There are many choices we have when it
comes to thermal compounds and many have unique properties like no
burn-in time, and non-conductivity. Most thermal compounds are metal
based, usually silver to help conduct the heat from the CPU to the
cooler, but some use other types of materials like ceramics. All of
the newest thermal compounds out today are very close in performance
with minimal differences between them, which one you choose will
probably depend on your own specific preferences and the value you
get for your money.

Today for review I’ve got a new entry
into the thermal compound competition, it’s from Coolink and it’s
called Chillaramic. The ‘-ramic’ part of the name denotes that it is
a ceramic based compound, something that is sort of rare when it
comes to thermal compounds these days, most are metallic based
compounds as they’ve been shown to have the best thermal conductive
properties, but many newer ones have no metal particles at all in
them.

Technology has progressed to the point
where we can create thermal compounds that do not need metals for
conductance, this in turn is good for the end consumer as they will
be non-conductive compounds so there will be no worrying about
getting the compound other places and possibly shorting out our
system.

Coolink
Chillaramic Thermal Compound Review

Author: Kristofer Brozio

Sponsor: Coolink

Tech
Specs,Features or the Basic Info:

Coolink
Chillaramic Thermal Compound

Are you looking for a thermal
compound that combines excellent performance with maximum ease of use
and also comes at an affordable price? Look no further: Thanks to
ceramic nano particles, Chillaramic achieves outstanding thermal
transfer while not being electrically conductive. Chillaramic is easy
to apply, easy to clean off and comes in 10g tubes that will last you
through more than 30 applications without breaking your wallet.

Features:

* Ceramic nano-particles for
high thermal conductivity

* Not electrically conductive

* No longer burn-in time

* Easy to apply, easy to clean
off

* Suitable for compressor
cooling

* Big 10g tube for more than 30
applications

Specs:

Volume: 10g (for more than 30
applications)

Specific Gravity: 3.2g/cm³

Color: White

Recommended Operating
Temperature: -35°C to +85°C

Peak Operating Temperature:
-45°C to +105°C

MSRP: € 6,90

A
Better Look at Things:

The Coolink Chillaramic compound
comes packaged in an attractive, brightly colored box. We can se the
tube through a window in the front of the box, and th4e back lists
the specs and features of the compound itself.

Opening the box we find the tube
nestled in a smaller box for transportation purposes. The tube is
fairly large, and it has to be considering it contains 10grams of
Chillaramic thermal compound.

The compound itself is white in
color, it’s a paste obviously with a thinner consistency than others
on the market today. This thin consistency makes it easy to apply and
easy to clean up as well.

Installation,
Testing and Comparison:

Installation of the Coolink
Chillaramic is easy, it’s a fairly thin paste so it does apply
easily.

Since Zerotherm included their own
ZT-100 thermal paste with the FZ120 CPU Cooler that they sent me, I
figured it might make a good comparison, I’ve also compared the
Chillaramic up against Arctic Cooling MX-2 thermal compound as well.

Of course between applications the
CPU and cooler were cleaned, for the testing I used the Zerotherm
FZ120 CPU Cooler. Testing was done with the fan connected to a Molex
header, meaning it was running at full rated speeds.

For testing the ambient room
temperature was approximately 19C, to get load on my C2D6420 CPU, I
used Orthos Stress Prime. Since none of these compounds require a
burn-in time I could’ve applied the compounds and just did my
testing, but I to insure accurate testing I ran the tests over a
three day period for each compound, used Coretemp to record the
temperatures and averaged out the results.

As you can see we’ve got nice
results from the Chillaramic Compound, unseating our previous leading
compound, MX-2, by an average of 2 degrees.

Yes there are many other thermal
compounds on the market today that I could compare the Chillaramic
to, and I am still in process of a large thermal compound roundup
article including 13+ thermal compounds to see who’s the best.

Summary
and Comments:

The Coolink Chillaramic Thermal
Compound offers excellent performance, it’s easy to apply and offers
a good value for your money as well.

The Chillaramic compound is one
that I can recommend not only for it’s performance but for the
overall quantity you get in a tube. The 10 gram tube offers you about
30 applications on CPUs, and of course you can use it for other
applications as well like video cards and even chipsets or any other
chip that might require better thermal compound.

DragonSteelMods gives the Coolink
Chillaramic Thermal Compound a 5 out of 5 score and our Recommended
Award as well.

Pros:

-Large quantity

-Excellent performance

-No burn in time

-Non-conductive

Cons:

-None really

I would like to thank Coolink for
the chance to review their Chillaramic Thermal Compound and for their
continued support of DSM.

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