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Will I notice any temp difference using a liquid metal TIM like conductonaut on a threadripper 1950x? Currently using Arctic Silver 5.
Yes, there will be a difference - albeit it could be small. I'm also not sure it's worth dealing with the liquid metal side effects (difficult cleaning).
If you're using it to delid, maybe. But replacing a decent TIM with liquid metal between the IHS & CPU cooler/WB will NOT yield you anything close to that. You'll see a couple of degrees at best.
Did you do multiple mounts with kryonaut and did you use the recommended amount/application technique? You shouldn't see a 10°C drop, unless your first mount wasn't optimal.Originally Posted by mongoled
I was using kryonaut at the settings in my sig. When running prime95 128 128 'in place FFT's', I could not hold my overclock for over a period of several hours. The CPU temp would slowly increase until the PC would crash. Temps would exceed 70C with regularity.
Today my conductonaut arrived and the results are fantastic, my first test was 6 hours prime95 with the settings stated above, max temperature was 67.6C with no spikes.
With the kryonaut I would see spikes of over 76C.
Am very happy with the purchase, it has made all the difference for my overclock.
If you are boarderline stable with temps tipping you into instability then you will be very happy with the conductonaut!
It does. It leaves staining and often some grans of solidified metal that are very hard, if not impossible to remove without scrubbing material. The included steel wool WILL remove the etched markings (model, serial number etc) from the IHS and therefore void your warranty. I recently discovered this with my 4790K (although it was already out of warranty by then). Will not use it for my 8700K.
Hi!Originally Posted by xioros
Did you do multiple mounts with kryonaut and did you use the recommended amount/application technique? You shouldn't see a 10°C drop, unless your first mount wasn't optimal.
If you look at the link I posted earlier about temperature difference, you will notice that mounting pressure and a correct mount are very important for non-metal
Hmm, the information I posted above should be disregarded as it is not accurateOriginally Posted by mongoled
I was using kryonaut at the settings in my sig. When running prime95 128 128 'in place FFT's', I could not hold my overclock for over a period of several hours. The CPU temp would slowly increase until the PC would crash. Temps would exceed 70C with regularity.
Today my conductonaut arrived and the results are fantastic, my first test was 6 hours prime95 with the settings stated above, max temperature was 67.6C with no spikes.
With the kryonaut I would see spikes of over 76C.
Am very happy with the purchase, it has made all the difference for my overclock.
If you are boarderline stable with temps tipping you into instability then you will be very happy with the conductonaut!
AS5 isn't very good these days
In my case I saw a massive 15-25c temperature difference when I moved from conductonaut to the kryonaut. I almost never hit over 75c even with 1.45v llc4 prime95.. with my ryzen 7 and kraken x62 but now with kryonaut I hit almost 80c 1.37v llc4.Originally Posted by xioros
If you're using it to delid, maybe. But replacing a decent TIM with liquid metal between the IHS & CPU cooler/WB will NOT yield you anything close to that. You'll see a couple of degrees at best.
bad mounting? (or very uneven IHS)
Hmm then I guess it might be the metal that has been left over that I couldn't get off. Even with polishing powder cause it only spread it little bit, it did make it smoother but didn't really take metal off. Gold copper plate is now covered almost 70 percentage of thin layer of metal.Originally Posted by peter2k
bad mounting? (or very uneven IHS)
on 2 surfaces that are very plain and even the difference between any TIM is very minor
however if contact is not good for any reason than the liquid metal can obviously transfer heat better (and bridge a small gap)
the temp difference when idle or with stresstesting between Kryonaut and Conductonaut on my RIG (7600K @5.2Ghz, 1,392v, Kraken X62) is 1 degree celsius
that's so low that it could be from different ambient temp when I did the testing and is within a margin of error
again
Threadripper might be different because the DIE's are actually not at the center of the IHS and just the sheer size of the IHS could mean a few degrees difference
don't really know whatOriginally Posted by WarpenN1
Hmm then I guess it might be the metal that has been left over that I couldn't get off. Even with polishing powder cause it only spread it little bit, it did make it smoother but didn't really take metal off. Gold copper plate is now covered almost 70 percentage of thin layer of metal.
I can't seem to find any gold copper plate replacements on the internet.![]()
aregold copper plate replacements
Originally Posted by peter2k
don't really know what
are
you mean a replacement IHS?
which wouldn't be easy for a Ryzen (soldered)
well err
if you mean metal that has been left like this
the spots I marked had hardened out and didn't wipe off
I had to scrub with a metal wool pad to get the hardened metal out
if you want you could also try sand paper with really fine grain, like P1000 or P2000 and give it a soft scrub with it
or
You obviously have to get rid of all the left overs from the liquid metalOriginally Posted by WarpenN1
I meant gold copper plate of my kraken's block, that's only reason I changed because I got RMA replacement 1700 and didn't want to ruin it's resale value![]()
It looks little bit like that last picture but it's covered in larger radius of thin smooth metal.
I tried apply kryonaut as good as I could but my temps are now way worse.And my CPU stops working with q code 08 in about 2-10hr prime95 because Ryzen doesn't like long stress test session when temps are over 75c to 80c :O.![]()
I tested it so that I opened my window and put my fans on maximum so max temps could stay at 70c (1.39v)and Ryzen is much more stable in prime95 compared to what it was 80c