Product Description

StarTech.com silver thermal transfer compound improves the effectiveness of CPU coolers by thermally bonding the CPU to the heatsink. StarTech.com chose this substance to put into our heat-grease because silver is one of the best conductors of heat known. This ensures that the heatsink and fan can work at their full capacity to remove the harmful heat away from the CPU, and prevent burnout or heat damage. Silver grease is twice as effective as standard silicon-based heat-grease.

Product Details

• Brand: StarTech
• Model: SILVGREASE1
• Platform: No Operating System
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 4.00" h x 1.00" w x 6.00" l, 1.00 pounds

Features

• Improves the thermal bond between CPU and heatsink for better heat dissipation.
• Twice as effective as silicon-based compounds.
• Easy-to-use resealable syringe applicator.
• Remains stable over a wide temperature range

Customer Reviews

cool
This stuff works! My computer was freezing up because, ironically, it was running hot at the cpu. After applying the product, it dropped my cpu temp. 10-15 degrees C. Now it doesn't freeze up anymore.

Works and Applies well
This applies cleanly unlike the paste that came with my heatsink, and worked well. My CPU temp is below my chipset temp which is all one can really ask for.

Oh since it doesn't come with directions you will either need to know how to apply it or look up how to apply thermal grease. It is all over the web, but a fairly basic to do it is:
Clean both surfaces as best as you can with something plastic, then to draw a line with the grease like with icing horizontally (well in general with the USB stuff pointing out back to the left, or if you want to be technical orient so that the notched corner is on your lower right). Just a single line from about 15% in to 85% from the edge (or valley) of the top. That won't give you the lowest temps but it should cover even intel quad cores fine, and give you decent temps. Your mileage ma vary of courese. See the web for more precise details.

What can you say about thermal grease?
I like this one due to the plunger applicator rather than a tube. Plus you don't get a large amount so don't pay a ton for this one versus a large tube many other places sell you. How often can you use this stuff anyway. There you go, works as advertised and is still enough to do several heat-sink installations without waste.