Posted By
MMS
on 2017-09-05
15:28:17
 |  Re: Possible 8501 replacement kit?
Partially OFF:
It is a little old article about spreading the proper quantity of thermal grease. (at the time of 200W Pentium 4s it was much more crucial, than nowadays with 35W i3s. Yikes!)
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermal-paste-heat-sink-heat-spreader,3600-5.html
Actually I do not suggest to use silver or aluminium based thermal paste.
Maybe Artc Silver only, as it is not a conductor.
Because if you overdone it, then it may flow down from the surface of the IC, and may cause short circiut (or just strange working) IC between the legs. PPl using them need to clean them off properly.
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1730434
Anything above 8 W/(mK) is pretty good.
Artics are good, Thermal Grizzly is good (they even have thermal pad/strips with very good results, some is >10). I have no data about Noctua, but pretty good. 
FujiPoly is one of the major industrial players, they have products (pads) have >17, that is really unusually high in this industry.  But price is like hell.
and some suggestiosn from real users. Not all prefer the Noctua, but some do.
https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/319365-thermal-paste-nt-h1-vs-arctic-silver-5/
And finally a REAL test, hopefully not a sponsored one :-):
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Noctua/NT-H1/4.html
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