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OCZ Freeze Thermal Compound
Author: Andrew Schembri Date: December 16, 2007 Manufacturer: OCZ Technology Provider: OCZ Technology « Product Features Page 3: Testing, Conclusion Arctic Silver 5 and OCZ Freeze were both tested in for idle 5 minute, idle 15 minute and load situations. Load situation is defined as 15 minutes on Prime95, while idle 5 minute is measured 5 minutes after Prime95 is shutdown, and idle 15 minute is measured 15 minutes after Prime95 is shutdown. Arctic Silver ArtiClean stages 1 and 2 were used to clean previous thermal compound before applying the new. The test machine:
![]() The results are quite impressive. As you can see the Freeze compound barely eeks out a win here against Arctic Silver 5. This is incredible considering that Freeze is completely silver free. OCZ made a bold statement and delivered with Freeze. It is a great step up from Arctic Silver 5 not only in terms of cooling prowess, but also in terms of ease of spreading and clean up. Plus Freeze gives you the peace of mind of not being metallic based. Pricing for Freeze is around $5 for a 3 gram tube, which is a little bit less than a 3.5 gram tube of Arctic Silver 5 (but it's the same amount of paste, silver is rather dense). Pros
![]() Here is a quote from OCZ on the availability of Freeze: Quote:
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