Arctic Silver 5 is optimized for use between modern high-power CPUs and high performance heatsinks or water cooling solutions.

Arctic Silver 5 uses three unique shapes and sizes of pure silver particles to maximize particle-to-particle contact area and thermal transfer.

Arctic Silver 5 also contains micronized zinc oxide, aluminum oxide and boron nitride in addition to the silver. These thermally-enhanced ceramic particles improve the compound's performance and long-term stability.

Arctic Silver 5 does not contain any silicone. The suspension fluid is a proprietary mixture of advanced polysynthetic oils that work together to provide three distinctive functional phases. As it comes from the tube, Arctic Silver 5's consistency is engineered for easy application. During the CPU's initial use, the compound thins out to enhance the filling of the microscopic valleys and ensure the best physical contact between the heatsink and the CPU core. Then the compound thickens slightly over the next 50 to 200 hours of use to its final consistency designed for long-term stability.

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Contains 99.9% pure silver:

• Arctic Silver 5 uses three unique shapes and sizes of pure silver particles to maximize particle-to-particle contact area and thermal transfer.

High-Density:

• Arctic Silver 5 contains over 88% thermally Conductive filler by weight. In addition to micronized silver, Arctic Silver 5 also contains sub-micron zinc oxide, aluminum oxide and boron nitride particles. These thermally-enhanced ceramic particles improve the compound's performance and long-term stability.

Controlled Triple-Phase Viscosity:

• Arctic Silver 5 does not contain any silicone. The suspension fluid is a proprietary mixture of advanced polysynthetic oils that work together to provide three distinctive functional phases. As it comes from the tube, Arctic Silver 5's consistency is engineered for easy application. During the CPU's initial use, the compound thins out to enhance the filling of the microscopic valleys and ensure the best physical contact between the heatsink and the CPU core. Then the compound thickens slightly over the next 50 to 200 hours of use to its final consistency designed for long-term stability. (This should not be confused with conventional phase change pads that are pre-attached to many heatsinks. Those pads melt each time they get hot then re-solidify when they cool.)

Absolute Stability:

• Arctic Silver 5 will not separate, run, migrate, or bleed.

Thermal Conductance:	>350,000W/m2 °C (0.001 inch layer)
Thermal Resistance:	<0.0045°C-in2/Watt (0.001 inch layer)
Average Particle Size:	<0.49 microns <0.000020 inch
Extended Temperature Limits:	Peak –50°C to >180°C Long-Term –50°C to 130°C
Performance:	3 to 12 degrees centigrade lower CPU full load core temperatures than standard thermal compounds or thermal pads when measured with a calibrated thermal diode imbedded in the CPU core.
Coverage Area:	This 12 gram tube contains enough compound to cover at least 40 to 50 small CPU cores, or 16 to 24 large CPU cores, or 5 to 9 heat plates.

12-31-2010
Reviewer: Mr. Breaker (5)
Works on most applications that a builder may encounter, the stuff is a little stiff to apply, but works very well.

01-31-2010
Reviewer: Eli (2)
I didn''t purchase this product from FrozenCPU, but newegg when I made my 1st built system, upwards of 7 years ago now. The very last of that same tube was just used on my band new Quad-Core Phenom System, and has lasted through 3 rebuilds of my original system, and my bi-annual take-apart-the-whole-system-and-air-compressor-the-whole-thing ritual. I would never consider buying anything else, even using the stock HS that came with my new Phenom, I saw a 8C temp drop between the cheesy thermal pad that''s normally on the cooler, and when I polished that off the HS and had it lapped to 0.00001" perfect smooth (I work in a shop with a Hydraulic CNC Drill) and applied Artic Silver 5