Arctic Intros G-1 Adhesive Thermal Compound

[btarunr]

Arctic (formerly Arctic Cooling, before it diversified like no tomorrow), launched G-1 Thermal Glue, a non-metallic adhesive thermal paste. Unlike thermal epoxies that almost permanently attach heatsinks to components such as chips and FETs, the G-1 is intended to serve as adhesive thermal interface materials with scope for easy removal. It's more of a competition to thermal tape and "generic" thermal pads. Once applied, Arctic guarantees this compound to maintain its adhesion for up to 10 years.

The compound has a temperature range between 45°C and 200°C, with thermal conductivity of 4.3 W/mk, and viscosity of 320 P. The compound has no metal component, and is electrically non-conductive. The compound comes in the form of two components that have to be mixed before application. Arctic includes a small mixing tub and a spatula. Each box comes with three sets of compounds. The Arctic G-1 looks like the ideal compound for uni-FET heatsinks over individual MOSFETs, VRM area heatsinks, graphics card memory heatsinks, and even chipset heatsinks. Each box is priced at a little over 6.5 Euros.



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[_JP_]

Great! Just what I was looking for.
But I would just get a bowl or a tupperware box to mix the stuff.

 

[Frick]

Excellent.

 

[Drone]

maintain its adhesion for up to 10 years

The compound has a temperature range between 45°C and 200°C

Each box is priced at a little over 6.5 Euros

It can just get better than that

 

[caleb]

Think twice when you use these. Thermal glue's are pretty hard to remove.

 

[pr0n Inspector]

Think twice when you use these. Thermal glue's are pretty hard to remove.

More like impossible(without destroying the components). Epoxy.

 

[Jetster]

I had a GPU that someone used that stuff on the HS and fan. It was a heavy HS and it pulled the chip of the board.

 

[micropage7]

its a something called news
so now we have better option to glue the hsf than using epoxy glue

 

[Frick]

I had a GPU that someone used that stuff on the HS and fan. It was a heavy HS and it pulled the chip of the board.

It says that it's supposed to be easy to remove. We'll see I suppose. I tore a memory chip from an x800GT that way btw.

 

[de.das.dude]

please add this to my wishlist

 

[Hayder_Master]

So is that better than AC silver?

 

[Peter1986C]

HM, AS is thermal Grease, this is not. This is meant as a thermally conductive "glue" to stick heatsinks onto chipsets, RAM chips and the like. It is generally a bad idea to use stuff like this as regular thermal grease, because it's not meant for it.

 

[Meizuman]

Adhesive strength? Grams per cm²? Does it harden throughly or will it stay soft? When removed, does it leave residues on the surfaces? If yes, what solvent must be used to remove those?

Seems like a product many have been waiting.