Introduction
When we think about achieving better cooling performance, we often focus on hardware solutions.However, the quality of the thermal compound/paste that interfaces between the chips and the cooler is another critical factor in getting better cooling performance from your cooler.Today we�ll take a look at a new thermal compound from Arctic Cooling, well-known makers of a variety of cooling solutions, known simply as MX2.Will this latest generation of thermal compounds live up to its predecessors?We will attempt to answer that question in today�s review.
About Arctic Cooling:
ARCTIC COOLING is a private owned company founded in 2001 with headquarters in Switzerland, offices in Hong Kong and with production facilities in Asia. The team of ARCTIC COOLING insists o�n international young highly educated people with business, technical and communicational skills.
The attitude to work is based o�n the Swiss innovative spirit and adheres to the high Swiss standard recognized internationally. This striving for excellence is integrated in all processes and is a matter of course. ARCTIC COOLING’s core competencies are multifarious such as systematic noise reduction, copper and aluminum heatsinks, customizing of thermal solutions, “Just-in-time” fan manufacturing, Ceramic Bearing, Multiple Signal Output / BIOS interface and low noise fan blade design.
Specifications:
High Thermal Conductivity
Low Thermal Resistance
Non-Electrical Conductive
Non-Capacitive
Non-Curing
Non-Corrosive
No Bleeding
Odorless
The product:
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The Arctic Cooling MX2 thermal compound comes well-packaged in a clear plastic package with the dual-fan module prominently displayed on the front.The back provides a list of the specification and some typical performance numbers.
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Opening the package, we find a rather large syringe filled with the thermal compound.The syringe comes with 4g of compound, which will be plenty for a large number of applications.I suspect that this syringe would last me for at least a year of very frequent use, as I use a lot of thermal paste for reviewing various cooling products.A large cap keeps the thermal compound in the syringe.
If you look at the features of the product, you�ll notice the long list of �non� features, such as non-conductive, non-corrosive, etc.These features aren�t seen but are very important nonetheless, especially the non-conductive nature of the compound.This will prevent accidental shorts and other failures due to excessive thermal compound.
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To test out the MX2 thermal compound, I applied the compound to both a CPU application and a video card/GPU application.I found the application to be very similar to that of the comparison compound, the Arctic Silver 5 compound; very easy to spread and apply with the syringe.
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