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Much to my surprise the Zalman fan came with a high quality paste (ZM-STG1). The SA5 may be marginally better (1 degree C cooler), but that is questionable. SA5 paste requires a 200+ hour curing period with multiple heat cycles, whereas the ZM-STG1 doesn't. Hi all,Just bought this thinking that the Zalman CNPS9700 LED fan would need a good thermal paste. In fact, I'm giving this paste only 4 stars because it's not as easy to apply as the Zalman paste, which comes in a bottle with a brush and used like white-out. [.]. Be sure to apply a think coating on both the CPU and intended heat-sink of whichever paste you use.
the Arctic silver compound did a great job on the 2 Pc i've got (Pentium 4 and Q6600) -5° on Q6600 and -10C° on P4 compared to stock compound by intel
there is just enough grease for one cpu (dont let the picture fool you it is really tiny) combine this with a new (better) cpu cooler and you are set. you will notice a cooler running cpu right away.
p4 over here, always at 40 and 41 c, now 32-35 c, and on load only 39 c, never breaks to 40, you must buy.
I was a little skeptical that it could drop my cpu temps. Not anymore it did as adertised.
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