Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Paste Review

Testing:

Testing Setup:

• Processor: Intel Q6600 SLACR G0 1.325v VID (lapped), 9x266 = 2.4 GHz
• CPU Cooling: DTek Fuzion with Quad Accelerator nozzle
• CPU Thermal Compound: Noctua NT-H1
• Motherboard: EVGA 680i A1 (pencil-modded for zero vDroop/vDrop)
• Memory: 2x1GB OCZ FlexXLC PC2-9200, 5-5-5-18-2T
• Video Card: BFG 8800GTS OC 640MB SLI, 550/1800
• Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W
• Hard Drive: 4x Hitachi T7K500 250GB SATA2 (RAID-10)
• OS: Windows XP Professional SP2

Comparison Thermal Compounds:

• CPU Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5
• CPU Thermal Compound: Thermalright "Type 1"
• CPU Thermal Compound: Thermalright "Type 2"
• CPU Thermal Compound: Evercool 420
• CPU Thermal Compound: Arctic Cooling
• CPU Thermal Compound: Vantec
• CPU Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver Ceramique

Overclocking:

Overclocked settings:

• CPU: 8x450=3600 MHz, 1.56875v
• RAM: 450 MHz, 2.2v, 4-4-3-10-1T

As well as stock voltage and speed on the CPU, I tested the highest 24/7 stable CPU overclock for a higher heat load to compare the thermal transfer performance.

Benchmarks:

• Cooling
  • OCCT v2.0 Perestroika