discussion New Thermal Grizzly Duronaut looks pretty impressive in this review.

[wade7575]

@wade7575 the link you have doesn't work. I click it and it loads the YT home page.

I should ask, what would be the best tim for a 13900K, using an NH-D15s as HSF?

What do you mean by what be best tim for a 13900K,I don't understand what tim means.

Also what do you mean by HSF?

With NH-15D G2 I use it on a 9900X that I have cut the TDP EDC and PPT,the PPT limit's the overall power the cpu can get and that really helped with temps because when using Handbrake I lost 2% encoding speeds but dropped 15 or 20% on the temp side.

I think the 9900X was running at 70 to 71C with the bios not touched at all other then I enabled EXPO1,I now get temp of 55C to 61C depending on the video file being run threw Handbrake.

 

[wade7575]

I also fixed the video link in the original post number 1.

 

[Marzipan]

if "best" means best temperature delta then liquid metal is always the winner in that category.

that's the stuff that's a PITA to apply, isn't it? there is some dohickey you place around the CPU to apply and stop any leaks or spillage and then remove so you can seat the cooler?

 

[wade7575]

I don't know how spillage there would be removing it if it is as hard to spread as they claim.

It seem's like using included applicator and a good amount of pressure,that thing your talking about putting around the cpu I think that's something you buy from another company or it comes with thermal paste and you put it around the IHS before applying the thermal paste and the idea is the stuff comes off that slid down the side of the IHS.

 

[Izerous]

that's the stuff that's a PITA to apply, isn't it? there is some dohickey you place around the CPU to apply and stop any leaks or spillage and then remove so you can seat the cooler?

There are 2 things that come to mind. One is the weird thing you can buy for ryzen 9000 cpus that matches the weird shape. Prevents paste from getting around the IHS.

But liquid metal is usually applied via a needle and qtip. But back in the 2008ish era there was a liquid metal that came in a plastic pouch type thing and it was cpu specific. Havnt seen that approach in a very long time though. I think you let the system heat up without the fan on so it would melt then there was a bit of plastic to remove afterwards... wasn't something I messed with at the time

 

[wade7575]

The Thermalright secure frame is more for just stiffening the mobo in that area but because it is fit's so close to the IHS without touching it makes it very be loved by many.

With the AM5's IHS it's removing the paste which is the real pain from what I understand without having it go over the side of the IHS and that's the side benefit why people like it.

About 2 years ago I seen reviewers using a thermal paste that comes with a lexan cutout that comes with the thermal paste and you put that around the IHS first.

 

[Cypher^64]

Just received some today, hope to get a change to try it out this weekend.

My pc is running perfect now, after all the issues to start, not sure if I wanna rock the boat. lol

 

[ipaine]

Just received some today, hope to get a change to try it out this weekend.

My pc is running perfect now, after all the issues to start, not sure if I wanna rock the boat. lol

I have some as well, but was thinking of using it once moving to the 9950x3d, but it is backordered and maybe I'll end up just putting it off forever.

 

[wade7575]

I just seen this video on how to apply Duronaut and it looks like once you know the right way to do it it's pretty easy.

The video really stress's moving the spatula really slow and that makes sense if it's anything like the new Noctua NT-H2 Thermal paste as it is really thick and almost more like a dough.

The problem appears to be with Duronaut if you move the spatula to fast the thermal paste can't move fast enough to to stick to the IHS properly,they also stress pushing down and using pressure when spreading it.

 

[Marzipan]

just ordered some.