The temperature difference get bigger when the temperature rise. I recommend the Thermal Grizzly "Kryonaut" over the GC-extreme. The price didnt matter that much in such cases. I for myself use 5g in about 5 years. "I" think Thermal Grizzly "Kryonaut" is better. If i get 5 oder 10g for 15euro - does not really matter.
It would be nice now to see if our information could help drop the temperature on a quadcore usage inside of the T420.
24. Feb 2017 11:12 by qmastery16@gmail.com:
Hi, i took my results from this page (could use google translate) - > https://www.overclockers.ru/lab/79286_4/testirovanie-termointerfejsov-v-pois... From your 1st test, Grizzly is better by 0.33 C , and from your 2nd test - by 0.31 C. Even if your tests are more correct, 10g of GC-Extreme at my local market cost the same as 5,55g of Grizzly -- that means, Grizzly is almost twice more expensive per 1g ; that is too big price difference for just 0.3 C . BTW it took me just 1 year to spend the first 10g, so had to buy another 10g.... 2017-02-24 13:53 GMT+03:00 <> i1w5d7gf38keg@tutanota.com> >:
>> This test here show the opposite:http://extreme.pcgameshardware.de/attachments/831791d1434218266-review-therm...
The Gelid GC-Extreme is not as good as Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut also listed by this test here: http://overclocking.guide/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Tim_test_update1.png
and also some other tests i had read.
I dont know where you got this test you paste the results. I have never seen a test result where the GC-extreme was better then the Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut before.
5,55gramm of the Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut cost about 15€. I dont think that you should go there for the best price. You apply it once and 5,55g is really much for a normal user. You would probably have enough for years.
- Feb 2017 16:36 by >> qmastery16@gmail.com>> :
Actually there is an even better non-conductive thermal paste (not liquid metal) than "Grizzly" --- it is called " Gelid GC-Extreme ". Here is a comparison from one review website that I screenshotted - >>> https://s4.postimg.org/qvp326pjx/Thermal_Grease.png%3E%3E%3E . The difference between them is not big, but I think in your case every degree counts. Also, there is a packaging of Gelid GC-Extreme that is 10g - >>> http://gelidsolutions.com/thermal-solutions/thermal-compound-gc-extreme-10g/... , this larger packaging gives a very affordable price per 1g and will last for a long time ;)
2017-02-23 4:49 GMT+03:00 <>>> i1w5d7gf38keg@tutanota.com>>> >:
>>>> Could you try out "Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut" or even liquid metal based products and report about the temperatures? It would be great if you could try out first the Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut and later then for example the Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut and report here.http://www.overclock.net/t/1588116/thermal-grizzly-conductonaut-73-w-mk
Please clean up the surface before applying when possible with >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopropyl_alcohol%3E%3E%3E%3E (its cheap and easy to get).
- Feb 2017 01:28 by >>>> coreboot@semioptimal.net>>>> :
Hi
Untested/unknown: If a ivy bridge CPU would work. The OEM bios didn't had support for those.
Ivy Bridge works, have a 3740QM in mine. However, (quoting myself here):
I'm running one albeit with an i7-3740qm - which is too much thermal load, runs up to 2.9 GHz for me reaching 93°C (70K to ambient) with fan set to disengaged, normal auto fan control works and allows up to 2.5 GHz.
with that CPU RAPL does not work, thermald does but out-of-the-box settings gives me less performance than with fix limits, and I'm sure as hell not going to configure something with an xml config file.
used to have a 2720m which worked without any issues AFAIR, but the 3740qm effectively gives me double the cores that are a little faster.
Regards, Arian
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