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Old 09-06-08   #11 (permalink)
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Havent herd any good reviews about the mx-2 mate.. id personally go the as5 or as7 but imo as5 is the best.. Heres a link for some as5 and some ArctiClean 1 Thermal Material Remover and ArctiClean 2 Thermal Surface Purifier .. i both use all these 3 and from my experience ive never had any problems.. heres the link http://www.petrastechshop.com/arsico.html
Well the ling i posted it says MX-2 is better.....

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The MX-2 is a glue as well.
No it's not.

Anyway, both are good and perform pretty much the same

AS5 has a long curing time though
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only 24 hour burn in period.. havent really herd anything good about the mx-2 id rather stick with something that works great and has good reviews..
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only 24 hour burn in period.. havent really herd anything good about the mx-2 id rather stick with something that works great and has good reviews..
Well i was just reading 3 reviews and MX-2 was better with CPU then AS5 but AS5 was better with GPU.

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only 24 hour burn in period.. havent really herd anything good about the mx-2 id rather stick with something that works great and has good reviews..
50-200 hours, actually

http://www.arcticsilver.com/as5.htm

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well its totally up to you dude ur the one using it.. looks like you wanna buy the mx-2.. Hope i helped anyways
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50-200 hours, actually

http://www.arcticsilver.com/as5.htm

And MX-2 is well known for being a good thermal compound
u know that isnt true.. everyone knows that 200 hours isnt correct lol..
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well its totally up to you dude ur the one using it.. looks like you wanna buy the mx-2.. Hope i helped anyways
Actually thats not the case but i cant see any placw where AS5. I was going to get AS5 until i so MX-2. Maybe someone with a Quad can tell me which i better cause Quads a th heat monsters.

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Hey, take a look at TX-2 its one of the best. I got better temps (4-5º) with TX-2 then AS5 and MX-2.

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I personally prefer the MX-2 because it's not conductive. Does great on my system too.
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