DH Review: Arctic Cooling MX2 Thermal Compound

Zardon · Jul 10, 2007, 11:35 AM

Read The Review Here
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Arctic Silver have everything to cater for chipset, VGA, Case or CPU cooling. Our most favoured product to date has been their original Freezer 7 CPU cooler which despite being 2 years old still cools our QX6700 Intel CPU without issue and in near silence, 24hours a day. Of course a good cooler can do only so much if a generic thermal compound is applied between the CPU/GPU/Chipset and the heatsink, luckily Arctic Cooling have us covered on this front as their MX-1 paste provides some excellent benefits over standard "gloop". However, the reason we are here is to introduce a new product, the MX-2 High Performance Thermal Compound.

Erroneus · Jul 10, 2007, 12:33 PM

Oh nice! Using MX1, as it's one of the best pastes, only liquid silver beats it, which I has used, but it's a pain in the arse to apply and can only be used with cobber coolers.

Guess I have to get my self som MX2, looks good.

**temeteus82** · Jul 10, 2007, 01:32 PM

nice... I think I get some of that and get rid of my current tube of Arctic Ceramique....

RoyBatty · Jul 10, 2007, 01:58 PM

Good review as always. I noticed just one little bug - there is a "ATI HD2400 - NV 8400 Roundup" in the title bar (the one with the "back to top" button).

Zardon · Jul 10, 2007, 03:07 PM

yeah I thought I had fixed that before I left the office earlier in a rush. its fixed now anyway.

Partizan · Jul 13, 2007, 12:06 PM

You could also make a comparison with other thermal compounds like Arctic silver 5, arctic ceramique, liquid silver, mx-1

Erroneus · Jul 13, 2007, 05:24 PM

They did compare with mx-1, but anyway AS5 and Artic Ceramique is slighty worse then MX-1 and Liquid Silver is slight better then MX-1, so this would place MX-2 on the top with Liquid Silver.

>GSXR<mrbusa · Jul 19, 2007, 04:25 AM

I doubt under real world conditions that the MX-2 is any better than burned in AS5. When these companies do reviews to show there temps compared to AS5 I would bet they do AS5 last with a fresh layer and put more than is required. I am idling tight now at 23C with 68F room temp. I might get a tube just to try it so I can have a definite unbiased answer. It would have been nice to have AS5 reviewed here under the same exact conditions. Still a nice review though.
Anybody seen it for sale yet?

Jul 10, 2007, 11:35 AM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	DH Review: Arctic Cooling MX2 Thermal Compound Read The Review Here _________________________ Arctic Silver have everything to cater for chipset, VGA, Case or CPU cooling. Our most favoured product to date has been their original Freezer 7 CPU cooler which despite being 2 years old still cools our QX6700 Intel CPU without issue and in near silence, 24hours a day. Of course a good cooler can do only so much if a generic thermal compound is applied between the CPU/GPU/Chipset and the heatsink, luckily Arctic Cooling have us covered on this front as their MX-1 paste provides some excellent benefits over standard "gloop". However, the reason we are here is to introduce a new product, the MX-2 High Performance Thermal Compound.

Jul 10, 2007, 12:33 PM	#2
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,417 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Oh nice! Using MX1, as it's one of the best pastes, only liquid silver beats it, which I has used, but it's a pain in the arse to apply and can only be used with cobber coolers. Guess I have to get my self som MX2, looks good. __________________

Jul 13, 2007, 12:06 PM	#6
Partizan Fun loving criminal Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Slovenia Posts: 1,182 Rep Power: 62 System Specs	You could also make a comparison with other thermal compounds like Arctic silver 5, arctic ceramique, liquid silver, mx-1 __________________ Live and let live!

Jul 13, 2007, 05:24 PM	#7
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,417 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	They did compare with mx-1, but anyway AS5 and Artic Ceramique is slighty worse then MX-1 and Liquid Silver is slight better then MX-1, so this would place MX-2 on the top with Liquid Silver. __________________

Jul 10, 2007, 01:58 PM	#4
RoyBatty HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,941 Rep Power: 122 System Specs	Good review as always. I noticed just one little bug - there is a "ATI HD2400 - NV 8400 Roundup" in the title bar (the one with the "back to top" button).

Jul 10, 2007, 03:07 PM	Thread Starter #5
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	yeah I thought I had fixed that before I left the office earlier in a rush. its fixed now anyway.

Jul 19, 2007, 04:25 AM	#8
>GSXR<mrbusa im a FREAK Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,107 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I doubt under real world conditions that the MX-2 is any better than burned in AS5. When these companies do reviews to show there temps compared to AS5 I would bet they do AS5 last with a fresh layer and put more than is required. I am idling tight now at 23C with 68F room temp. I might get a tube just to try it so I can have a definite unbiased answer. It would have been nice to have AS5 reviewed here under the same exact conditions. Still a nice review though. Anybody seen it for sale yet?