Artic Silver 5 - Just applied. How long to I wait?

daedal · Mar 27, 2005, 07:41 PM

I just applied fresh Artic Silver 5 to both my Processor and Video Card.
How long should I wait until I start pushing both of those? AKA, when can I start playing Half-Life 2 again?

I'm afraid that if I start running some heavy stuff and it hasn't set, well, it could cause problems.

drakesteakn · Mar 27, 2005, 07:49 PM

u can play it right now. to fully burn in it takes around a month. depending on how much u use ur computer.

daedal · Mar 27, 2005, 07:59 PM

So there's no risk if I do start making my video and processor run hardcore immediatly?

Logla · Mar 27, 2005, 08:01 PM

you can go ahead and play now. you may see your temps drop 1-2c in about 4-6 weeks.
should mention that as5 needs to be heated up and then cooled many times to set.
So if you leave your comp on all the time, then it wont set.

To be honest, you would have been better off just using ceramique as as5 is really designed for extreme cooling solutions such as water or phase change.

itchy5 · Mar 28, 2005, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Logla

you can go ahead and play now. you may see your temps drop 1-2c in about 4-6 weeks.
should mention that as5 needs to be heated up and then cooled many times to set.
So if you leave your comp on all the time, then it wont set.

To be honest, you would have been better off just using ceramique as as5 is really designed for extreme cooling solutions such as water or phase change.

ya i use ceramique on my heatsinks and as5 on my waterblocks

and ceramique on the video card memory