On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 5:51 PM, John R Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That article has a glaring error, where it assumes that Arctic Silver > /is/ 99% pure silver and is conductive... its not. it CONTAINS 99% pure > silver, thats a very different thing. If it was 99% silver, it would > either be a powder or a solid at room temperature. In fact, based on > their website, its 88% thermally conductive filler, and therefore 12% > oils, and that 88% is a mix of silver + zinc oxide + alumina + boron > nitride in unspecified percentages. Interesting, good eyes. Another massive thermal compound roundup was also done: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=138&Itemid=1 Either way using a good product can make a significant difference from the bad ones. Jeff. _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
