else. They are packaged generically and are best suited for system builders who don't require documentation or bundled accessories.

99.9% Pure Silver The Arctic Silver 5 uses three unique shapes and sizes of pure silver particles to maximize particle-to-particle contact area and thermal transfer.
High Density The Arctic Silver 5 contains over 88% thermally conductive filler by weight. The thermally-enhanced ceramic particles including micronized silver, sub-micron zinc oxide, aluminum oxide and boron nitride particles improve the compound's performance and long-term stability.

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Model

Brand: Arctic Silver

Model: AS5-3.5G

SPEC

Specifications: Average Particle Size:
<0.49 micron <0.000020 inch

Extended Temperature Limits:
Peak: -50 Degrees C to >180 Degrees C
Long-Term: -50 Degrees C to 130 Degrees C

Performance:
3 to 12 degrees centigrade lower CPU full load core temperatures than standard thermal compounds or thermal pads when measured with a calibrated thermal diode imbedded in the CPU core.

Coverage Area:
A 3.5 gram syringe contains enough compound to cover at least 15 to 25 small CPU cores, or 6 to 10 large CPU cores, or 2 to 5 heat plates. At a layer 0.003" thick, the 3.5 gram syringe will cover approximately 16 square inches.

Features

Features: Three unique shapes and sizes of pure silver particles to maximize particle-to-particle contact area and thermal transfer.
Contains over 88% thermally conductive filler by weight.These thermally-enhanced ceramic particles improve the compound's performance and long-term stability
Ensure the best physical contact between the heatsink and the CPU core.
Will not separate, run, migrate, or bleed.
3.5-gram

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Filter Results Last 2 Weeks (16) Last 6 Months (290) All Reviews (6,013) 91% (5,455) 6% (353) 2% (111) 1% (44) 1% (50) Verified Owners Video Reviews Mfr. Responses keyword Go page SubmitTopPaginationForm of 602 previousTopPaginationForm\| nextTopPaginationForm
HairMetalGamer 6/18/2013 4:10:39 PM Tech Level: 3/5 Ownership: 3/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Do it the right way! Pros: Used this with my Hyper 212 Evo and it dropped my cpu temps by 10 C. Comes with plenty of paste for several applications. TIP: Before applying it, make sure you know how to do it the right way. Several people have their own methods, some work and some don't. If you don't apply it right, you may even get worse temps than before Cons: None Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 6/18/2013 3:49:34 PM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 5/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Continues to perform Pros: Performs well on an i7 3770k with a CM 212 evo, about 32C idle and 60-65C in Prime95. It doesn't add much to the cost of a build and it's thick, making installing easy. I use the pea method and am very happy with the product. Cons: None. Other Thoughts: Reviews that have people switching thermal paste on existing hardware setups are probably more useful. It works well, so I don't even bother with stuff that comes with aftermarket CPU coolers. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 6/16/2013 12:48:51 AM Tech Level: 3/5 Ownership: 3/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5 Pros: What can I say...it's thermal paste. Comes in an easy to use tube. Spreads easy. Good stuff. Cons: Need to scrub my fingers every time I use this stuff, no matter how careful I am (best I could come up with). Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
TJ 6/14/2013 4:01:43 PM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 2/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5WOW! Pros: amazing heat reduction Cons: none Other Thoughts: My AMD FX-4100 was running hot.. 65-69 degrees hot! I checked around and was pointed to this stuff. I expected maybe 15-20 degree heat reduction and was amazed when I saw I was running at 25-26C now. The old compound was virtually nonexistant so that likely had something to do with the initial heat buildup. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 6/13/2013 11:57:07 AM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 2/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5 Pros: This compound is the best I've used yet. It's extremely thick, but easy to apply and has lowered my CPU temperatures by about 4 Celsius. Cons: Sticky if you get on skin (don't get it on your skin.) Other Thoughts: I use the pea drop in the middle and place the heat sink on top of that. Due to my slight Parkinsons I accidentally snatched my heat sink up during the mounting process, after having compressed the thermal paste, and it was completely and evenly spread on the top of the processor. Even though it's thick it spreads itself extremely well. If you need a quality thermal paste, get this product. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Beowulf 6/11/2013 12:36:29 PM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 5/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Best in class Pros: Efficient thermal paste between your CPU and your cooler makes all the difference. Arctic Silver 5 has been doing an awesome job on my latest rig (31°C idle, 57°C under full load). I will be honest, though: I did not perform any side-by-side testing. I applied AS-5 and didn't look back. Cons: I know that this stuff is "easy" to use, but I still take my time to make sure that I don't accidentally smear it anywhere I don't want it to be. Even if it is "easy," take your time to do a clean job. Other Thoughts: I have been using Arctic Silver on every build of mine since 1998. I consider it to be an indispensable component. With that said, it's also fair to say that my brand loyalty may have blinded me to other alternatives. I'm willing to accept its documented superior performance at face value. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Vortigern 6/9/2013 3:18:34 PM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 2/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 1/5Did not work Pros: none! Cons: I got 8c to 10c higher temps with this product, same cpu, same cooler, the cooler was pasted previously with the pre applied paste that came on the cooler, not known for being high quality, even though i did not feel that i had misapplied the compound i did it over again and got the same results. Other Thoughts: I am wondering if i got the genuine article, there is a story on the net about a knock of version of this product, complete with jpeg image looks exactly like this product. The add went on to say that retailers were not necessarily aware of this. 1 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 6/7/2013 10:59:28 PM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 2/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Still the best Pros: Probably my 5th tube and i dont think i will ever change. Love the stuff. Cons: N/A 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 6/6/2013 11:55:18 PM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 1/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Great thermal Compound Pros: Great thermal compound, used with my Zalman heat sink, took my cpu from 31 degrees Celsius too 20 degrees Celsius. Cons: None yet.... but its looking pretty good so far Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Rochester3 6/6/2013 10:23:44 PM Tech Level: 3/5 Ownership: 3/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Great thermal paste Pros: This thermal compound keeps my CPU temps at 33c at idle and lowest 32c on all 4 cores of my 3770k all while using the stock cooler that came with my possessor as i odered the Swiftech H220 Water Cooling kit so i should get about 28c - 26c hopefully instead, not much of a difference but i like temps low as possible. I get 43 c- 50 c - while playing games with high settings and 65 - 68c with 100% load testing with cenebench program that i downloaded. Im saticfied Cons: None what so ever just buy it!! Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
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