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Old 08-03-09   #1 (permalink)
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Default How To: Make your own diamond Thermal Paste

I stumbled across this today.

I have not verified that this works, but it all looks pretty legit. I'm definitely going to try this myself.

The cost seems very reasonable also.

http://inventgeek.com/Projects/Diamo.../overview.aspx

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Arctic Silver with a fresh application IDLE 42c LOAD 57c
Arctic Silver with 2 week cure IDLE 39c LOAD 54c
Diamond Grease with a fresh application IDLE 29c LOAD 38c
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I might have believed it if it was a less of a temperature drop. I don't think any thermal paste would cause a 16 degree drop.

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total project cost: $33.00

Wonder how this stacks up to IC7? Seems like you can get 3 tubes of IC7 for that much..

Still a cool idea though
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diamonds sorta are the best conductor... but still thats a big change.
worth a shot i suppose
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Wow, this looks pretty fun! And the results look rewarding!
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I saw this a while back, and wanted to try it, but could never find all the ingrediants. I think that the thermal compunds out for the general public have a much lower diamond powder content, making the difference a lot smaller, and costing a lot less.

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Absolute BS. There's NO way thermal compound could cause a 16C drop. The tester is an idiot for not realizing that.
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I call bs as well if someone makes it i would happily test the hell out of it.

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Cool..... A 10,000$ cpu cooler ALRIGHT!!!!
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