Introduction:
Thermal paste is a must in the computer world today with out it we will all have toasted CPU's. Thermal paste is something we use on our CPU's to help bridge the small gaps between the CPU core and the heat sink in order to improve the dissipation of heat. Thermal pastes are composed of a variety of heat conductive ingredients, with silver being the primary ingredient in most high performance thermal pastes like the Akasa AK-450.
Specs:
Compound Colour: Gray
Thermal conductivity: 9.2428 W/m.C
Operating temperature: 0 to 200 degrees C
Installation:
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Performance:
The Akasa Ak-450 was tested on the following system:
- Amd Athlon 2200XP
- Gigabyte 7n400L1
- 512 DDR 333
- Gigabyte ATI Radeon 9600 SE
- Creative Sound Blaster Live
First we took idle temperature by booting into windows and then leaving the computer for 60 minutes, we then recorded the CPU temperature using Motherboard Monitor 5. In order to stress the CPU, we ran a program called "Toast" for 60 minutes on high priory and recorded the temperature.
We then performed the same tests using the stock thermal paste. The results are shown below:
Conclusion:
The results proved that the Akasa AK-450 thermal paste was a great improvement over the standard white paste that came with the stock cooler. The paste was so effective that it cooled the CPU down by as much as 9°C under stress conditions. This is a recommended buy and we suggest that those who are still using their stock thermal paste to go out and buy the Akasa AK450.
