The Best Heatsink Compound Thermal Paste Grease CPU
filed in Computers on Oct.28, 2009
Which one is the best – Gold Silver Copper Ceramic Silicone ??
This is a table with thermal conductivity of metals used for thermal greases:
|
Symbol |
Metal |
Thermal conductivity [W/(m*K)] |
|
Ag |
Silver |
429 |
|
Cu |
Copper |
401 |
|
Au |
Gold |
317 |
|
Al |
Aluminium |
237 |
|
Sn |
Tin |
66.7 |
|
Pb |
Lead |
34.9 |
As you can probably know “All that glisters is not gold”, so if you are looking for the best performance for you PC without overheating go for silver thermal paste. Better thermal conductivity will keep your CPU or GPU at lower and safer temperature.