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Originally Posted by MUff1N  I was a little concerned at first right after I installed the Zalman because the temps were almost the same as the Asus cooler! BUT, I didn't take into account the curing time for the Thermal Paste in my hurry to see some new temp results!!!
With AS-5 that's 200 hrs of off & on cycle usage.
Once it had that time to cure the temps dropped like a rock in water... 
I don't know if there is any curing time for Dielectric Grease.
But I have a question> Why Dielectric grease for your thermal paste? "That is with the Dielectric grease. I'll be using that with it."
From what I've read it's not meant for thermal paste & is not good at transferring heat such as AS5 is.
Then again you didn't specify "Exactly" what Dielectric Grease you were using and if it is actually made for that or not... "Dielectric greases and insulating fluids are insulating oils, greases, transformer oils and fluids that have a high dielectric strength and are used in transformers, capacitors, EDM machining, and other electrical device applications." |
I grew up in a family of tradesmen. Nobody did one trade, we did most things. We learned more than anything else is that that there is always a different way to do just about anything and it might even be a better way. I got anoyed at paying $8 for Artic Silver, so I went looking. I asked at the auto parts. I got a guy who knew compters so he knew what I was looking for. He gave me a grease that Borge-Warner uses in thier super chargers and he thought the dielectric grease might do the trick. It's with the gaskets.
Something doesn't have to be made to do a certian job to be efective at that job. That is why I want to test it.
The stuff from Borge-Warner I can't get-It's not commercial.
It is made for those other things, doesn't mean it can't do well as a thermal compound. I don't know for sure yet- except it costs $1.25 for a tube that will last for about 10 or 15 CPU changes.