Nanotherm Ice and Blue Compound

CPU	Intel Pentium 3 700 @ 980MHz
Heatsink & Fan	Vantec FCE-62540D
Motherboard	Asus CUSL2 rev 1.02 w/1009 BIOS (provided by AD of K)
Memory	Mushkin 128MB CAS2 PC133 (256MB total)
Hard Drive	IBM 30GB 75GXP 7200 RPM ATA100
CD-ROM	Plextor 16-10-40 CD-RW
Sound Card	SB Live! Value
Video Card	Creative Labs Annihilator2 32MB (220Mhz Core, 367Mhz Mem)

Greaseware

Arctic Silver	Optimized For Small Contact Area (provided by highspeedpc)
Nanotherm	Ice & Blue (provided by ESG Associates)

Software

Operating System	Windows ME
Video Drivers	Detonator 14.10 Beta
Application	From 3DMark2001: default benchmark at 1024x768@32bpp.
Temperature Utility	Motherboard Monitor 5.08

Results

Temperature	Nanotherm Ice	Nanotherm Blue	Arctic Silver
CPU High	118º F	118º F	118º F
CPU Low	89º F	89º F	89º F
CPU Avg	107º F	107º F	111º F
Case High	86º F	86º F	87º F
Case Low	73º F	73º F	78º F
Case Avg	80º F	80º F	84º F

Conclusion

When a company manages to create a product that edges out the best and achieves that goal at a total lower cost, there is a need to shout its praises! Scott and I worked hard (well, mostly Scott... ;-) ) to assure you this brand new line of greaseware is simply that best without resorting to extreme measures. The total overall average drop in CPU temp under heavy load was a whopping 4ºF. This is quite an accomplishment considering how well established Arctic Silver has become. Nanotherm Ice & Blue plainly bests Arctic Silver and does so at reduced price. As a system administrator at a technical college, Nanotherm will be used exclusively on all my boxes. How's that for a recommendation?

William Yaple
08/25/01